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Yes, that was a bit confusing. What I meant to indicate was that the Hongu complex and tourist center is in the middle of the peninsular, so whether you start from the west at Kii-Tanabe for example, or from the east in Kii-Katsura, you end up in the middle after two days or so. It's not like...
Here is the link to our trip blog:
https://www.polarsteps.com/MichaelMatthias/244879-kumano-kodo-japan
Two learnings: 1. Walking through a typhoon can be a challenge. 2. We walked west to east, through Hongu, and didn't realise until we finished on the east coast that "all paths lead to Hongu"...
This was our 2016 Camino: https://www.polarsteps.com/MichaelMatthias/32127-camino-de-santiago
I note that you'll be back to the Camino next year? We're also back to Spain again, looking to leave SJPdP in the first week in May.
Will be heading to Japan in about 10 days to walk one of the Kumano Kodo routes in the Kii mountains. Given that the Kumano Kodo and Spain's Camino are the two Unesco heritage trails I have found out that you can qualify for an award, A "Dual Pilgrim" award, for someone who has walked both the...
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