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For one guide per day. Half day course - 8,000 yen. Full day course - 16,000 yen. Half day course - 2,000 yen per person. Full day course - 3,000 yen per person. Number of persons per guide - 12 persons. Additional fees apply on Kohechi courses, Ogumotori-goe and Kogumotori-goe courses. Guides do not require meals to be provided.

Five Routes to the Grand Shrines of Kumano. The Kii-ji route begins in Kyoto. Thirty-three small shrines mark the path from Hongū to Totsukawa.

Other Courses in and around Tanabe. From Minakata Kumagusu Museum to Tenjizaki. Minakata Kumagusu was a botanist, folklorist, and envirnomentalist as well doing his main work as a scientist studying mosses and funguses. He left a wealth of materials from his research.

Thoughts on life, hiking, things Japanese, . Heisei 25, April 30. What once would have been a hard hike has now become easy. Eight years have passed since my first attempts at hiking while huffing and puffing along the routes of the Kumano Kodo. A little harmonica music, a gentle breeze, friendly people, a simple lunch of rice balls and Japanese egg omelets along the way gave balance to the struggles of getting down the much steeper downhill slopes. The mountain paths of old.

Kumano Hiking and Events Schedule 2013 - 2014. Hiking and events are scheduled twice a month. There is a small participation fee for non-members. See the 2013 - 2014 schedule.