Hōraisan Shrine

Hōraisan Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Katsuragi, Ito district, Wakayama. Hōraisan Shrine is situated nearby to the temple 社務所, as well as near the Buddhist temple 神願寺.

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Type: Shinto shrine
Description: Shinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Hōraisan-jinja”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kaseda Station and Nishi-Kaseda.

Kaseda Station

Railway station

Photo: Tomoarai, Public domain.

Kaseda Station is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Katsuragi, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Kaseda Station is situated 1 km east of Hōraisan Shrine.

Nishi-Kaseda

Railway station

Photo: 聖石大戦ぶぅぶぅ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nishi-Kaseda Station is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Katsuragi, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Nishi-Kaseda is situated 2 km southwest of Hōraisan Shrine.

Kaseda High School

School

Kaseda High School

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Kaseda High School is situated 790 metres east of Hōraisan Shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kudoyama.

Kudoyama

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Kudoyama is a town of 4,000 people in Wakayama. The town has long been regarded as the gateway to the temples of Mount Koya.

Hōraisan Shrine

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Katsuragi, Ito district, Wakayama, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.29145° or 34° 17′ 29″ north

Longitude

135.46876° or 135° 28′ 8″ east

Open location code

8Q6Q7FR9+HG

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

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In Other Languages

From French to Ukrainian—“Hōraisan Shrine” goes by many names.

French: “sanctuaire d’Hōraisan”
French: “Sanctuaire d’Hōraisan”
Indonesian: “Kuil Hōraisan”
Japanese: “宝来山神社”
Japanese: “寶來山神社”
Ukrainian: “Святилище Хораісана”

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Highlights include 社務所 and 神願寺.

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