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After 2024 set a new record for tourist numbers in Japan, Rob Goss recommends switching out the biggest draws for these ...

These include the UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails; Koyasan, the sacred Shingon Buddhist mountain and its mossy monk cemetery where you can overnight at shukubo (temple inns); and the 8 ...

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I am around 500km south of Tokyo and a four-hour scenic drive from Nara, deep in the forested heartland of Japan’s Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route. The view of the sweeping valley below is ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For millennia, pilgrims have set off by foot to sacred places and come to realize that it was the ...

A sightseeing boat tour on the Kumano River has begun its operations for the season in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture.