[Wakayama] Osaka Kumano Kodo 2-Day Pilgrimage & Hiking
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* **DAY1** * **Nachi-Katsuura Town Tourist Information Center** This is the starting point for your Kumano journey. It not only provides multilingual tourist guides but also bus timetables, hot spring information (such as Nanki Katsuura Onsen), and more. * **Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine**—World Heritage Site One of the Kumano Sanzan (Three Grand Shrines of Kumano), it is a core part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range." The main deity enshrined is "Kumano Fusumi no Okami." The shrine buildings are predominantly vermilion, hidden among thousand-year-old cedar trees. It is revered as a sacred place that can fulfill various wishes. **Nachi-san Seiganto-ji Temple**—The first temple of the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage's thirty-three sacred sites, an ancient Tendai sect temple, coexisting with Nachi Taisha Shrine in a fusion of Shinto and Buddhist culture. **Three-story Pagoda**—Its vermilion body, green mountains, and waterfall form Japan's most classic scenery. Climbing the pagoda offe