Mystic Japan 聖地巡礼. Kumano. Sennan. Totsukawa. Tanabe. Pilgrimage to sacred places ACCESS MAP

Transcription

1 207 Pilgrimge to scred plces Chugoku Expresswy Shinknsen(Bullet trin) Ogurike IC Shin-Kobe St Ise Shrine Kintetsu Nmb St Ominesn (Iseji Route) Omine Okugke-ｍichi (Kohechi Route) Hytm Tish Grnd Shrine It is sid to hve been built 37BC, nd it is n ncient shrine tht is clled Okumiy (bck shrine) of Snzn History of hs been regrded s plce for recovery Pilgrimge to tht is Yominokuni (Hdes, the next world fter deth) clenses your soul, nd when you come out of it, you would hve second life Bsed on the theory of Honji suijku tht explins Buddhist deities ppered s Jpnese ntive kmi in order to sve Jpnese people, the min enshrined deities of Snzn were regrded s Amid-nyori (), Ykushi-nyori ( Hytm Tish Grnd Shrine) nd Senju-Knnon ( Nchi Tish Grnd Shrine), nd ttrcted the worshipers prospered s the destintion of pilgrimge During the 11th to 13th centuries, ws visited by mny members of the imperil fmily nd nobles, nd from the 14th to the 16th century, it spred to smuris nd ordinry people, nd it becme destintion of mny people There re severl routes in, but long Kiiji Route, child deities clled Ninety-nine Oji re enshrined, nd it is the route tht strts from Kyoto nd, vi Sennn, nd t Tnbe, it goes into the Kii mountins to become Nkhechi Route tht leds to Menwhile, From the Jpn Meteorologicl Agency HP Jn The verge minimum temperture ( ) Precipittion (mm) Feb Mr Apr My Jun July Aug Spt Oct Nov Dec Limited Express pprox90min 20min Bus pprox60min Gojo Sttion pprox74min Txi pprox25min Sttion Txi pprox25min Cr pprox15min Sennn City Cr pprox10min y ❺ Owse-Kit IC Owse-Minmi IC ❹❻ -Odomri IC Nnki-Tnbe IC Ichiy Privte rilwys Susmi-Minmi IC Hineno St Nchiktsuur IC Tokyo Kii-Ktsuur St Nr Kushimoto St by bus Tke the trin to the prt of the process From to Tnbe in the high-speed bus pprox 90min JAPAN Shingu St Sennn Shinknsen bullet trin pprox 10min Shingu-Minmi IC Nnki-Shirhm IC Nnki-Shirhm ❸ ❼❽ Kmitond IC Shirhm St Expresswy Cr only pssble rod shi St Kii-Tnbe St Ntionl rod ❷ JR Sttion, Nmb OCAT Bus pprox 180min St From to Kii-Tnbe Sttion St Bus pprox 40min JR St pprox 70min St From to Limousine bus pprox 60min Ymto Ygi St Bus pprox 270min From Kii-Tnbe Sttion to Hongu St Bus pprox 120min (Vi Nkhechi ) Hongu From Kii-Tnbe Sttion to Ryujin St Bus pprox 90min (Vi Torgmine ) Ryujin Cr pprox30min 熊野 168 Bus pprox15min Hossinmon Bus Stop Wlk 7km pprox150min Cr pprox10min Cr pprox150min Hossinmon bus stop Bus pprox Hongu 5 In JR Kinokunisen-Express to Tnbe St Wlk 7km pprox150min Bus pprox140min Gobo St By JR From to pprox15min Kshikojim St on the trin Cr rentl pln Tki St Yoshino St Kshihrjingu-me St Villge 4 Guidnce of ccess Model Course JR + bus pln + txi pln IC St Arit IC JR Kisei Min Line JR lines of climte Nkhechi (Kurisugw) By month Gojo St Hshimoto St Your pilgrimge to Scred begins t Ujiymd St Ymto Ygi St ❶ Kohechi Route is the route tht strts from the scred ground of Shingon esoteric Buddhism,, vi to, nd it is the shortest route to connect nd These scred sites in Kii peninsul nd the pilgrimge trils tht connect them were registered on UNESCO s World Heritge list s Scred Sites nd Pilgrimge Routes of the Kii Mountin Rnge in 2004 Only two pilgrimge routes tht spn severl hundred kilometers in distnce re registered in the World Heritge: Wy of St Jmes in Spin nd In 2011, it ws given with three strs by Michelin Green Guide Jpn s plce worth trveling to, nd tody mny tourists from Jpn nd elsewhere trvel on s Nkhechi nd Kohechi Route to visit The verge mximum temperture ( ) 24 Mtsusk St Iseshi St Sennn-minmi IC St Kodo 26 shi St Nchi Tish Grnd Shrine (Ohechi Route) Mtsubr JCT Trui St Izumi Sungw St Tsu St Kintetsu-Nr St Nr St Ise-Nkgw St Tenri IC H nw (Kiiji Route) ot or w Mie Yoshinoym (Nkhechi Route) Fuse St Nnki Nmb St Tennoji St interntionl Izumisno St Hineno St Sennn City ❾ Kmeym IC Iseseki IC Ymto-Sidiji St l ion t nn y ih w Me high Oji St Ise Expresswy 25 m Mystic Jpn Kuwn St Kmeym JCT Kumiym JCT Kdom JCT Shin- St,N m go ot y or w nd y O Suit JCT Kyoto St St interntionl Ne w hig Me hw ishi y n Kustsu JCT To ky o 聖地巡礼 Meishin Expresswy ACCESS MAP s k Ngoy St pprox10min Cr pprox15min Bus pprox180min Limited Express pprox23min Kisen Wi Wi villge Kisen Wi Wi villge Limited Express pprox10min Hongu Cr pprox150min Cr pprox20min Fifth dy Cr pprox10min Tnbe

