Unwrap the mystery of Japan’s spirituality at Unesco World Heritage site Kumano Kodo. The pilgrimage routes to Wakayama’s Kumano Sanzan shrines in the Kii Mountains, known as the Kumano Kodo ...

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 ...

The Kumano Kodo, leading to Kumano, the sacred land of the Gods, is one of the few pilgrimage roads designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Twenty years after the designation, we explore the ...

In bygone days, visitors lined en masse on what is currently known as the Kumano Kodo ancient pilgrimage routes to reach the three Kumano Sanzan shrines. The scene was likened to a “line of ants.” ...

the more demanding Shikoku Ohenro or Kumano Kodo. Truth be told, a pilgrimage to Oyama was also a much-anticipated fun getaway. It is said that an incredible one-fifth of Edo’s inhabitants ...