Introducing all 17 courses of Kumano Kodo/Iseji Route
Iseji is not only full of stone pavements and bamboo forests, but also a mountain pass with a panoramic view of the Kumano Sea.
You can enjoy a variety of scenery, including a course overlooking rice terraces and a pilgrimage route along the Kumano River.
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![Kasaka Pass](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo01.jpg)
1Kasaka Pass
The road is wide and has a gentle slope, making it easy to walk. The course has many broad-leaved trees, so you can enjoy seasonal plants.
difficulty | ★ |
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distance | Approximately 8km |
walking time | Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes |
elevation | 241m |
![TsuZurato-togePass](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo02.jpg)
2Tsuzurato TsuZurato-togePass
"Tsuzurato" means "ninety-nine folds." As the name suggests, the mountain pass road that descends to nagashima has a series of curves.
difficulty | ★★★ |
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distance | Approximately 9km |
walking time | Approximately 3 hours 30 minutes |
elevation | 357m |
![Ikseki Pass](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo03.jpg)
3Ikseki Pass
A gentle course where you can enjoy spectacular views of the islands called Matsushima in Kii and the vast Kumano Sea.
difficulty | ★★ |
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distance | Approximately 8km |
walking time | Approximately 3 hours |
elevation | 113m |
![hajikami Pass](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo04.jpg)
4Shishintouge hajikami
The Edo Road, with its stone pavements that give you a sense of history, and the Meiji Road, with its thicket of trees and soothing souls, meet at hajikami Pass.
difficulty | ★★ |
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distance | Approximately 3.5km |
walking time | Approximately 2 hours |
elevation | 147m |
![Magose-togePass](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo05.jpg)
5 Magose-togePass
The stone pavement, which is said to be the best on the Iseji route of the Kumano Kodo, continues through a beautiful forest of Owase cypress trees.
difficulty | ★★★ |
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distance | Approximately 5km |
walking time | Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes |
elevation | 325m |
![Crossing Yakiyama](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo06.jpg)
6Crossing Mt. Yakiyama
You can enjoy a panoramic view of the Kumano Sea from Sakura no Mori at the end of Miki Pass. You can also see many Jizo statues, stone Buddha statues, and pilgrimage tombstones.
difficulty | ★★★★ |
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distance | Approximately 10km |
walking time | Approximately 5 hours |
elevation | 627m |
![Miki Pass/Ugo Pass](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo07.jpg)
7Miki Pass/Ugo Pass
A hiking course where you can see moss-covered stone pavements throughout and enjoy the atmosphere of Kumano Kodo.
difficulty | ★★ |
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distance | Approximately 6km |
walking time | Approximately 3 hours |
elevation | 140m |
![Sone Jirozaka/Tarozaka](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo08.jpg)
8Sone Jirozaka/Tarozaka
The origin of the name ``Jiro/Taro'' is a corruption of ``own territory/other territory'' as it used to be the border between Shima and Kii.
difficulty | ★★ |
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distance | Approximately 5km |
walking time | Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes |
elevation | 305m |
![Nikishima Pass/Aikamizaka Pass](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo09.jpg)
9 Nikishima Pass/Aikamizaka Pass
The mountain forest is made up of cedar and cypress, and almost all the way there is a neat cobblestone road, which is popular with hikers for its moderate ups and downs.
difficulty | ★★ |
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distance | Approximately 4.5km |
walking time | Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes |
elevation | 290m |
![Hatasu Road/Obuki Pass](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo10.jpg)
10Hatasu Road/Obuki Pass
Hatasu is a village of legends and myths, where rice terraces and private houses are scattered between the sea and the mountains. Obuki Pass is an ancient road surrounded by a bamboo forest.
difficulty | ★★ |
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distance | Approximately 8.5km |
walking time | Approximately 5 hours 30 minutes |
elevation | 205m |
![Kannon road](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo11.jpg)
11 Kannon Road
Kannon stone statues from 33 places in Saigoku are lined up. This is a relatively easy course among the old roads, with no steep climbs.
difficulty | ★★ |
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distance | Approximately 3.8km |
walking time | Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes |
elevation | 265m |
![Matsumoto Pass/ Hana-no-Iwaya](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo12.jpg)
12 Matsumoto Pass/ Hana-no-Iwaya
A Jizo statue that is said to have been shot with a gun stands on a pass surrounded by a bamboo grove, and a plum grove along the way provides a panoramic view of Shichirimihama Beach.
difficulty | ★★ |
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distance | Approximately 5km |
walking time | Approximately 3 hours |
elevation | 135m |
![Yokogaki Pass](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo13.jpg)
13 Yokogaki Pass
A portion of Hongu-michi is a cobblestone pavement paved with the unique kounogi rhyolite.
*As of January 2014, the area between Mizutsubo Jizo and Azumaya Rest Area is closed to traffic.
difficulty | ★ |
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distance | Approximately 5.4km |
walking time | Approximately 2 hours |
elevation | 305m |
![Fuden Pass](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo14.jpg)
14 Fuden Pass
The moss-covered cobblestone road is a path used by people who delivered seafood to mountain villages and mountain villages to coastal villages.
difficulty | ★ |
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distance | Approximately 3.5km |
walking time | Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes |
elevation | 257m |
![Tori Pass and MaruyamaSenmaida](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo15.jpg)
15th Street Pass and MaruyamaSenmaida
This popular course has many attractions, including an observation deck overlooking Senmaida and large rocks that suddenly appear on the rice field road.
difficulty | ★★ |
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distance | Approximately 4.8km |
walking time | Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes |
elevation | 390m |
![Hamakaido](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo16.jpg)
16 Hamakaido
This course runs from KumanoCity along Shichirimihama Beach to Shingu, where Kumano Hayatama Taisha, one of the three Kumano shrines, is enshrined.
difficulty | ★★★★ |
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distance | Approximately 26.6km |
walking time | Approximately 9 hours |
elevation | flatland |
![Kumano River](/special/kumanokodo/images/recommend/kumanokodo/img-recommend-kumanokodo17.jpg)
17 Kumanogawa
You can experience the Kumano River on Santanho and get a real sense of the Kumano River while looking at the strange natural formations.
difficulty | ★ |
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