Tag: Kumano Kodo

  • Day 66 – Chikatsuyu to Yunomine Onsen

    I don’t think my legs work any more! We hiked a total of 25km in 11 hours, from Minshuku Nakano (yesterday’s accommodation) leaving at 5:40am and arriving at the main shrine, Hongu Taisha, at 5:00pm. It was a crazy long day and the bags felt heavier with every step. Unfortunately J had pulled a muscle […]

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  • Day 65 – Tanabe to Chikatsuyu

    Today was an exhausting 7 hours of hiking on the first leg of the Kumano Kodo a.k.a Nakahechi (The Imperial Route to Kumano). The hike was around 14km. We left our accommodation Guesthouse TAKAO in Tanabe, around 7:30am and bused to the starting point of the hike, Takijiri. We left around half of our luggage […]

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