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We start in Kyoto. I've been there and around several times and
will add more photos later. However, several of my trips were prior
to digital cameras.
Starting with a Kofun
(5th century burial mound) near Sakai (you really need
an aerial view
to see the
distinctive keyhole shape), and then the train station in Kishi that
is famous for its stationmaster,
who is a cat.
The Kii Peninsula, and the Kumano-Kodo
Pilgrimmage
Finally, we go to the far south of the Kii Peninsula. This is the
triangular land mass South of Kyoto. I stayed at Kiikatsura, near
Nachikatsuura, which is near the tip of the peninsula (first picture
below). The area is famous for
the
Kumano
Kodo (multi-day) pilgrimmage. There are many paths and shrines,
but the three most famous are Hayatama Taisha (second and third
picture), Hongu Taisha (next three pictures), and Nachi Taisha (final
four picures); Taisha means grand shrine. I visited all three of
these but, being old and disabled, I drove rather than hiked. Nearby
is the tallest torii (shrine gate) in Japan, Oyunohara, which I missed
through ignorance.
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