, also kaminabi or kamunabi, refers to a region in Shinto that is a shintai (repositories in which kami reside) itself, or hosts a kami. They are generally either mountains or forests. Nachi Falls is considered a kannabi, as is Mount Miwa.
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They may be host to shinboku (sacred trees), or Iwakura rocks They may have shimenawa, torii, and sandō marking the path towards them.
Shrines dedicated to kannabi often lack a honden or haiden, and instead enshrine the natural kannabi as deities. Ōmiwa Shrine is one such example. also has its mountain be its Shintai
See also
Age of the Gods
Ko-Shintō
Himorogi・Iwakura (Yorishiro) Shintai・Yorishiro Shinboku Sacred mountains・Mountain worship Kannagi which has a similar etymology Chinju no Mori