Yoshimizu-jinja 吉水神社 | |
Map Type: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.3676°N 135.8619°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Shinto |
Deity: | Emperor Go-Daigo, Kusunoki Masashige |
Location: | Yoshino-yama, Yoshino-chō Yoshino-gun, Nara-ken |
is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Yoshino in Yoshino district, Nara, Japan. It is dedicated to Emperor Go-Daigo, and the samurai Kusunoki Masashige.
In 2004, it was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. In 2014 the temple was embroiled in a scandal when it was discovered that head priest Satō Kazuhiko's private blog contained extreme hate speech towards Chinese and Koreans, in addition to him being the head of a local right-wing extremist group.[1]