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Village in Kansai, Japan
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Tenkawa (天川) is a village in Nara Prefecture in Japan, about 10 to 15 km south of Yoshino.
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天河大弁財天社
A Shinto shrine for arts and crafts. An annual festival is held on 16 through 17 July every year, where noh is performed on the stage.
龍泉寺
A Shingon-sect temple with a water spring.
みたらい渓谷
洞川エコミュージアムセンター
Introduces the natural resources of this area. Admission is free. Opens 10AM to 5PM. Closed on Wednesdays and winter months (December through March). Located at 784-32, Dorogawa, Tenkawa.
ギャラリーほのぼの
A library offering materials of folkways of this area. Exhibits an engine for US B29 bombers. Located at 674-1, Dorogawa, Tenkawa.
大峰山 Ōmine-san
A sacred mountain and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Climbing the mountain is famously forbidden to women, although the ban has no legal force.
山上ヶ岳歴史博物館
Offers Buddha statues made of gold. Admission fee: ¥300. Located at 492-1, Dorogawa, Tenkawa.
スノーパーク洞川
A ski resort.
By bus
There is a bus leaving from Kintetsu Shimoichiguchi Station (下市口), which is on the Kintetsu Yoshino Line.
On foot
Tenkawa is on the Ōmine Okugake-michi road of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail, which begins in Yoshino.
The information center (天川村総合案内所) is the first place you should drop in on when you reach Tenkawa. They offer guidebooks and information on this area.
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