Why this ride
From Kashihara it runs 393 km to Kashihara; allow about 7 h 03 of riding. The stops in between: Daigo-ji, Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - K and back through Daigo-ji. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun and Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - K
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 393 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 03
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun
The tomb attributed to Emperor Ingyo stands in Fujiidera, in the eastern suburbs of Osaka, and it belongs to the Furuichi group of kofun, the other half of the World Heritage site shared with Sakai's Mozu tombs. It is a large keyhole-shaped mound, wooded and surrounded by a moat, and like all imperial tombs it is managed by the Imperial Household Agency and closed to visitors. Scholars debate whether the attributions to specific emperors are accurate, since they were made long after the tombs were built, but the scale of the monuments speaks for itself. Nearby, the tomb attributed to Emperor Ojin, Kondagobyoyama, is the second largest in Japan by volume.
Read the complete Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun is where the day begins. Next is Daigo-ji.
2. Daigo-ji
The oldest building in Kyoto does not stand in the city centre but in the southeastern hills, at the temple of Daigo-ji: a five storey pagoda completed in 951, which has survived fires, earthquakes and wars that destroyed almost everything else of its age in the city. The temple was founded in the ninth century on Mount Daigo, and its grounds spread from the foot of the mountain to the summit, linked by a steep path, with halls, gardens and sub temples along the way. It is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto World Heritage Site.
Read the complete Daigo-ji write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Daigo-ji comes up about 58 km into the recorded legs. Next is Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - K.
3. Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - K
Mount Kōya is one of Japan's great sacred places, a high basin in the mountains of northern Wakayama where the monk Kūkai founded a monastic centre for Shingon Buddhism in the early ninth century. Today it is a town of over a hundred temples, many of which take in overnight guests, set among towering cedars. South of the summit plateau, deep in the forested ridges, run the old pilgrim trails that link Kōya with the Kumano shrines, part of the network inscribed by UNESCO as the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.
Read the complete Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - K write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 197 km into the recorded legs you reach Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - K. Next is back through Daigo-ji.
4. back through Daigo-ji
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Daigo-ji write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Daigo-ji, late in the day. Next is Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun.
5. Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun to Daigo-ji
Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun → Daigo-ji is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Daigo-ji to Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - K
Daigo-ji → Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - K is 139 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - K to back through Daigo-ji
Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - K → back through Daigo-ji is 139 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Daigo-ji to Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun
back through Daigo-ji → Ingyo-tenno-ryo Kofun is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.