Goma no Tawa Hodome Daiba-dattahon (Sutra mound #12）
Sutra mound #12. Go down the Nanakoshi-toge Pass heading toward the Kishu (Wakayama) side until you get to the Kono district. By a signpost on the trail is a sutra mound of split stones. It’s mentioned in the Shozan-engi (a record of Shugendo mountains compiled in the late 12th century) as well as in the Katsurei-zakki (a guidebook on Katsuragi Shugen published in 1850). Legend has it that a local man dug up the earth believed to have been a sutra mound, discovered an ancient mirror, and worshiped the place as the former residence of kami (gods).
| Inquiries | Katsuragi Tourism Association |
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| Address | Higashitani, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture |
| Access | Drive 20 min. from Katsuragi-nishi IC on Keinawa Expressway to Horikoshi Shaku-kannon Temple and walk about an hour and a half |
| Admission | — |
| Hours | — |
| Closed | — |
| Parking | None (20 spaces at Horikoshi Shaku-kannon Temple) |