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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patricia Wu-Murad's family is in Japan searching for their loved one, who was reported missing April 10 after she went hiking along the Kumano Kodo trail but never returned to her hostel Maria ...

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 ...