Registered Properties

1 Name

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

2 Category of the Property

Cultural Heritage, Monuments and Sites (Cultural Landscapes)

(Reference) World Heritage	1 Natural Heritage
	2 Cultural Heritage	Monuments
		Buildings
		Sites (Cultural Heritage is included)

3 Places (Total 23 cities, towns and villages in three prefectures)

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Wakayama Prefecture	Shingu City Tanabe City Ito County		Katsuragi Town, Kudoyama Town and Koya Town
	Nishimuro County		Shirahama Town, Susami Town
	Higashimuro County		Nachikatsuura Town
Nara Prefecture	Gojo City Yoshino County		Yoshino Town, Kurotaki Village, Tenkawa Village, Nosegawa Village, Totsukawa Village, Shimokitayama Village, Kamikitayama Village and Kawakami Village
Mie Prefecture	Owase City Kumano City Watarai County Kitamuro County Minamimuro County		Taiki Town Kihoku Town Mihama Town and Kiho Town

4 Classifications

Registered Properties consist seven "Historic Sites", one "Historic Site and Natural Beauty", one "Natural Beauty", one "Natural Beauty and Natural Monument", and four "Natural Monuments" listed below (5). Four "National Treasures" and twenty-three "Important National Properties" are also included.

5 Contents of the Properties

"Sacred Sites and the Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" consist of the three sacred sites of "Yoshino and Omine" which is the base for Shugendo, "Kumano Sanzan" which is the center of the Kumano Faith, "Koyasan" which is the religious base of esoteric Buddhism, and the Pilgrimage Routes that connect them.