The Kumano Kodo was designated UNESCO World Heritage in 2004. Travel the JR Sangu and Kisei Lines along the trails on the Iseji route between Ise Jingu in Mie Prefecture and Kumano Hayatama Taisha ...

Discover the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage, a UNESCO-listed spiritual trail in Japan’s Kii Peninsula. With serene forests, ancient shrines and centuries-old traditions, this journey makes for personal ...

Located south of Osaka on the Kii Peninsula of Japan‘s Honshū island, the Kumano Kodo ... trail) and easy for anyone with hiking experience to do without a guide. Make sure to download an ...

The Kumano Kodo ... is one of the few pilgrimage roads designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Twenty years after the designation, we explore the pilgrimage trail by fast hiking, which ...

People say it carries the voice of the deities, which seemed appropriate as we were on the Kumano Kodo, Japan’s ancient pilgrimage route ... of overnight spots on a trail that is Japan ...

The cobblestone paths and mountain trails that form the Nakahechi section of the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route have been well trodden by Japanese emperors and aristocrats. Follow in their ...

which seemed appropriate as we were on the Kumano Kodo, Japan’s ancient pilgrimage route. Kohei Yuri explained to us that he and his wife had come to the Kii Peninsula to get away from the noise of ...