2 温泉 World Heritge 熊野古道 To Mystic Jpn Let your journey begin This re hs mny Onsen (hot springs), prticulrly the secretive Onsen tht re surrounded by rich nturl environment nd it is populr destintion mong Jpnese s well The (ncient trils) re pilgrimge routes tht connect Snzn(three grnd shrines of ) nd Since ncient times, hs been regrded s scred site tht hs fostered vrious forms of religions such s nture-worshiping Shinto, Buddhism tht showed its own development in Jpn fter hving been introduced from Chin, nd Shugendo tht combined both of them For more thn 1000 yers, from retired emperors, nobles nd smuris to ordinry people, so mny hve trveled on these routes, wishing to receive protections from kmi (deities) The line of pilgrims ws so long tht it ws likened to visit of nts Tody, mny people from ll over the world wlks on the trils to rech the Scred 1 People who seeks heling powers hs been regrded s plce for recovering, nd even tody, some people seek refreshing powers of wlking on the ncient trils surrounded by the deep forests Why don t you join the wlk on trils tht led you to the mystic history of Jpn? Onsen ❶ Sennn City Villge Experience Oji re subsidiry shrines of the Grnd Shrines tht line the to protect nd guide pilgrims These shrines house the child deities of Tkijiri-oji is very importnt spot on the Pilgrimge route nd one of the five mjor Oji shrines Fushiogmi-oji is one of the most importnt From the lookout point t Fushiogmi-oji, pilgrims sites on the pilgrimge route finlly get their first glimpse of their gol, the mrking the outermost entrnce into the divine Hongu Tish Pilgrims trditionlly fell precincts of the grnd shrine, Hongu on their knees nd pryed, which is wht the word Tish Fushiogmi mens Obko pss Kohechi Route) ws prt of the worshiping, being sub-shrine tht substitutes pilgrimge to the three grnd shrines of It is lso sid to hve benefit s deity of victory A long stone stircse leds to the scred grounds of the Kobiro-oji Hongu Tish locted on ridge surrounded by gint cedr nd cypress trees It is one of the Snzn, three Nkhechi Route) Tsugizkur-oji grnd shrines of, nd hed shrine of over 3,000 Tkijiri-oji Chiktsuyu-oji shrines cross JpnIt cn be sid tht Hongu Tish Grnd Shrine is the connecting point of ll the trils Shiomi-toge Pss-goe Section Mikoshi-toge Htenshi Settlement A settlement tht nestles in the hillside of Htenshi Pth tht Kohechi psses through Inside the settlement, Kodo s cobblestoned tril goes through, nd s one cn overview the surrounding mountins from the settlement, it is lso clled villge in the sky M in Villge Kii-Tnbe St Tokei-jinj Shrine Akgi-goe Section kn Hokusogi-goe Section Shirhm Sttion Sngen-jy Tehouse Remins Mie Sennn City ❺ ❼ Mizunomi-oji ❸ Irori In the old times, people in Jpn used irori fire pit in the floor for cooking nd heting the house You cn enjoy the experience of irori Goemon-buro It is n old style bthtub of Jpn n enormous pot with direct fire underneth to tke bth Yen It is mn-powered ropewy tht hs been used to crry people nd goods to/from the other side of the river since more thn 100 yers go Currently it cn be seen in the only villge bech seining Afterwrds, enjoy your own ctch on brbeque Jibiki-mi On the sholing beches of Sennn, you cn try jibiki-mi ❽ Sennn City ❻ This re is gifted with rich nturl environments of the ses such s Pcific Ocen, By, nd mountins of Kii Peninsul It hs bundnce of food mterils, nd you cn enjoy vrious locl foods Gourmet ❻Mehrizushi Locl food of Vinegred rice is wrpped by pickled tkn (green lef vegetble) It hs been tken to forestry work or field work s lunch since the old times ❼Izky There re mny chrcteristic izky in front of kii-tnbe sttion Why not enjoying the locl foods in Jpnese style brs ❽Agrdon Rice Bowls Tnbe is surrounded by beutiful ses nd mountins, which re sources of delicious foods This donburi (bowl of rice topped with ingredients) is served with those gifts of nture generously ❾Angotendon Rice Bowls Town of Sennn is open to By with its bundnt se foods As they fry the conger eels fter receiving your order for its Ango-tendon (deep-fried conger with rice), their crisp texture is populr Tko-meshi The octopus lnded in Sennn is clled Izumi-dko, nd its tender met is chrcteristic The tko-rice used Izumi-dko is pltble menu you cn enjoy its ummi