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This tour will visit Tomogashima, the starting point of Katsuragi Shugendo, where the first sutra mound is located, and the second sutra mound, the remains of Shinpukuji Temple. The main tour will be a "Shugendo Cruise" to see the Shugendo site on Tomogashima from the sea, and in the port town of Kata, the tour will visit places related to Shugendo such as "Ajigamine Gyoja-do" and "Kata Awashima Shrine". Meals will include fresh sea bream, a specialty of the area, and other delicacies from the sea. You can also experience bathing in the hot springs of Kada.
This course includes a "Shugendo Cruise" accompanied by a Shugendo practitioner from the Shogoin Monzeki and a goma-burning asceticism experience.
In front of Sightseeing Exchange Plaza Rinku Machidokoro (in front of the ticket gate of Rinku Town Station)
08:30 AM
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
According to the Kuzuren Zakki, in the section on Ninoshuku Jinfukuji Temple, there are "a main hall with a eleven-faced Kannon, a stone for sitting meditation by En no Gyoja, Zenjo-ke Pond, Koso Hall, and a mound by the side of the hall. There is a mound on the side of the temple. It is the second location of the Myohojin. This area was requisitioned by the government as a military site during the Meiji period (1868-1912), and the site remains as an abandoned temple to this day. A stone shrine made of Izumi sandstone stands on the site of the monks' cell, which is designated as the second sutra mound. Nearby is a small swamp that is said to be the site of Zenjo-ke Pond.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
You can take a "Shugendo Cruise" to see the training site of Tomogashima from the sea. Tomogashima, another tropical paradise in the Kitan Strait, is the collective name for Jinojima, Torashima, Kamijima, and Okinoshima.Okinoshima Island is dotted with the ruins of gun emplacements reminiscent of the fortress era. ※In case of bad weather, the event will not be held.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
「活魚料理 いなさ」 You can enjoy fresh mini course of Kata's famous sea bream lunch.Kata, Wakayama City, where the restaurant is located, is a fishing port famous for its sea bream fishing. In addition to sea bream, about 80 kinds of seafood are caught in a year, and the season can be enjoyed all year round.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
There are about 1,000 shrines in Japan in the Awashima Shrine lineage, but this shrine is the head shrine of the group and boasts one of the longest histories in Wakayama Prefecture. Visit Awashima Shrine and freely explore the town of Kata!
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Ajigamine Gyoja-do is said to have been built in the early Edo period (1603-1867) by Prince Dokoin, a prince of Emperor Goyozei, who was also a shogoin-monzeki and chief inspector of the three Kumano mountains, during his ascetic training in Katsuragi. The temple is located on a hill with 117 steps and is famous for its panoramic view of the city of Kata and the Kitan Strait with Tomogashima on the other side of the Strait.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
Speaking of japan, it's hot spring. Why don't you try to take an onsen bathing experience?
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Included
「寿司よし」 Do you like sushi? Enjoy a dinner with seafood from Cape Town!
2 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
How about buying some souvenirs here at the end of your trip? You can buy fresh seafood, vegetables, and other items unique to the area.
1 Hours • Admission Ticket Free
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