• Walking arond Kumanokodo wity private guide.
• Visit Hongu Taisha is located at the center of the Kumano Kodo network of pilgrimage routes.
• Enjoyable walk for who want to experience a pilgrimage trail but are pressed by time is the good way of the Nakahechi route between Hosshinmon Oji and Hongu.

We will walk Yunomine Oji Ruins from Yunomineonsen to Kumano Hongu Taisha . It takes about 8 hours for all routs. Walking through Hashinnmon Oji, Mizunomi Oji, Fushiogami Oji, Sangenchayayaseki, Haraido Oji, Hongu Taisha.

Mizunomi Oji is near the abandoned school grounds of Misato elementary school. This oji has a long history and legend about this area. The founder of the Shingon sect of Buddhism Kobo Daishi traveled all over this part of Japan looking for a place to establish Shingon Buddhism. He went to the south of the country of Kii near Nachi Falls and founded a temple called Amidaji temple. But he was not satisfied with the place to establish his seat of religion and continued to look for a perfect place.

Fushiogami Oji forest of therapeutic walk is also one of the 100 therapeutic walk spots in Japan. On the way along Kumano Kodo ancient people got a first distant view of Kumano Hongu Taisha and knelt down in prayer and got moved to tears without knowing. The name Fushiogami literally kneeling down in prayer, came from this episode. You can see beautiful view from this spot.

Haraido Oji is the final oji before arriving at Kumano Hongu Grand Shrine. Harau means to purify and do means door. Pilgrims wanted to approach the gods with a pure heart and clean body, so ritual purifications took place here. The approach to Kumano Hongu Taisha (Grand Shrine) up until about a hundred years ago would continue past Haraido Oji over a steep downhill path of stones leading down to the delta where three rivers met. Along the path there were inns at which people could rest before making the final approach to the grand shrine.

Kumano Hongu Taisha is one of the Kumano region's three famous shrines. As well as enshrining its own deity, Hongu Taisha also enshrines the deities of the other two Kumano shrines, Hayatama Taisha and Nachi Taisha, and the sun goddess Amaterasu. It serves as the head shrine of over 3000 Kumano shrines across Japan. Reference to Hongu Taisha was first documented in the 9th century, which the establishment of the shrine must have preceded substantially. In front of Oyu no Hara stands the biggest torii gate in the world which is 33 meters tall dwarfs visitors passing under it. ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー Information about tour operator Name　 H.I.S. Co.,Ltd. address　 Kamiyacho Trust Tower 5F 4-1-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6905, JAPAN　 registration number　 No.724 by Commissioner of Japan Tourism Agency　

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