Spot list

Spot list

After knowing the story of the Kii Peninsula, Let's visit the "place".

If you know the story of the land, The place will resonate with you more deeply.

Here is a guide to each of the spots introduced in the story.

We will provide you with more detailed information before you start your journey.

Futamiura

Futamiura

Since the Edo period (1603-1867), Futamiura has been a sacred place for purifying oneself before visiting the Ise Shrine. The town flourished as a place for ...
Toyo'uke-daijingu (Geku)

Toyo'uke-daijingu (Geku)

Toyo'uke-daijingu (Geku) is dedicated to Toyo’uke-no-Omikami, the deity who presides over the meals of Amaterasu-Omikami, the deity who is enshrined in ...
Kotaijingu (Naiku)

Kotaijingu (Naiku)

The shrine is dedicated to Amaterasu-Omikami, the guardian deity of all Japanese people. The Uji Bridge over the Isuzu River is said to be a bridge between ...
Sarutahiko Shrine

Sarutahiko Shrine

The main deity, Sarutahiko-Okami, is the god who led Amaterasu's grandson, Ninigi no Mikoto, to Takachiho in Miyazaki Prefecture, and from Ise to the rest of ...
Oharai-machi Street

Oharai-machi Street

“Oharai-machi" is town all year round as a gate town that has flourished since the Edo period. Old wooden buildings typical to Ise line the beautiful stone pavement for ...

Mie Prefectural Kumano Kodo Center

Mie Prefectural Kumano Kodo Center

The Mie Prefectural Kumano Kodo Center is a place where you can experience more deeply the Kumano Kodo and the region, nature, history and culture surrounding the Kodo. ...

Kumano Kodo (Magose-toge Pass)

Kumano Kodo (Magose-toge Pass)

The pass road to "Magose-toge Pass" on the border between Kihokucho and Owase is one of the most popular routes on the "Iseji Route" connecting Ise and Kumano. ...
Onigajo

Onigajo

It is not only a World Heritage site, but also a national natural monument and one of the 100 most scenic spots in Japan. The caves and cliffs, with their intricate and bizarre ...

Shishi-iwa

Shishi-iwa

Shishi-iwa (Lion's Head Rock), located at the northern end of Shichiri-Mihama, is a strange rock with a circumference of about 210 meters and a height of 25 meters. It is ...

Hana-no-Iwaya Shrine

Hana-no-Iwaya Shrine

It is believed to be the mausoleum where Izanami-no-mikoto, the creator of the gods, was buried, and has been revered as a sacred place that is said to be "the place where ...

Shichiri Mihama Beach

Shichiri Mihama Beach

The longest sand and gravel beach in Japan that stretches more than 20 km from Kumano City to Kiho Town. The scenery created by the colorful boulders washed ashore by ...

Kumano Kodo (Hossinmon Oji - Kumano HonguTaisha Grand Shrine)

Kumano Kodo (Hossinmon Oji - Kumano HonguTaisha Grand Shrine)

Hossinmon Oji is one of the "Five Main Oji," which are the most prestigious of the Kumano-99 Oji shrines, enshrining Kumano Gongen's child deities. It is said that there ...

Kumano Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine

Kumano Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine

It is the center of the "Kumano Sanzan" (Kumano Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine, Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine, and Kumano Hayatama Taisha Grand Shrine) ...
Yunomine Onsen (hot spring)

Yunomine Onsen (hot spring)

Yunomine Onsen, which flourished as a place to purify the body and soul during pilgrimages to Kumano, is one of the oldest hot spring in Japan, where pilgrims ...
Oyunohara (Former site of Kumano Taisha Grand Shrine)

Oyunohara (Former site of Kumano Taisha Grand Shrine)

This is the former site of the Kumano Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine, said to be the "Oyunohara" where the gods descended, and which was damaged by a major flood in ...
Kumano-River Riverboat Center

Kumano-River Riverboat Center

Visitors can experience riverboat rafting, which was used by emperors and aristocrats in the Middle Ages when they made pilgrimages to Kumano Hongu Taisha ...
Kumano Hayatama Taisha Grand Shrine

Kumano Hayatama Taisha Grand Shrine

Together with Kumano Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine and Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine, this shrine constitutes the "Kumano Sanzan". The two deities, Kumano ...
Kumano Kodo, Daimonzaka Slope

Kumano Kodo, Daimonzaka Slope

Daimonzaka Slope, the old approach to Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrineis a short and easy path to walk, but is also a great course for beginners who can fully ...
Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine

Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine

Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine is a Shinto shrine that originated from the primitive nature worship of Nachi Waterfall. Although the shrine was rebuilt in ...
Nachisan Seiganto-ji Temple

Nachisan Seiganto-ji Temple

Nachisan Seiganto-ji Temple, located next to Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine, used to be an ascetic practice center that became part of the shrine until the early Meiji ...

Nachi Waterfall

Nachi Waterfall

The Nachi Waterfall, is one of the three most famous waterfalls in Japan and have long been revered as the object of worship of Hirou Shrine, a branch shrine of ...
Shirarahama Beach

Shirarahama Beach

Located on the coast of Kanayama Bay, this is the sister beach of Waikiki Beach (Hawaii). With its white sand extending over 600 meters as well the shallow ocean ...
Dojoji temple

Dojoji temple

This ancient temple was founded in 1300 and is known for the "Legend of Princess Anchin Kiyohime," a famous Noh and Kabuki play. The "Engidō-Hall" holds daily ...
Myoe Shonin Nishi-Shirakami sites

Myoe Shonin Nishi-Shirakami sites

This is the place where Myoe Shonin, a high priest of the Kamakura period (1185-1333) who rebuilt Kozanji Temple (Kyoto City) which is famous for ...
Semuiji Temple

Semuiji Temple

This temple was built by Kagemoto Yuasa, a cousin of Myoe Shonin, in the place where Myoe Shonin trained. The temple is considered the second most sacred site of ...
Yuasa Town (Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings)

Yuasa Town (Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings)

Yuasa Town has flourished in the brewing industry, facilitating the production of soy sauce and the Wakayama specialty "Kinzanji Miso". Around 700 years ago when ...
Wakanoura

Wakanoura

The beauty of the scenery, which changes with the ebb and flow of the tide, has earned this area the title of "the treasure house of spectacular scenery”. In the Nara period ...

STORY

Chapter 1 Ise A New Place Forever

Chapter 2 Kumano Land of Death and Rebirth

Chapter 3 Kiiji Route Kiiji Route, Traveling through the Land of Tradition

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