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  1. endlesstrail

    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Day 12 - 10.8km. I started the Kumano Kodo with rain and I ended the Kumano Kodo with rain. LOL. Mainly walking along quiet local roads. Nothing spectacular but at the same time, safe and relatively hazard free. I got excited once I crossed the bridge into Shingu, thus leaving Mie prefecture...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Day 11 - Odomari to Atawa - 23.7km. Apart from a small Matsumoto-toge at the start, the rest of the day was totally flat. I took one of the alternate routes starting from the entrance of the Onigajo national monument and climbed towards Matsumoto-toge via the "Cherry Blossom" trail. I'm...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    You're very welcome. Accommodation costs for me varies from 7000yen at the lowest and 18000yen at the fanciest. All my booked accommodation include dinner and breakfast. I think you can expect a fresh cup coffee to be around 300yen based on memory? I am able to function with just the hot green...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Day 10 - another tripletoge day. 20km says my watch. 2 big hills to climb, almost 400m high and 1 just about 200m high. Lots of ancient stone steps , some of which dated back to the Kamakura era. I can start smelling the salt.water as the trail approaches the Sea. By mid-day, I stopped seeing...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    I have seen a few locals on day hikers with a bell attached to their backpacks. Slightly further away from your ear compared to a staff. I also see locals without the bell, so I'm not 100% sure what the true situation is like. The bear was last sighted in 2020, so who knows. For me, I...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Day 9 - arguably the toughest 21km with the 700m tall Yakiyama peak to contend with. Lots of steps up and down, mostly on ancient stone paths covered in moss. This is the first time I'm seeing bear warning signs, but the locals don't seem too worried about it. Yakiyama is an intense 700m climb...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Day 8 - "rest day". Mainly because I'll be out and about with only a daypack. No better time to attempt Mt Binshiyama than today. A 3 hour return trip from Magose-toge pass with lots of steps, but definitely worth it. I also managed to visit the Komano Kodo centre just on the outskirts of town.
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Day 7 - Aiga to Owase. Short but intense 9km up Magose-toge pass. It was a rather enjoyable walk on the stone path leading up to the pass. However, bwcause it rained very heavily the night before, there's quite a substantial amount of water flowing across and along the path at times. Very nice...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Yes. Unfortunately I did not know where to get the Iseji pilgrim booklet, so I'm just collecting them in my notebook of stamps. :p There isn't that many stamps compared to the Kumano Kodo Nakahechi. It seems to only be on the pass where they have a stamp box.
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Day 06 - Furusato to Aiga. 20.8km according to my watch, including a 1km detour to my guesthouse. Today can be considered relaxing compared to what's to come. 3 relatively low toges in succession. What made it tricky is the lack of a convenience store until I got past the 3 toges, which meant...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    As a matter of fact, yes. Yesterday at the top of Tsuzurato-toge while having my lunch 2 pilgrims arrived heading northwards. They mentioned that they did the kohechi and they encountered snow as well. There were 2 other pilgrims who were staying at the same guesthouse as me headed southwards too.
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Day 05 - Ise-kashiwazaka to Furusato. 26km according to my watch. Finally after 4 days of rain, the sun finally decided to come out of hiding. I decided to "celebrate" by walking the Tsuzurato-toge pass. This was the longer "original" trail, which has since been replaced by the shorter, easier...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    At the guesthouse on day 2, there was a Japanese doing the hike as well. He's 79 !
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Yes. Quite a number of them have Family Mart convenience stores too, which have lots of yummy snacks available. Just need to check the Kumano Kodo maps ahead of time to be sure you'll be passing any of them during the day.
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Day 04 - Misedani to Ise-kashiwazaka. 20.77km according to my watch. Another rainy day made the wall down Misesaka-toge pass rather tricky. It was streams and streams of water flowing non-stop. Probably 15% - 20% was on dirt trails (up and down the pass) and the rest was on paved local roads...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Day 3 - Tochihara to Misedani. A rather relaxed 16km today. A very light drizzle which lasted the entire day. There's a section of the trail which included using a "service tunnel" to cross under the train tracks. The map alao mentioned to stick to the paved road if the tunnel is flooded, which...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    I've not been in this region in Japan at this time of the year before, so I don' have anything to compare it against. Sorry. That said, I was in Tokyo last year from 28th March and I experienced a couple of days of rain. I think temperature wise it was similar.
  18. endlesstrail

    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Walked from Tamaru to Tochihara in the rain today. Quite fairly well signposted and today had the first pass of the trail - Meki-toge pass. Very tame in comparison to what's to come in the next few days. Temperature is around 10 degrees. There's a guestbook at the downhill section of the pass...
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    LIVE from the Camino Kumano Kodo Iseji Pilgrimage

    Started the pilgrimage yesterday (23rd March), walking from Ise Jingu Naiku to Tamaru. Took the train back to accommodation in Ise as there's nothing available in Tamaru. Was raining the whole day. Very easy and straight forward route all paved. Walked past Miyagawa Tsutsumi park but all the...
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    Iseji March 2024

    Hi everyone. I'm planning to hike the Iseji Pilgrimage route from Ise to Shingu from 2024/03/23 to 2024/04/05 Wondering if anyone happens to do planning a similar trip during the same time frame. Regards,

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