Culture Kitsumoto Jinja - The "Mandarin" Shrine Alena Eckelmann The Shinto God of Mandarins is worshipped at Kitsumoto Shrine located in Kainan City. This is near the mikan orchards of Arid...
7 Culture Kumano Kodo in Mie Lily The Magose-toge Pass is part of the Kumano Kodo in Owase City, Mie Prefecture and consists of 6 roads. As a part of the Sacre...
Culture Mount Koya: Beware of Bears Pete Martin The story of the Karukaya, wandering the Kongobuji & Danjo Garan and spending the night in a shukubo. Extracted from "Revolut...
Culture Shingu, Wakayama Alena Eckelmann Shingu is a gateway to the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails and Kumano’s sacred sites. Whether you look for original history or ...
Culture Kumano Hongu Shrine & Giant Torii Tomoko Kamishima Kumano Hongu Shrine & Giant Torii Gate: One of the three great shrines of Kumano, Hongu Shrine saves ones life in the future.
Culture Wakayama Castle Mandy Bartok Wakayama Castle was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's stronghold on the Kii Peninsula and despite its reconstructed keep, it's still worth...
8 Culture Nachi Taisha Shrine and Nachi Falls Masayoshi Hirose Rare build-up of ice on the rocks of Nachi Falls, and beautiful Nachi Taisha Shrine in Wakayama Prefecture.
9 Culture Ascension to Kamikura Shrine Virginia Gonzalez Kamikura-jinja is an unusual shrine located in Shingu, Wakayama
11 Culture Oku-no-in Cemetery, Koya-san Peter Sidell Near Osaka in Japan's Wakayama prefecture, the Buddhist mountain Koya-san is home to Oku-no-in, an ancient forest cemetery wi...
Culture Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trails Alena Eckelmann For over 1,000 years Kumano has attracted Japanese worshippers and seekers, and old trails, more or less intact, cross-cross ...
