6 Day Private Ise and Kumano Tour

Ise Jingu

Visit Ise Jingu and Naiku

1 Hours • Admission Ticket Included

Stroll around Oharaimachi and Okage Yokocho

1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Owase Wappa Hands-on Workshop at Nushikuma

1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Shishiiwa

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

30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hanano Iwaya Caves

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

30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Maruyama Senmai Rice Field

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

30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Matsumoto Mountai Pass

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 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hand Papermaking Experience at Kumano Washi Paper Workshop Otonashi

1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine

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

1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Dorokyo

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 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Fudarakusanji Temple

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 Hours • Admission Ticket Included

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

Nanki Kumano Geopark Center

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 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Hashigui Rock

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 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Senjojiki

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

1 Hours 30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free