Kumano Kodo (Nakahechi): 2. Nonaka - Hongu Taisha
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 13.97 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,596 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 4,974 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,050 ft
- TrailRank
-
73
4.7
- Min elevation
- 38 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 7 hours 13 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1949
- Uploaded
- April 8, 2018
- Recorded
- March 2018
near Chikatsuyu, Wakayama (Japan)
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Itinerary description
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Second stage that ends at the central temple where all the Kumano Kodo roads end and where we can obtain the credential at the tourist office. This track ends at the bus stop just in front of the entrance to the temple and next to the tourist office.
The first part has 3 small peaks in which for hardness, the second one stands out that is right in the alternative part to the original road, which is about 4 kilometers marked as “detour” (that section of the original road has been closed since 2011 due to landslides) .
Without technical difficulty, but the route can be moderated with bad weather conditions. The entire route is perfectly signposted. 80-90% of the Kumano Kodo road is made inside the forest with towering trees as a “tunnel” that They give shade and rarely open viewpoints to the surroundings.
From Hongu Taisha we can approach Yunomine Onsen walking or by bus to enjoy the typical Japanese baths. We stayed at J-Hopper s Kumano Yunomine Onsen.
Technical data:
Start Time: 03/26/2018 07:53
End Time: 03/26/2018 15:07
Distance traveled: 22.5 km (07:13)
Minimum Height: 11 m
Maximum Height: 624 m
Altitude gain: 712 m
Altitude Loss: -1153 m
Waypoints
Summit
Waypoint
1,662 ft
Desviación para tomar camino alternativo
It is followed by "Detour" to be the original road closed in this section.
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Intersection
1,535 ft
Continuar a la derecha
It begins descent of the third ascent of the day (the ascent begins a little earlier in Yukawa-Oji
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Picnic
Panorama
599 ft
Mirador de Oyunohara
Essential detour to see this panoramic where once was the temple of Hongu and today is the largest torii in Japan.
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Bus stop
41 ft
Hongu Thaisa Bus
Place to take the bus to the Onsen area or other places on the peninsula. Or starting point to visit the tourism center and get the credential or the Hongu Thaisa temple. There is a typical sign of the Camino de Santiago that indicates the "small" distance to Santiago from here. And the commemorative plaque of twinning of roads in May 2014 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of the Kumano Kodo as a World Heritage Site in 2004
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Kumano Travel rates this route as 4 out of 5 in difficulty.
Many skip the first 2 hours of walking by getting dropped off at Doyugawa instead...not a bad option considering the views and lack of stamps between Tsugizakura and the entrance to the Detour.
Walking without a pack this is a nice tramp. Seeing the big Tori gate near the end of the trail was a bit of a gem.
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Wonderful trail. Thanks for sharing the trek. It was quite helpful.