s you chew it longer Oyunohr (Old shrine plce) Funtm-jinj e Fushiogmi-oji Hongu Heritge Center Gyub-doji sttue Lin Htenshi Settlement Htenshi pss ei Villge Miur pss Kis Sennn City Villge You cn hve vrious experiences with the rich nturl environments of the se nd the mountins, profound history nd culture 食 Tkijiri-oji NkhechiKohechi Route) ❹ ❶Ryujin A celebrted hot spring tht ws protected by Kishu hn(feudl domin) in Edo period, there remin historicl buildings even tody It is fmous s one of the three beuty hot springs of Jpn ❷Yunomine Onsen It is sid to be the oldest hot spring in Jpn, in which the pilgrims to bthed to ese their ftigue Tsuboyu hs been registered in the World Heritge ❸Kwyu Onsen A hot spring tht nturlly flows out in the river In wintertime (Dec Feb), grnd outdoor hot spring, Sennin-buro, is mde by dmming the river ❹ Onsen It is sid to hve been discovered by chrcol mker in Edo period (during Genroku time) The villge of hs two other hot springs besides Onsen: Tosenji Onsen nd Kmiyu Onsen And ll three hot springs re free-flowing from the source ❺Tosenji Onsen The oldest hot spring in -mur villge with more thn 560 yers of history tht flows out in the cnyon It is sid tht, in 16th century, mny wrriors of Sengoku Period cme to get remedied ❷ 華 2 People who visit the history nd the romnce The re the pilgrimge routes to Snzn tht re the center of the worshiping, nd re historicl routes On the wy, there re mny historicl sites scttered, nd visitors cn imgine the old times 207 体験 Hytm Tish Dinichi -goe Section Grnd Shrine Yunomine-oji Nchi Tish Grnd Shrine Sennn City ❾ Flower & Events This re bosts beutiful flowers from spring to fll There lso re mny mtsuri festivls held tht cn be unforgettble experiences for those who visit them Sennn City Sennn City Villge Villge Roses in the Rose Grden It is the first uthentic rose grden Dvid Austin Roses Ltd creted outside Gret Britin My, June nd October re the prime time of roses, nd they hve Rose Festivls during this time Wisteris of Shindchi-Juku An inn town of, old townscpe still remins tody round JR Izumi-Sungw sttion One of the old inns hs spectculr rck of Jpnese Wisteris The best time to see them is middle to the end of April Wisteri Festivl is scheduled to be held in the end of April Kishu Ishigmi Tnbe Birin Ume Orchrd Tnbe city nd surrounding res re the No1 Ume(Jpnese pricot) producing re in Jpn, nd it ws registered on the World Heritge in 2015 In Kishu Ishigmi Tnbe Birin Ume Orchrd, sid-to-be 300,000 Ume trees bloom from the end of Februry to the beginning of Mrch every yer Rhododendrons of tht stnds ner the top of Tmki-sn mountin of ltitude of 1000m (3300 feet) is colored by beutiful rhododendrons in its precinct Tsuribshi Mtsuri (Suspension Bridge Festivl) Yurediko Tnise-no-Tsuribshi (Suspension Bridge of Tnise) is 297m(974ft) long nd 54m(177ft) high On August 4th every yer, Jpnese drums will be plyed on the swinging bridge, nd their vlint sounds echo in the mountins

3 温泉 World Heritge 熊野古道 To Mystic Jpn Let your journey begin This re hs mny Onsen (hot springs), prticulrly the secretive Onsen tht re surrounded by rich nturl environment nd it is populr destintion mong Jpnese s well The (ncient trils) re pilgrimge routes tht connect Snzn(three grnd shrines of ) nd Since ncient times, hs been regrded s scred site tht hs fostered vrious forms of religions such s nture-worshiping Shinto, Buddhism tht showed its own development in Jpn fter hving been introduced from Chin, nd Shugendo tht combined both of them For more thn 1000 yers, from retired emperors, nobles nd smuris to ordinry people, so mny hve trveled on these routes, wishing to receive protections from kmi (deities) The line of pilgrims ws so long tht it ws likened to visit of nts Tody, mny people from ll over the world wlks on the trils to rech the Scred 1 People who seeks heling powers hs been regrded s plce for recovering, nd even tody, some people seek refreshing powers of wlking on the ncient trils surrounded by the deep forests Why don t you join the wlk on trils tht led you to the mystic history of Jpn? Onsen ❶ Sennn City Villge Experience Oji re subsidiry shrines of the Grnd Shrines tht line the to protect nd guide pilgrims These shrines house the child deities of Tkijiri-oji is very importnt spot on the Pilgrimge route nd one of the five mjor Oji shrines