Kumano Sanzan - Kumano Nachi Taisha and Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - N
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Recorded distance
179 km
Riding-time estimate
2 h 22
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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From Shingū it runs 179 km to Shingū; allow about 2 h 22 of riding. It goes by way of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the, Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - N and back through Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the. The line favours views over speed.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Kumano Sanzan - Kumano Nachi Taisha
Everyone who comes to Nachi comes for the waterfall, and the waterfall earns it. Nachi no Taki drops 133 metres in one clean ribbon, the tallest single fall in Japan, and the shrine of Kumano Nachi Taisha was built to worship it. For well over a thousand years the water itself has been treated as a god. The shrine buildings stand on the slope above, vermilion halls in the cedar forest, close enough that the roar reaches the courtyard when the rains have been heavy.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kumano Sanzan - Kumano Nachi Taisha is where the day begins. Next is Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the.
2. Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the
The Kumano Kodō, the ancient pilgrimage routes, link it with two other great shrines, Hayatama in Shingū and Nachi with its tall waterfall, and with the sacred mountains of Kōyasan and Yoshino further north. UNESCO listed the whole network in 2004 as one of only two pilgrimage routes on its register, the other being the road to Santiago de Compostela.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the comes up about 53 km into the recorded legs. Next is Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - N.
3. Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - N
The Kumano Kodō is a web of ancient pilgrimage trails across the mountains of the Kii Peninsula, south of Osaka, leading to the three grand shrines of Kumano: Hongū, Hayatama and Nachi. For over a thousand years, emperors, aristocrats and ordinary pilgrims walked these paths through cedar and cypress forest, stopping at small subsidiary shrines along the way. The Nakahechi, the most popular of the routes, leaves the coast near Tanabe and climbs inland through the hills. It is part of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, listed by UNESCO in 2004, one of only two pilgrimage routes on the list along with the Camino de Santiago, with which it is twinned.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 89 km into the recorded legs you reach Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - N. Next is back through Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the.
4. back through Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Kumano Sanzan - Kumano Nachi Taisha. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Kumano Sanzan - Kumano Nachi Taisha to Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the
Kumano Sanzan - Kumano Nachi Taisha → Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the to Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - N
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the → Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - N is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - N to back through Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the
Pilgrimage Routes - Kumano Sankeimichi - N → back through Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the to Kumano Sanzan - Kumano Nachi Taisha
back through Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the → Kumano Sanzan - Kumano Nachi Taisha is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.