Sekizogorin Sotobagun are located at east corner of Niutsuhime-jinja in
Wakayama prefecture.
These five-tiered stupas were built by itinerant priests around the 13th
century.
There used to be many Buddhist structures such as Buddhist halls, stupas
in the Niutsuhime-jinja shrine compound, however they were moved or dismantled
when the Shintoism and Buddhism Separation Decree was issued in the 19th
century.
The esoteric Mantra stone is adjacent to the stupas. The mantra stone was
built in 1662 and mantra of light written by Sanskrit letters are inscribed.
From Kaseda station of the JR Wakayama line, it takes about 30 minites
by the Katsuragi Community Bus.(Y.N)