Fushiogmi-oji is one of the most importnt From the lookout point t Fushiogmi-oji, pilgrims sites on the pilgrimge route finlly get their first glimpse of their gol, the mrking the outermost entrnce into the divine Hongu Tish Pilgrims trditionlly fell precincts of the grnd shrine, Hongu on their knees nd pryed, which is wht the word Tish Fushiogmi mens Obko pss Kohechi Route) ws prt of the worshiping, being sub-shrine tht substitutes pilgrimge to the three grnd shrines of It is lso sid to hve benefit s deity of victory A long stone stircse leds to the scred grounds of the Kobiro-oji Hongu Tish locted on ridge surrounded by gint cedr nd cypress trees It is one of the Snzn, three Nkhechi Route) Tsugizkur-oji grnd shrines of, nd hed shrine of over 3,000 Tkijiri-oji Chiktsuyu-oji shrines cross JpnIt cn be sid tht Hongu Tish Grnd Shrine is the connecting point of ll the trils Shiomi-toge Pss-goe Section Mikoshi-toge Htenshi Settlement A settlement tht nestles in the hillside of Htenshi Pth tht Kohechi psses through Inside the settlement, Kodo s cobblestoned tril goes through, nd s one cn overview the surrounding mountins from the settlement, it is lso clled villge in the sky M in Villge Kii-Tnbe St Tokei-jinj Shrine Akgi-goe Section kn Hokusogi-goe Section Shirhm Sttion Sngen-jy Tehouse Remins Mie Sennn City ❺ ❼ Mizunomi-oji ❸ Irori In the old times, people in Jpn used irori fire pit in the floor for cooking nd heting the house You cn enjoy the experience of irori Goemon-buro It is n old style bthtub of Jpn n enormous pot with direct fire underneth to tke bth Yen It is mn-powered ropewy tht hs been used to crry people nd goods to/from the other side of the river since more thn 100 yers go Currently it cn be seen in the only villge bech seining Afterwrds, enjoy your own ctch on brbeque Jibiki-mi On the sholing beches of Sennn, you cn try jibiki-mi ❽ Sennn City ❻ This re is gifted with rich nturl environments of the ses such s Pcific Ocen, By, nd mountins of Kii Peninsul It hs bundnce of food mterils, nd you cn enjoy vrious locl foods Gourmet ❻Mehrizushi Locl food of Vinegred rice is wrpped by pickled tkn (green lef vegetble) It hs been tken to forestry work or field work s lunch since the old times ❼Izky There re mny chrcteristic izky in front of kii-tnbe sttion Why not enjoying the locl foods in Jpnese style brs ❽Agrdon Rice Bowls Tnbe is surrounded by beutiful ses nd mountins, which re sources of delicious foods This donburi (bowl of rice topped with ingredients) is served with those gifts of nture generously ❾Angotendon Rice Bowls Town of Sennn is open to By with its bundnt se foods As they fry the conger eels fter receiving your order for its Ango-tendon (deep-fried conger with rice), their crisp texture is populr Tko-meshi The octopus lnded in Sennn is clled Izumi-dko, nd its tender met is chrcteristic The tko-rice used Izumi-dko is pltble menu you cn enjoy its ummi s you chew it longer Oyunohr (Old shrine plce) Funtm-jinj e Fushiogmi-oji Hongu Heritge Center Gyub-doji sttue Lin Htenshi Settlement Htenshi pss ei Villge Miur pss Kis Sennn City Villge You cn hve vrious experiences with the rich nturl environments of the se nd the mountins, profound history nd culture 食 Tkijiri-oji NkhechiKohechi Route) ❹ ❶Ryujin A celebrted hot spring tht ws protected by Kishu hn(feudl domin) in Edo period, there remin historicl buildings even tody It is fmous s one of the three beuty hot springs of Jpn ❷Yunomine Onsen It is sid to be the oldest hot spring in Jpn, in which the pilgrims to bthed to ese their ftigue Tsuboyu hs been registered in the World Heritge ❸Kwyu Onsen A hot spring tht nturlly flows out in the river In wintertime (Dec Feb), grnd outdoor hot spring, Sennin-buro, is mde by dmming the river ❹ Onsen It is sid to hve been discovered by chrcol mker in Edo period (during Genroku time) The villge of hs two other hot springs besides Onsen: Tosenji Onsen nd Kmiyu Onsen And ll three hot springs re free-flowing from the source ❺Tosenji Onsen The oldest hot spring in -mur villge with more thn 560 yers of history tht flows out in the cnyon It is sid tht, in 16th century, mny wrriors of Sengoku Period cme to get remedied ❷ 華 2 People who visit the history nd the romnce The re the pilgrimge routes to Snzn tht re the center of the worshiping, nd re historicl routes On the wy, there