Kawayu Onsen – Outdoor hot springs on the Oto River
Kawayu Onsen – Midoriya Hotel Indoor Bath
Taiko Drumming
TaikoDrummingKawayuOnsen
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGEYunimone Onsen
Yuzutsu Public Cooking Basin - Boiling eggs at UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE Yunomine Onsen
Entrance to Kumano Hayatama Taisha – One of the Sanzen “Three Grand Shrines of Kumano”
Kumano Hongu Taisha – One of the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano – UNESCO World Heritage Kumano Sanzen
Kumano Nachi Taisha – One of the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano – Kumano Sanzen
Seiganto-ji Temple and NachiWaterfall -
“Otorri” - The largest Torii Shrine Gate in the world which is the entrance to Oyunohara where the Kumano Hongu Taisha originally stood prior to severe flooding in 1889.
The Three LeggedCrowSymbol of Kumano
Jet Boat on the Kitayama River – a tributary of UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE Pilgrimage Waterway “Kumano –gawa”
“Turtle” Boat – Transport from Kii-Katsuura to Urashima Hotel
Urashima Hotel – Kii-Katsuura.
Bokhido “Cave Bath” at Hotel Urashima – Kii Katsuura.
Fish Markets – Kii Katsuura
Hashigui-Iwa rock formation – coastine to Tanabe
Tora Tora Ichiba – lunch stop on the way to Tanabe
Footbath at Shirahama
Bicycles atTanabe Station
UNESCO World Heiritage Kinkaku-ji - Kyoto
500 + year old tree in the grounds of Kinkaku-ji - Kyoto
Karamon Gate – Entrance to UNESCO World Heritage Nijo Castle – Kyoto
Intricate detail on the Karamon Gate – Entrance to Nijo Castle - Kyoto
UNESCO World Heritage Ryoanji Sand Garden - Kyoto
Autumn colours – Gardens of Ryoanji - Kyoto
Romon Gate – Entrance gate to Fushimi-Inari Shrine - Kyoto
Some of the thousands of Senbon Torii gates which lead to sacred Mount Inari