6 Day Private Ise and Kumano Tour

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6 days (approximately)
Offered in: English

On this journey, along with the original landscape of such Japanese "prayer," you can visit and experience traditional crafts such as Owase wappa, sword smithing, and Kumano Otonashigami (paper-making) workshop, and immerse yourself in the magnificent nature of the Nanki Geopark. Enjoy the relationship between the three types of land created by the subduction of plates, the unique landscapes they created, the wide variety of flora and fauna brought about by the warm and humid climate, and the Kumano worship born from them.

What's Included

English speaking guide
Travel expenses during the tour except option costs
Lunch (Optional[6])
Lunch
All Fees and Taxes
Dinner (Optional[5])
Dinner
Breakfast (Optional[5])
Breakfast
Airline ticket
Transportation costs to the meeting point
Additional beverage costs incurred locally, It would be under $50.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

It takes about 2 hours from Osaka Namba Station by Limited Express Kintetsu Railway. Your guide will wait at Iseshi Station. Please come to Iseshi Station on own.

End point
This activity ends in a different location. You can choose from multiple locations at checkout.

Itinerary

Duration: 6 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Ise, Kihoku Town, Mie Prefecture

    2 stops
  • 1
    Ise Jingu

    Visit Ise Jingu and Naiku

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 2

    Stroll around Oharaimachi and Okage Yokocho

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
    • Day 2

    Kihoku Town, Mie Prefecture ⇒ Kumano City, Mie Prefecture

    4 stops
  • 3

    Owase Wappa Hands-on Workshop at Nushikuma

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 4

    Visit Shishi-iwa (Lion Rock), World Heritage Site

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5

    Visit Hana-no-iwaya Shrine (Cave of Flowers), World Heritage Site

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6

    These beautiful terraced rice fields have been selected as one of the 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
    • Day 3

    Kumano City, Mie Prefecture

    2 stops
  • 7

    This is a rare and valuable experience where you will be given a lecture on the fascination of Japanese swords by the only qualified swordsmith in Higashi-Kishu region whose workshop is located in a village in a valley deep in the mountains of Kumano. You can observe the traditional technique called "tatara," in which iron sand is melted in a furnace to produce iron, as well as the place where Japanese swords are made. Visitors can also do the quenching process, in which beautiful "Hamon (temper pattern of a sword blade)" are made on the blade, with their own hands.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 8

    Matsumoto-Toge Pass is mysterious with its beautiful moss-covered stone pavement and many scenic viewpoints from which you can see the blue sea and the sacred land of Kumano.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
    • Day 4

    Kumano City, Mie Prefecture ⇒ Tanabe City/Shingu City/Nachikatsuura Town, Wakayama Prefecture

    3 stops
  • 9

    Hand Papermaking Experience at Kumano Washi Paper Workshop Otonashi

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine

    At Kumano Hongu, you can receive a goshuin (red seal) on the washi paper you have made.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 11

    Dorokyo is a grand canyon designated as a National Special Place of Scenic Beauty. You can take a Japanese-style boat and listen to the boatman's guide as you cruise through the beautiful scenery.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
    • Day 5

    Nachikatsuura Town, Wakayama Prefecture ⇒ Kushimoto Town, Wakayama Prefecture

    3 stops
  • 12

    The principal image of the Senju Kannon (Goddess of Mercy) is designated as a national important cultural property and is usually opened only three times a year, but it will be specially displayed during the tour. Inside the temple, there is a demonstration of the pictorial explanation of the Nachi Pilgrimage Mandala, which depicts Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine and its surroundings. Visitors can experience how nuns introduced Nachi as a sacred place in order to propagate the Kumano worship throughout Japan.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 13
    Daimonzaka

    Daimonzaka Slope, with its beautiful stone pavements, moss-covered stone steps, and old cedar trees that are over 800 years old, is one of the places along the Kumano Kodo that retains a strong trace of its ancient past. The origin of Kumano Nachi Taisha is the nature worship of Nachi Falls, which is considered sacred. Nachi Falls is one of the three most famous waterfalls in Japan, with a drop of 133 meters and a depth of 10 meters at the waterfall basin. It is said that an elixir of immortality is submerged in the waterfall basin, and since ancient times, the water of Nachi Falls has been known as the water of long life and longevity, and many people still visit the shrine to seek the water.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 14

    At the Nanki-Kumano Geopark Center, visitors can enjoy learning about the formation of the land and the wonders of nature in Nanki-Kumano through projection mapping, which projects powerful images of volcanic eruptions and other phenomena onto a large three-dimensional model of the Kii Peninsula, and through hands-on equipment that reproduces how the earth was formed.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
    • Day 6

    Kushimoto Town, Wakayama Prefecture ⇒ Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture

    2 stops
  • 15

    Enjoy sea kayaking, a popular ocean activity, at the best location overlooking "Hashikui-iwa Rock," which is designated as a National Monument of Scenic Beauty / Sea kayaks are designed to be less affected by waves, wind, and currents, and can be easily enjoyed by adults and children alike after a lecture.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 16

    Shirahama Geopark sightseeing (Senjojiki Rock Plateau, Sandanbeki Cliff, Engetsu Island, etc.)

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Supplied by Nankai Travel International

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Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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