re mny historicl sites scttered, nd visitors cn imgine the old times 207 体験 Hytm Tish Dinichi -goe Section Grnd Shrine Yunomine-oji Nchi Tish Grnd Shrine Sennn City ❾ Flower & Events This re bosts beutiful flowers from spring to fll There lso re mny mtsuri festivls held tht cn be unforgettble experiences for those who visit them Sennn City Sennn City Villge Villge Roses in the Rose Grden It is the first uthentic rose grden Dvid Austin Roses Ltd creted outside Gret Britin My, June nd October re the prime time of roses, nd they hve Rose Festivls during this time Wisteris of Shindchi-Juku An inn town of, old townscpe still remins tody round JR Izumi-Sungw sttion One of the old inns hs spectculr rck of Jpnese Wisteris The best time to see them is middle to the end of April Wisteri Festivl is scheduled to be held in the end of April Kishu Ishigmi Tnbe Birin Ume Orchrd Tnbe city nd surrounding res re the No1 Ume(Jpnese pricot) producing re in Jpn, nd it ws registered on the World Heritge in 2015 In Kishu Ishigmi Tnbe Birin Ume Orchrd, sid-to-be 300,000 Ume trees bloom from the end of Februry to the beginning of Mrch every yer Rhododendrons of tht stnds ner the top of Tmki-sn mountin of ltitude of 1000m (3300 feet) is colored by beutiful rhododendrons in its precinct Tsuribshi Mtsuri (Suspension Bridge Festivl) Yurediko Tnise-no-Tsuribshi (Suspension Bridge of Tnise) is 297m(974ft) long nd 54m(177ft) high On August 4th every yer, Jpnese drums will be plyed on the swinging bridge, nd their vlint sounds echo in the mountins

4 温泉 World Heritge 熊野古道 To Mystic Jpn Let your journey begin This re hs mny Onsen (hot springs), prticulrly the secretive Onsen tht re surrounded by rich nturl environment nd it is populr destintion mong Jpnese s well The (ncient trils) re pilgrimge routes tht connect Snzn(three grnd shrines of ) nd Since ncient times, hs been regrded s scred site tht hs fostered vrious forms of religions such s nture-worshiping Shinto, Buddhism tht showed its own development in Jpn fter hving been introduced from Chin, nd Shugendo tht combined both of them For more thn 1000 yers, from retired emperors, nobles nd smuris to ordinry people, so mny hve trveled on these routes, wishing to receive protections from kmi (deities) The line of pilgrims ws so long tht it ws likened to visit of nts Tody, mny people from ll over the world wlks on the trils to rech the Scred 1 People who seeks heling powers hs been regrded s plce for recovering, nd even tody, some people seek refreshing powers of wlking on the ncient trils surrounded by the deep forests Why don t you join the wlk on trils tht led you to the mystic history of Jpn? Onsen ❶ Sennn City Villge Experience Oji re subsidiry shrines of the Grnd Shrines tht line the to protect nd guide pilgrims These shrines house the child deities of Tkijiri-oji is very importnt spot on the Pilgrimge route nd one of the five mjor Oji shrines Fushiogmi-oji is one of the most importnt From the lookout point t Fushiogmi-oji, pilgrims sites on the pilgrimge route finlly get their first glimpse of their gol, the mrking the outermost entrnce into the divine Hongu Tish Pilgrims trditionlly fell precincts of the grnd shrine, Hongu on their knees nd pryed, which is wht the word Tish Fushiogmi mens Obko pss Kohechi Route) ws prt of the worshiping, being sub-shrine tht substitutes pilgrimge to the three grnd shrines of It is lso sid to hve benefit s deity of victory A long stone stircse leds to the scred grounds of the Kobiro-oji Hongu Tish locted on ridge surrounded by gint cedr nd cypress trees It is one of the Snzn, three Nkhechi Route) Tsugizkur-oji grnd shrines of, nd hed shrine of over 3,000 Tkijiri-oji Chiktsuyu-oji shrines cross JpnIt cn be sid tht Hongu Tish Grnd Shrine is the connecting point of ll the trils Shiomi-toge Pss-goe Section Mikoshi-toge Htenshi Settlement A settlement tht nestles in the hillside of Htenshi Pth tht Kohechi psses through Inside the settlement, Kodo s cobblestoned tril goes through, nd s one cn overview the surrounding mountins from the settlement, it is lso clled villge in the sky M in Villge Kii-Tnbe St Tokei-jinj Shrine Akgi-goe Section kn Hokusogi-goe Section Shirhm Sttion Sngen-jy Tehouse Remins Mie Sennn City ❺ ❼ Mizunomi-oji ❸ Irori In the old times, people in Jpn used irori fire pit in the floor for cooking nd