Kumano Shrine, Shinto shrine in Miyauchi, Nanyo, Yamagata, Japan

Kumano Shrine, commonly called Kumano Taisha, stands in the Miyauchi neighbourhood of Nan'yō, Yamagata. Its worship hall is a large thatched irimoya-zukuri building with a chidori-hafu gable over the entrance, rebuilt in 1787 and designated a prefectural cultural property. Three twisted straw ropes with white paper streamers hang beneath the eaves, and white paper lanterns flank a row of red wooden fence panels.

The shrine's origin is disputed: its own tradition holds it was re-founded in 806 by imperial order as a branch of the Kumano Sanzan of Kii Province, while another account credits Taira no Koremori in the late Heian period under Emperor Go-Shirakawa. It was patronised by the Date, Mogami and Uesugi lords, and in 1917 was ranked a prefectural shrine.

The shrine is one of the three main centres of the Kumano cult, and its festival, the Kumano-Taisha matsuri, is held every year on 25 July. The grounds also hold an icho cafe, opened in a former ginkgo shop as part of a local revitalisation effort, serving coffee from a local roaster and dishes made with local produce.

The shrine is in the Miyauchi neighbourhood of Nan'yō, Yamagata. It is a ten-minute walk from Miyamachi Station on the Yamagata Railway Flower Nagai Line, or about ten minutes by taxi from Akayu Station on the Yamagata Shinkansen. Drivers reach it from the Nan'yō-Takahata Interchange on the Tōhoku-Chūō Expressway.

The shrine's bronze bell (tsurigane) survived World War II because it was spared from the wartime scrap-metal drive by imperial order, making it one of the few original large bells left in Japan. The grounds also hold a giant tree that locals believe is several hundred years old.