12 Beach & Island Tanabe Ogigahama Beach Virginia Gonzalez Tanabe Ogigahama is a beach located in Tanabe, Wakayama. It is famous for its convenient location, just a five minute walk from..
9 Activities Rhododendron Mountain in Totsukawa Village Alena Eckelmann The Rhododendron is a flower of spring in mountainous Totsukawa Village in Nara Prefecture. The Rhododendron flower park is located..
Outdoors A Pilgrimage on the Imperial Route Euan Prentis The Kumano Kodo Nakahechi route's spiritual background runs deeper than its obvious beauty.
13 Activities Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Jemma King If the 5 heritage listed sites, spiritual significance and scenery of the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage interest you but you do not have..
Activities Sakura Season at Shichikawa Dam Kim Bergström The Shichikawa Dam in Wakayama may be a man-made waterway, but there's plenty of natural beauty to enjoy here as well. There..
Activities Hyakkenzan Gorge Alena Eckelmann Hyakkenzan Gorge, a deep valley in the south of the Kii Peninsula, has your ideal summer hiking course. Why? It is a short trail..
11 Camping & Trekking Kumano Kodo: Hosshinmon-Fushiogami Virginia Gonzalez Kumano Kodo is the only pilgrimage route, along with Spain's Camino de Santiago, that is as a World Heritage Site. It extends..