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Other Sightseeing Spot Spots in Kumano / Owase Area

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  • Maruyama Senmaida
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Kumanoshi Kiwachoumaruyama
    A series of 1,340 terraced rice fields located on 736 meter tall Mt. Shirakura which has been selected as one of the 100 most beautiful terraced fields in the country. The countless small fields, rising in steps, creates an impressive and amazing sight. The scenery is also distinctly seasonal. When the planting is done, the fields turn green; when the ears shine golden, harvest time is near. Conservation activities are conducted here and a variety of events are held throughout the year, as well as rice-planting mini-classes.
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  • Hadasu-no-michi Pass Route
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Kumanoshi Hadasuchou
    This roughly four-kilometer stretch of roadway is part of the ancient Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route. The closest stations are JR Atashika Station on the Ise side and JR Hadasu Station on the Kumano side. The course starts from Atashika Town and you pass Hadasu and Odamari before going through the city of Kumano and on to Hananoiwaya-jinja Shrine. It has been designated a Mie Prefecture Mothers' and Children's Natural and Historic Walking Path. Along the way you'll find cobblestone paving from the Kamakura Period, considered to be the oldest on the Iseji portion of the Kumano Kodo. You can also see sites like Jofuku-no-Miya Shrine, which is dedicated to the historic Chinese traveler Xu Fu who came in search of the elixir of perpetual youth, as well as a hollow filled with sacred water. Known as the Water Footprint, it's said to have been left by Kobo Daishi, the founder of esoteric Japanese Buddhism.
    Hadasu-no-michi Pass Route image
  • Magose Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Prefecture Kitamuro-gun Kihoku-cho - Owase City
    This popular pass at the border of Kihoku Town and Owase City is about 30 minutes on foot from Ouka Station on the JR Kisei Main Line. You can also take a Mie Kotsu Bus and get off at the Washige stop. It's right there. The stone paved path that's said to be the finest on the Iseji portion of the ancient Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route and runs through a forest of beautiful Owase hinoki cypress. Along the way is the Yonaki Jizo, a stone statue of the mythical protector of children that's said to have the power to stop them from crying during the night. Below the pass, Magose Park boasts beautiful cherry blossoms and azaleas from spring to early summer and Japanese clover flowers in the fall. If you come by car you can leave it at Roadside Station Miyama and return by bus from the Ken-Owase-Sogochosha-Mae stop.
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  • Doi Bamboo Forest
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Owase-shi Kodonocho
    This bamboo forest is located in Kodono-cho, Owase City. The forest consists of moso bamboo transplanted here during the Edo period from the bygone Satsuma Domain by Doi Hachirobei, the seventh head of an Owase forestry family. Today, the forest spans 4,000 square meters, and some of the bamboo trees growing here have trunks which are over 30 centimeters in diameter.
  • Sugari
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Owase-shi Sugaricho
    The Sugari-cho district is a detached enclave of Owase City situated opposite the center of the city beyond a short stretch of ocean. A community sprawling at the tip of a peninsula, visitors can take in old-fashioned Japanese fishing village scenery consisting of densely packed, tile roofed houses standing along the sea backed by mountains.
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  • Uomachi District
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Kitamuro-gun Kihokucho Nagashima
    Centering on Nagashima Port, the Nagashima district in Kihoku Town, Kitamuro County, Mie Prefecture is a fishing town known for boasting some of the greatest catches in the entire prefecture. Visitors can stroll amidst townscape which retains much of the charm of a traditional, old-fashioned fishing town. The Funa Danjiri, a festival to pray for good catches which has been performed since the Edo period, is also held here in January.
    Uomachi District image
  • Tanemakigombenosato
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Prefecture Kitamuro District kihoku Bin'noyama 768
  • Asuka Shrine Kikusamura
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Owaseshi Sonechou
  • Kyuki Shrine Kikusamura
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Owaseshi Kukichou
  • Ishigami Shrine No Kudosu Noki
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Kumanoshi Isatochou
  • Chosenjino Kaya Nokyoboku
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Kumanoshi Asukachou Sawatari 177
  • Ichikino Ibuki
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Minamimurogunmihamachou Shimoichigi
  • Mihama Town Hall Observation Lobby
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Minamimuro-gun Mihamacho Atawa 6120-1
  • Resort Kumano Club
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Kumano-shi Kushiyacho 1430
  • Mikisaki Lighthouse
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Owaseshi Mikiurachou
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Spread across the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, Mie prefecture boasts hundreds of kilometers of pretty coastline comprising the oyster-rich Toba city and Shima National Park all the way down to Kumano, a city that marks the beginning of part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, which runs into neighboring Wakayama prefecture. However, Mie is best known for the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine inland, one of the oldest and largest shrines in the country.

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