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Monkeys and Ancient Cedar Trees on the Kumano Kodo Nakahechi Route: Day 2

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Takahara to Tsugizakura-oji The Takahara to Tsugizakura-oji day is the first real taste of the Kumano Kodo Nakahechi Route hike. This stretch is around 13km with a total elevation gain of 830m and total...

First Steps of the Kumano Kodo Nakahechi Route: Day 1

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Of the many routes of the Kumano Kodo trail, the Nakahechi Route is by far the most popular. This path, dating back to the 10th century, was once travelled by Japan’s imperial family on their way from Kyoto to the venerable Kumano...

Hiking the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage

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The Kii Mountains of Wakayama prefecture, blanketed in dense, silent forests, tell a spiritual tale. For many centuries, as the trees reached skyward, religious devotees traversed a series of steep and winding paths in order to worship at the area’s Kumano sanzan...

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