Kumano Kodo

From the Kumano Kodo to the Japan Alps — where to go, when to go, and how to hike Japan's mountains and pilgrimage trails like a local.

The Kii Peninsula, a vast and mountainous hand reaching into the Pacific, has been my lodestar for over twenty years. It is an ar...

As the Crow Flies: Yatagarasu and the Kumano Kodo Trail If you are finding it hard to get a sense of direction during thes...

Kumano Kodo is a series of ancient pilgrimage routes leading to Kumano Sanza, the three grand shrines in the Kumano Region—Kumano...