Kumano Kodo (Japan)
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The Kumano Kodo walk across the Kii Peninsula, on the 1200-year-old UNESCO world heritage listed trail ends at Nachi-san. Passing via the sacred Kumano mountains, it is one of only two world heritage listed walks, the other being the Camino de Santiago. The Kumano area, located at the southern end of the Kii Peninsula just 110 kilometres south-east of Osaka (not much further from Kyoto) is very easy to access. Walking the Kumano Kodo is like taking a step back in time, into a period of Japanese cultural history to when pilgrimaging was seen to be the highest goal, for emperors, aristocrats and monks alike |