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Wakayama · Japan
In the destination Kumano Kodo (Tanabe; Nachikatsuura).
In the photo: The large torii of Oyunohara, in Tanabe.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Tanabe is the coastal city on the west side of the Kii Peninsula that serves as the gateway to the Kumano Kodo. The municipality stretches up to the Hongu mountains and includes Kumano Hongu Taisha, the main section of the Nakahechi trail starting at Takijiri-oji, and the hot spring villages of Yunomine and Kawayu. In the city center, near Kii-Tanabe Station, is the pilgrims’ information center.
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The local experience
The main of the three grand Kumano shrines and the final destination of the Nakahechi, perched above a stone stairway among cedars. A few minutes away is Oyunohara, the shrine’s former site, with a torii gate about 34 meters tall.
The ancient imperial route of the Kumano Kodo, about 38 km between Takijiri-oji and Kumano Hongu Taisha, through the forests of the Kii mountains, with small oji shrines, villages and inns along the way.
Hot spring village in a narrow valley near Hongu Taisha, used for centuries by pilgrims for purification. The Tsuboyu, a stone bath cabin by the stream, is the only hot spring listed as a World Heritage site.
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