"The sacred sites and the pilgrimage routes in the Kii Mountain Range (including Kumano Kodo)", is designated as a World Cultural Heritage site in 2004.
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Visit Nachi, Hongu and Shingu. There are three grand shrines called Kumano-Sanzan ( three holy places). You can feel the 2000 years history. Also we can se...
Women were forbidden to enter Koyasan until 1872. Koyasan, literally means Mt Koya, a 900 high highland located in Wakayama Prefecture is a center of Buddh...
Start at Shirahama. Visit Nachi area Nachi grand shrine, Seiganto temple, Nachi fall and Daimon zaka ancient tone step road.
Then visit Doro gorge by car ...
Yuo can learn Japanese nature, history and custom from walking ancient pilgrimage route in Kumano and coast line in Shirahama. Nachi is the final distinati...
Kushimoto Town is located in the southernmost tip of Honshu Island.
Speaking of Kushimoto, the first thing coming into our head is maguro or tuna, especia...
If you feel like walking much longer than plan①, let's try plan② too!
Get a local bus from Kumano Hongu Taisha-mae @9:20/10:10 to Hosshinmon-oji (460yen/1...
Meet at Kumano Hongu Taisha bus stop. Use Hotel shuttle to Hossinmon-oji (free of charge) or get the local bus at 9:20/10:10 to Hosshinmon-oji (460yen/15mi...
This tour is two nights, three days tour in Wakayama prefecture that include various tour spots such as Mt.Koya, Kumano Sanzan, Kumano-Kodo and Nature land...
Why don't you add one day from Wakayama city( or Kansai airport) to Koyasan. There are many historic sites on this route. Wakayama has one of the longest h...
I have been an Interpretive Tour Guide for over 20 years. I have lived in Japan for nearly that amount of time broken up by a 12 years stint in Hawaii for ...
Hello, I'm HIDEo YOSHIda. Please call me HIDEYOSHI, the same name as the famous shogun who built the Osaka Castle in 1585.
I was born in Kobe and worke...
I was born and raised in Kyoto.Kyoto has a lot of things to see and experience. Kyoto is an ancient city with a lot of world heritage.
I am happy to show ...
★Je parle francais.
★I studied at Teachers College, Columbia University and obtained an MBA at Kyoto University, major in tourism & hospitality manageme...
Lived in Chicago (5 years), Toronto (1 year), Singapore (2 years), Indonesia (4 years) and Birmingham, UK (11 years) to constract business platform, now re...
Soy intérprete del guía turístico en español (certificado), y he vivido en Cuernavaca, México por 1 año (2004) aprendiendo su cultura y idioma. Ya tengo má...
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I had been working for Wakayama Prefectural Government for 38 years, mainly in the field of cultural heritage management and internatio...
I was born and grew up in Wakayama prefecture. Since I was very young, I walked and run by motorcycle and car in the mountain region of Kii peninsula (Waka...