Twice a year, the priests of Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine replace a sacred rope that hangs above a 133-meter-high waterfall. Just before the new year, five priests dressed in white climbed the ...
Lighting tested at World Heritage-listed Nachi Falls and Seiganto-ji temple in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 19, 2024, as a rehearsal for a light-up on New Year's eve.
A cold snap amid an otherwise mild winter in western Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture led to the pond at the foot of the Nachi ... shrine, this is the first time in two years that the basin of the ...