Ancient pilgrimage trails through the forested mountains of the Kii Peninsula, linking three grand shrines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Nakahechi route, from Takijiri to Kumano Hongū Taisha, takes 2 to 4 days, with stone paths, small shrines and guesthouses in remote villages.
Book accommodation ahead; luggage transfer can be arranged. See the Nachi waterfall, Japan's tallest, beside a pagoda. Bathe in the river onsen at Kawayu.
A mountaintop monastery town founded in 816 by the monk Kūkai, with more than 100 temples, many offering shukubō (temple lodging), where you eat vege…
Japan's first permanent capital, where more than 1,000 tame sika deer roam the park; buy deer crackers and they will bow to you.
Osaka's lively entertainment street along a canal, famous for giant neon signs, including the Glico running man, and for street food: takoyaki (octop…
The head shrine of Inari, the god of rice and business, famous for its thousands of bright vermilion torii gates, donated by businesses, which form t…
A Buddhist temple on a wooded hillside in eastern Kyoto, famous for its wooden stage, built without nails, jutting out over the valley, with views ov…
The Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns, who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867.
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