Kumano Jinja (熊野神社)
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| Kumano Jinja |
Close to National Route 1 in the residential area of Kowada area in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a Shinto shrine of Kumano Jinja. Although the founding date is unknown, there exists an old ridge tag indicating that it was rebuilt in Genroku 1 (1688). It also described the shrine as the chinju (guardian shrine) of Kowada Village which used to occupy the southeastern part of Chigasaki today.














