It is one of the Kumano Kujūku Ōji shrines that stood along the Kumano Kaidō, and the Gotoba-in Kumano Gokōki records a visit to worship here on the 7th day of the 10th month of Kennin 1

The handmade information board was heartwarming and nice.

I happened to find it while walking from JR Kumatori to Nankai Izumisano, so other people probably won't miss it either. A historic site on the Kumano Kaidō.

It's a peaceful place, isn't it? It might be a bit hard to find, though (^^;

You can get a sense of what traveling the Kumano Kaidō was like