Takijiri-oji 滝尻王子 — Attraction in Tanabe

Takijiri-Oji is one of the best station to start the Kumano Kodo on the Nakahechi route. There is a small information center / museum to explain the history of the place, a shop with all the basic hiking gear you need in case you were not fully equipped already, free water filling points, etc. The path to the next waypoint (Takahara) is steep but short, count minimum 2...

Trailhead for the Kumano Kodo hike – Nakahechi route. Before starting, I picked up a booklet from the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Center across the road then got my very first Kumano...

Yeah, this first part is pretty tough. Maybe don't do it in summer like us. The terrain is unforgiving, don't underestimate it, the maps are not represantive of hight...