[Wakayama] Osaka 2-Day Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage with Hiking
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This itinerary focuses on the "Kumano Kodo Nakahechi Trail Hiking Essence," connecting the Kumano Sanzan (Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha, Kumano Hongu Taisha), Japan's most spiritual and historically significant sites, and combining natural wonders with cultural and spiritual experiences. Travelers are not just sightseeing, but participating in a "pilgrimage path walked with emperors for a thousand years," and upon completion, they can receive a pilgrimage notebook and dual pilgrimage certification (linked to the Camino de Santiago system in Spain). **Day 1 | The Beginning of Waterfalls and Sacred Realms** Depart from Osaka and enter the deep world of the Kii Mountains. You will step into Kumano Nachi Taisha, feeling the ancient faith amidst thousand-year-old sacred trees and vermilion shrines; standing before Nachi Falls, Japan's tallest single-drop waterfall, you will hear the roar of the water and the echo of the mountains, as if entering a world where "gods and nature coexist." In the evenin