heting the house You cn enjoy the experience of irori Goemon-buro It is n old style bthtub of Jpn n enormous pot with direct fire underneth to tke bth Yen It is mn-powered ropewy tht hs been used to crry people nd goods to/from the other side of the river since more thn 100 yers go Currently it cn be seen in the only villge bech seining Afterwrds, enjoy your own ctch on brbeque Jibiki-mi On the sholing beches of Sennn, you cn try jibiki-mi ❽ Sennn City ❻ This re is gifted with rich nturl environments of the ses such s Pcific Ocen, By, nd mountins of Kii Peninsul It hs bundnce of food mterils, nd you cn enjoy vrious locl foods Gourmet ❻Mehrizushi Locl food of Vinegred rice is wrpped by pickled tkn (green lef vegetble) It hs been tken to forestry work or field work s lunch since the old times ❼Izky There re mny chrcteristic izky in front of kii-tnbe sttion Why not enjoying the locl foods in Jpnese style brs ❽Agrdon Rice Bowls Tnbe is surrounded by beutiful ses nd mountins, which re sources of delicious foods This donburi (bowl of rice topped with ingredients) is served with those gifts of nture generously ❾Angotendon Rice Bowls Town of Sennn is open to By with its bundnt se foods As they fry the conger eels fter receiving your order for its Ango-tendon (deep-fried conger with rice), their crisp texture is populr Tko-meshi The octopus lnded in Sennn is clled Izumi-dko, nd its tender met is chrcteristic The tko-rice used Izumi-dko is pltble menu you cn enjoy its ummi s you chew it longer Oyunohr (Old shrine plce) Funtm-jinj e Fushiogmi-oji Hongu Heritge Center Gyub-doji sttue Lin Htenshi Settlement Htenshi pss ei Villge Miur pss Kis Sennn City Villge You cn hve vrious experiences with the rich nturl environments of the se nd the mountins, profound history nd culture 食 Tkijiri-oji NkhechiKohechi Route) ❹ ❶Ryujin A celebrted hot spring tht ws protected by Kishu hn(feudl domin) in Edo period, there remin historicl buildings even tody It is fmous s one of the three beuty hot springs of Jpn ❷Yunomine Onsen It is sid to be the oldest hot spring in Jpn, in which the pilgrims to bthed to ese their ftigue Tsuboyu hs been registered in the World Heritge ❸Kwyu Onsen A hot spring tht nturlly flows out in the river In wintertime (Dec Feb), grnd outdoor hot spring, Sennin-buro, is mde by dmming the river ❹ Onsen It is sid to hve been discovered by chrcol mker in Edo period (during Genroku time) The villge of hs two other hot springs besides Onsen: Tosenji Onsen nd Kmiyu Onsen And ll three hot springs re free-flowing from the source ❺Tosenji Onsen The oldest hot spring in -mur villge with more thn 560 yers of history tht flows out in the cnyon It is sid tht, in 16th century, mny wrriors of Sengoku Period cme to get remedied ❷ 華 2 People who visit the history nd the romnce The re the pilgrimge routes to Snzn tht re the center of the worshiping, nd re historicl routes On the wy, there re mny historicl sites scttered, nd visitors cn imgine the old times 207 体験 Hytm Tish Dinichi -goe Section Grnd Shrine Yunomine-oji Nchi Tish Grnd Shrine Sennn City ❾ Flower & Events This re bosts beutiful flowers from spring to fll There lso re mny mtsuri festivls held tht cn be unforgettble experiences for those who visit them Sennn City Sennn City Villge Villge Roses in the Rose Grden It is the first uthentic rose grden Dvid Austin Roses Ltd creted outside Gret Britin My, June nd October re the prime time of roses, nd they hve Rose Festivls during this time Wisteris of Shindchi-Juku An inn town of, old townscpe still remins tody round JR Izumi-Sungw sttion One of the old inns hs spectculr rck of Jpnese Wisteris The best time to see them is middle to the end of April Wisteri Festivl is scheduled to be held in the end of April Kishu Ishigmi Tnbe Birin Ume Orchrd Tnbe city nd surrounding res re the No1 Ume(Jpnese pricot) producing re in Jpn, nd it ws registered on the World Heritge in 2015 In Kishu Ishigmi Tnbe Birin Ume Orchrd, sid-to-be 300,000 Ume trees bloom from the end of Februry to the beginning of Mrch every yer Rhododendrons of tht stnds ner the top of Tmki-sn mountin of ltitude of 1000m (3300 feet) is colored by beutiful rhododendrons in its precinct Tsuribshi Mtsuri (Suspension Bridge Festivl) Yurediko Tnise-no-Tsuribshi (Suspension Bridge of Tnise) is 297m(974ft) long nd 54m(177ft) high On August 4th every yer, Jpnese drums will be plyed on the swinging bridge, nd their vlint sounds echo in the mountins

