Travel / World View (2025年10月19日号)
Ancient pilgrim path on Kumano Kodo is no ordinary hike
熊野古道、神々の宿る聖地へ通じる道 時を超える旅を求めて
By Suvendrini Kakuchi / Freelance journalist
It's 6 a.m. and my alarm rings. Outside dawn is breaking. I must hurry. My diligent 75-year-old guide will soon arrive. Folding up my futon bedding, I take a quick look at the blue waters of the Kii Peninsula below my hotel window in Odomari, Mie Prefecture. The ocean is calm as a mirror. I climb i...
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