Located south of Osaka on the Kii Peninsula of Japan‘s Honshū island, the Kumano Kodo trail ... cost around $35 a day. Depending on which route you choose, the trip typically takes three ...

A Unesco World Heritage Site, the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails in Wakayama prefecture have long captivated discerning ...

She embarked on the trip ... of the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route have been well trodden by Japanese emperors and aristocrats. Follow in their illustrious footsteps on this three-day course of ...

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 ...

one of the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano and a key site along the Nakahechi Route of the Kumano Kodo, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Unlike large-scale festivals in urban areas, this is a ...

These include the UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails; Koyasan, the sacred Shingon Buddhist mountain and its mossy monk cemetery where you can overnight at shukubo (temple inns); and the 8 ...

Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites - Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan - linked by pilgrimage routes to the ancient capital cities ...