5 207 Pilgrimge to scred plces Chugoku Expresswy Shinknsen(Bullet trin) Ogurike IC Shin-Kobe St Ise Shrine Kintetsu Nmb St Ominesn (Iseji Route) Omine Okugke-ｍichi (Kohechi Route) Hytm Tish Grnd Shrine It is sid to hve been built 37BC, nd it is n ncient shrine tht is clled Okumiy (bck shrine) of Snzn History of hs been regrded s plce for recovery Pilgrimge to tht is Yominokuni (Hdes, the next world fter deth) clenses your soul, nd when you come out of it, you would hve second life Bsed on the theory of Honji suijku tht explins Buddhist deities ppered s Jpnese ntive kmi in order to sve Jpnese people, the min enshrined deities of Snzn were regrded s Amid-nyori (), Ykushi-nyori ( Hytm Tish Grnd Shrine) nd Senju-Knnon ( Nchi Tish Grnd Shrine), nd ttrcted the worshipers prospered s the destintion of pilgrimge During the 11th to 13th centuries, ws visited by mny members of the imperil fmily nd nobles, nd from the 14th to the 16th century, it spred to smuris nd ordinry people, nd it becme destintion of mny people There re severl routes in, but long Kiiji Route, child deities clled Ninety-nine Oji re enshrined, nd it is the route tht strts from Kyoto nd, vi Sennn, nd t Tnbe, it goes into the Kii mountins to become Nkhechi Route tht leds to Menwhile, From the Jpn Meteorologicl Agency HP Jn The verge minimum temperture ( ) Precipittion (mm) Feb Mr Apr My Jun July Aug Spt Oct Nov Dec Limited Express pprox90min 20min Bus pprox60min Gojo Sttion pprox74min Txi pprox25min Sttion Txi pprox25min Cr pprox15min Sennn City Cr pprox10min y ❺ Owse-Kit IC Owse-Minmi IC ❹❻ -Odomri IC Nnki-Tnbe IC Ichiy Privte rilwys Susmi-Minmi IC Hineno St Nchiktsuur IC Tokyo Kii-Ktsuur St Nr Kushimoto St by bus Tke the trin to the prt of the process From to Tnbe in the high-speed bus pprox 90min JAPAN Shingu St Sennn Shinknsen bullet trin pprox 10min Shingu-Minmi IC Nnki-Shirhm IC Nnki-Shirhm ❸ ❼❽ Kmitond IC Shirhm St Expresswy Cr only pssble rod shi St Kii-Tnbe St Ntionl rod ❷ JR Sttion, Nmb OCAT Bus pprox 180min St From to Kii-Tnbe Sttion St Bus pprox 40min JR St pprox 70min St From to Limousine bus pprox 60min Ymto Ygi St Bus pprox 270min From Kii-Tnbe Sttion to Hongu St Bus pprox 120min (Vi Nkhechi ) Hongu From Kii-Tnbe Sttion to Ryujin St Bus pprox 90min (Vi Torgmine ) Ryujin Cr pprox30min 熊野 168 Bus pprox15min Hossinmon Bus Stop Wlk 7km pprox150min Cr pprox10min Cr pprox150min Hossinmon bus stop Bus pprox Hongu 5 In JR Kinokunisen-Express to Tnbe St Wlk 7km pprox150min Bus pprox140min Gobo St By JR From to pprox15min Kshikojim St on the trin Cr rentl pln Tki St Yoshino St Kshihrjingu-me St Villge 4 Guidnce of ccess Model Course JR + bus pln + txi pln IC St Arit IC JR Kisei Min Line JR lines of climte Nkhechi (Kurisugw) By month Gojo St Hshimoto St Your pilgrimge to Scred begins t Ujiymd St Ymto Ygi St ❶ Kohechi Route is the route tht strts from the scred ground of Shingon esoteric Buddhism,, vi to, nd it is the shortest route to connect nd These scred sites in Kii peninsul nd the pilgrimge trils tht connect them were registered on UNESCO s World Heritge list s Scred Sites nd Pilgrimge Routes of the Kii Mountin Rnge in 2004 Only two pilgrimge routes tht spn severl hundred kilometers in distnce re registered in the World Heritge: Wy of St Jmes in Spin nd In 2011, it ws given with three strs by Michelin Green Guide Jpn s plce worth trveling to, nd tody mny tourists from Jpn nd elsewhere trvel on s Nkhechi nd Kohechi Route to visit The verge mximum temperture ( ) 24 Mtsusk St Iseshi St Sennn-minmi IC St Kodo 26 shi St Nchi Tish Grnd Shrine (Ohechi Route) Mtsubr JCT Trui St Izumi Sungw St Tsu St Kintetsu-Nr St Nr St Ise-Nkgw St Tenri IC H nw (Kiiji Route) ot or w Mie Yoshinoym (Nkhechi Route) Fuse St Nnki Nmb St Tennoji St interntionl Izumisno St Hineno St Sennn City ❾ Kmeym IC Iseseki IC Ymto-Sidiji St l ion t nn y ih w Me high Oji St Ise Expresswy 25 m Mystic Jpn Kuwn St Kmeym JCT Kumiym JCT Kdom JCT Shin- St,N m go ot y or w nd y O Suit JCT Kyoto St St interntionl Ne w hig Me hw ishi y n Kustsu JCT To ky o 聖地巡礼 Meishin Expresswy ACCESS MAP s k Ngoy St pprox10min Cr pprox15min Bus pprox180min Limited Express pprox23min Kisen Wi Wi villge Kisen Wi Wi villge Limited Express pprox10min Hongu Cr pprox150min Cr pprox20min Fifth dy Cr pprox10min Tnbe

