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 ... Twenty years after the designation, we explore the pilgrimage trail by fast hiking, which combines the best of hiking and running. To reach Ise from Tokyo ...

Located south of Osaka on the Kii Peninsula of Japan‘s Honshū island, the Kumano Kodo trail system is an ancient religious route that connects three sacred sites, Yoshino and Omine, Kumano ...

My favourite is strolling through awe-inspiring mountain forests of sky-high cedar trees as I do my own shortened version of the centuries-old Kumano Kodo trail. But this is Japan, so the modern ...

An air of mystery clings to the ancient trails of the Kumano Kodo in Wakayama. Gnarled tree roots claw at the pathways. Towering cedars filter soft shards of sunlight. Listen to the creaking calm ...