Japan's Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage by Kat Davis

Author:Kat Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781852849726
Publisher: Cicerone Press
Published: 2020-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Continuing on, after passing Nakahechi waymark 71 cross the bridge over a road to Sangenjaya teahouse remains 三軒茶屋跡 (WC, rest shelter). This is the junction of the Nakahechi and Kohechi. There was once a sekisho checkpoint near here (see glossary) and three teahouses (sangenjaya). An Edo period stone marker remains, opposite the gate. 14.4km

Continue through the replica wooden checkpoint gate ‘九鬼ヶ口関所’, uphill onto a pleasant section of trail. After 1km pass Nakahechi waymark 73 then soon after, reach a side-loop trail (LHS) leading to a breathtaking view of Japan’s largest torii gate in Hongu (highly recommended: to rejoin the trail from the viewpoint, descend along wooden steps, turning left at the end, then left again to rejoin the wide path of the Nakahechi 260m further along from where you left it). For the main trail, however, continue ahead and after a further 700m pass a cemetery (LHS) then join a road briefly before continuing straight down a stone staircase. Reach a road and continue downhill towards a VM and payphone (RHS), then pass Nakahechi waymark 75 and Haraido-oji 祓殿王子. Meaning ‘to exorcise’, Haraido-oji is the last chance to exorcise your sins and purify yourself before reaching the shrine! Go through the opening in the hedge beside the back torii gate of Kumano Hongu Taisha 熊野本宮大社裏鳥居 (along the old path) and into the grounds of Kumano Hongu Taisha 熊野本宮大社 (WC). 16.5km

A view of Oyunohara’s O-torii gate, Hongu

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