{"id":285938,"date":"2026-07-24T15:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T06:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/travelpost\/%e7%86%8a%e9%87%8e%e5%a6%99%e6%b3%95%e5%b1%b1-%e9%98%bf%e5%bc%a5%e9%99%80%e5%af%ba\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T06:18:08","slug":"%e7%86%8a%e9%87%8e%e5%a6%99%e6%b3%95%e5%b1%b1-%e9%98%bf%e5%bc%a5%e9%99%80%e5%af%ba","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/285938\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumano My\u014dh\u014dzan Amida-ji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SI_26032522_46228.jpg\"\/><br \/>The mountain gate has a rare torii shape for a temple (Kumano Great Torii)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The information provided reflects the details available at the time of the survey.<br \/>Please note that facility details may change due to the facility\u2019s circumstances, so please check for the latest information before visiting.\nThis content has been translated using machine translation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Information provided by: JTB Publishing<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This content uses automatic translation services. Automatic translations may not always be accurate.<br \/>Please note that the translated content may differ from the original meaning. We ask for your understanding when using this content.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A famous temple of the Shingon sect located near the summit of My\u014dh\u014dzan. Founded by K\u016bkai (K\u014db\u014d Daishi) in the 6th year of K\u014dnin (815), it was later restored by Shinkochi Kakushin (H\u014dt\u014d Kokusai) during the Kamakura period. Upon passing through the mountain gate, the main hall is directly in front, with the famous \"Hitotsu Bell\" immediately to the left. In Kumano, it is believed that when a person dies, their soul takes a branch of the Shikimi tree from beside their pillow and flies to My\u014dh\u014dzan to ring the \"Hitotsu Bell\" before embarking on their journey to the afterlife. Regardless of religious affiliation, there has been a custom since the Kamakura period called \"Okamiage,\" where relatives come to place the deceased's hair and bones here. Around the inner sanctum at the summit, Shikimi offered by believers has taken root and formed clusters, and My\u014dh\u014dzan is also known as Shikimi Mountain.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":215011,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285938","travelpost","type-travelpost","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spot"],"acf":[],"permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost\/285938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/travelpost"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost\/285938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}