6 207 Pilgrimge to scred plces Chugoku Expresswy Shinknsen(Bullet trin) Ogurike IC Shin-Kobe St Ise Shrine Kintetsu Nmb St Ominesn (Iseji Route) Omine Okugke-ｍichi (Kohechi Route) Hytm Tish Grnd Shrine It is sid to hve been built 37BC, nd it is n ncient shrine tht is clled Okumiy (bck shrine) of Snzn History of hs been regrded s plce for recovery Pilgrimge to tht is Yominokuni (Hdes, the next world fter deth) clenses your soul, nd when you come out of it, you would hve second life Bsed on the theory of Honji suijku tht explins Buddhist deities ppered s Jpnese ntive kmi in order to sve Jpnese people, the min enshrined deities of Snzn were regrded s Amid-nyori (), Ykushi-nyori ( Hytm Tish Grnd Shrine) nd Senju-Knnon ( Nchi Tish Grnd Shrine), nd ttrcted the worshipers prospered s the destintion of pilgrimge During the 11th to 13th centuries, ws visited by mny members of the imperil fmily nd nobles, nd from the 14th to the 16th century, it spred to smuris nd ordinry people, nd it becme destintion of mny people There re severl routes in, but long Kiiji Route, child deities clled Ninety-nine Oji re enshrined, nd it is the route tht strts from Kyoto nd, vi Sennn, nd t Tnbe, it goes into the Kii mountins to become Nkhechi Route tht leds to Menwhile, From the Jpn Meteorologicl Agency HP Jn The verge minimum temperture ( ) Precipittion (mm) Feb Mr Apr My Jun July Aug Spt Oct Nov Dec Limited Express pprox90min 20min Bus pprox60min Gojo Sttion pprox74min Txi pprox25min Sttion Txi pprox25min Cr pprox15min Sennn City Cr pprox10min y ❺ Owse-Kit IC Owse-Minmi IC ❹❻ -Odomri IC Nnki-Tnbe IC Ichiy Privte rilwys Susmi-Minmi IC Hineno St Nchiktsuur IC Tokyo Kii-Ktsuur St Nr Kushimoto St by bus Tke the trin to the prt of the process From to Tnbe in the high-speed bus pprox 90min JAPAN Shingu St Sennn Shinknsen bullet trin pprox 10min Shingu-Minmi IC Nnki-Shirhm IC Nnki-Shirhm ❸ ❼❽ Kmitond IC Shirhm St Expresswy Cr only pssble rod shi St Kii-Tnbe St Ntionl rod ❷ JR Sttion, Nmb OCAT Bus pprox 180min St From to Kii-Tnbe Sttion St Bus pprox 40min JR St pprox 70min St From to Limousine bus pprox 60min Ymto Ygi St Bus pprox 270min From Kii-Tnbe Sttion to Hongu St Bus pprox 120min (Vi Nkhechi ) Hongu From Kii-Tnbe Sttion to Ryujin St Bus pprox 90min (Vi Torgmine ) Ryujin Cr pprox30min 熊野 168 Bus pprox15min Hossinmon Bus Stop Wlk 7km pprox150min Cr pprox10min Cr pprox150min Hossinmon bus stop Bus pprox Hongu 5 In JR Kinokunisen-Express to Tnbe St Wlk 7km pprox150min Bus pprox140min Gobo St By JR From to pprox15min Kshikojim St on the trin Cr rentl pln Tki St Yoshino St Kshihrjingu-me St Villge 4 Guidnce of ccess Model Course JR + bus pln + txi pln IC St Arit IC JR Kisei Min Line JR lines of climte Nkhechi (Kurisugw) By month Gojo St Hshimoto St Your pilgrimge to Scred begins t Ujiymd St Ymto Ygi St ❶ Kohechi Route is the route tht strts from the scred ground of Shingon esoteric Buddhism,, vi to, nd it is the shortest route to connect nd These scred sites in Kii peninsul nd the pilgrimge trils tht connect them were registered on UNESCO s World Heritge list s Scred Sites nd Pilgrimge Routes of the Kii Mountin Rnge in 2004 Only two pilgrimge routes tht spn severl hundred kilometers in distnce re registered in the World Heritge: Wy of St Jmes in Spin nd In 2011, it ws given with three strs by Michelin Green Guide Jpn s plce worth trveling to, nd tody mny tourists from Jpn nd elsewhere trvel on s Nkhechi nd Kohechi Route to visit The verge mximum temperture ( ) 24 Mtsusk St Iseshi St Sennn-minmi IC St Kodo 26 shi St Nchi Tish Grnd Shrine (Ohechi Route) Mtsubr JCT Trui St Izumi Sungw St Tsu St Kintetsu-Nr St Nr St Ise-Nkgw St Tenri IC H nw (Kiiji Route) ot or w Mie Yoshinoym (Nkhechi Route) Fuse St Nnki Nmb St Tennoji St interntionl Izumisno St Hineno St Sennn City ❾ Kmeym IC Iseseki IC Ymto-Sidiji St l ion t nn y ih w Me high Oji St Ise Expresswy 25 m Mystic Jpn Kuwn St Kmeym JCT Kumiym JCT Kdom JCT Shin- St,N m go ot y or w nd y O Suit JCT Kyoto St St interntionl Ne w hig Me hw ishi y n Kustsu JCT To ky o 聖地巡礼 Meishin Expresswy ACCESS MAP s k Ngoy St pprox10min Cr pprox15min Bus pprox180min Limited Express pprox23min Kisen Wi Wi villge Kisen Wi Wi villge Limited Express pprox10min Hongu Cr pprox150min Cr pprox20min Fifth dy Cr pprox10min Tnbe