Pilgrimages have been part of Japanese culture for over a thousand years. The UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo is legendary among ...

Unwrap the mystery of Japan’s spirituality at Unesco World Heritage site Kumano Kodo. The pilgrimage routes to Wakayama’s Kumano Sanzan shrines in the Kii Mountains, known as the Kumano Kodo ...

Take a walk with us through some of their ... Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, Kumano Kodo takes travelers on a journey through Japanese history. A trek in these parts brings you ...

Pioneering ecologist Minakata Kumagusu explored the forests of Kumano. Join Peter Barakan as ... a distinguished Japanese scholar in the early 20th century. Features of both plants and animals ...

On this episode of Journeys in Japan, he visits Owase to experience firsthand how the city has coped with the intense precipitation. On a section of the ancient Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail ...

Portland-based tour operator Avanti Destinations and the Japan National Tourist Office (JNTO) have partnered to create a new ...

Japan-based freelance writer and director ... memorials and serene cedar forests of Koyasan. Travellers who walk both the Kumano Kodo and Spain’s Camino de Santiago route can receive the title ...