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[Limited to 1 Group/day] The Kumano area has been an area of nature worship and boulder worship since antiquity. - Kumano Kodo is a pilgrimage route and a UNESCO World Heritage Site where many pilgrims have walked and prayed. - Also, there are many places where shugen practitioners have practiced their asceticism in the forests, giant stones and waterfalls created by Mother Nature. It is believed that the Owase area was a training site, given that it is dotted with giant stones, waterfalls and other training sites, and there are temples in the city associated with the training sites. - In this course, you will walk the stone-paved paths of the Kumano Kodo while recalling ancient pilgrims, visit places associated with ascetics and massive rocks such as Oishi, Magose Fudo Falls, Tengu-kura-yama, and Iwaya-do, and experience paths and sites of prayer. - Moreover, the Owase area is located on the Ria Coast, where the mountains are close to the sea. It takes only a few hours of trekking to reach the giant boulders at the top of the mountains and enjoy the view of the sea from the top. [Recommended points] The tour will visit prayer sites associated with Shugendo, where nature itself is regarded as a place of spiritual training. Visit Iwayado, a prayer site for ascetics protected by massive rocks, where stone Buddhas from the Muromachi and Edo periods line up, and which continues to be preserved and passed down by local people even today. - Walk along Kumano Kodo Magose Pass, a pilgrimage route walked to memorialize antiquity. - Enjoy the view gazing down upon the sea at a picturesque spot from Mt. Tengukura (elevation 522 meters).
Picturesque view, Mt. Tengukura 1
Picturesque view, Mt. Tengukura 2
Training site, Magose Fudo Falls
UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kumano Kodo, Magose Pass
Pilgrimage route, Iwayado 1
Pilgrimage route, Iwayado 2
Owase Shrine
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