Michi-no-Eki Minabe Ume Shinkokan
Plum-promotion roadside hall in Japan's top umeboshi town
A roadside station and plum-culture hall in Minabe, Japan's top plum-growing town and home of the...
Negoro-ji
A 1547 Pagoda That Survived Hideyoshi, and You Can Go Inside
Head temple of the Shingi Shingon school in the hills of Iwade, northern Wakayama. Its Daito, fin...
Shirahama Onsen
A Seaside Hot Spring Town Where the Oldest Bath Is a Rock Pool at the Waterline
The hot spring side of Shirahama, apart from the beach. Its best-known bath is Sakinoyu, open-air...
Fudarakusan-ji
The Nachi Beach Temple Where Monks Set Sail, Sealed In, for Kannon's Paradise
A small Tendai temple by Nachi beach, a branch of Seiganto-ji, where monks once set out in small ...
Jison-in
Kukai's Mother's Temple at the Foot of Koyasan, Where the Choishi-michi Begins
A small Shingon temple by the Kinokawa river where, by tradition, Kukai's mother lived out her li...
Koyasan Choishi-michi
The 22 km Pilgrim Path to Koyasan, Counted Down by 180 Stone Markers
The old main pilgrim road up Koyasan, about 22 km from Jison-in in Kudoyama to the Konpon Daito, ...
Michi-no-Eki Susami
Shrimp, crabs and a sea view on the Kii coast
Right off the Susami-minami exit of the Kisei Expressway, this Route 42 station has a seafood res...
Niutsuhime Shrine
The Amano Shrine Whose Goddess, by Tradition, Gave Koyasan to Kukai
The main shrine of old Kii Province, in the quiet Amano basin below Koyasan. By the shrine's trad...
Ichimaiiwa Rock
A Single Rock Wall 100 Meters High on the Koza River, Four Town Buses a Day
One unbroken face of volcanic rock, about 100 meters high and 500 meters wide, rising straight ou...
Kushimoto Turkish Memorial Museum
The 1890 Ertugrul Shipwreck, Beside Japan's Oldest Stone Lighthouse
A small museum on the eastern cliffs of Kii-Oshima about the Ottoman frigate Ertugrul, wrecked on...