JAPAN’S SACRED MOUNTAINS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE KUMANO KODO AUTUMN LEAVES TOUR

Photographs courtesy of: © Kiku Consulting 2014

23rd October – 5th November 2016

Photographs courtesy: Jan Hutton, Dale Holmes, Irene Irvine, Kathy A, Margaret Lane.

Tokyo Sky Tree

Hozomon Gate – Leads to Asakusa Sensoji Temple - Tokyo

Beautiful art on the ceiling of Asakusa Sensoji Temple - Tokyo

October is chrysanthemum time

Tsukiji Fish Markets - Tokyo

The Great Budda of Kamakura

Shinkansen at Tokyo Station

Interior of Shinkansen

Matsumae Ryokan - Nara

Koto Playing – Evening Entertainment – Matsumae Ryokan in Nara

UNESCO World Heritage Todaiji Temple - Nara

The Daibutsu“Great Buddha of Nara”

The deer of Nara

Cable car toKoyasan.

Largest rock garden in Japan – grounds of UNESCO World Heritage Kongobu-ji – Head Temple of Koyasan

Autumn colours at Kongobun-ji – Koyasan.

Okunion Cemetary - Koyasan

Okunoin Cemetary - Koyasan

Mizumuke Jizo – Okunoin Cemetary - Koyasan

Okunoin Cemetary – Koyasan in Autumn

Kamigoten Ryokan – Ryujin Onsen

Mrs. Ryujin – 29th Generation Owner of KamigotenRyokan – Ryujin Onsen

Kamigoten Ryokan – Ryujin Onsen – Dining Room.

Outdoor Onsen – Kamigoten Ryokan – Ryujin Onsen

Kumano Kodo Walking Trail

Kumano Kodo Trail Signage

Kawayu Onsen – Outdoor hot springs on the Oto River

Kawayu Onsen – Midoriya Hotel Indoor Bath

Taiko Drumming

TaikoDrummingKawayuOnsen

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGEYunimone Onsen

Yuzutsu Public Cooking Basin - Boiling eggs at UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE Yunomine Onsen

Entrance to Kumano Hayatama Taisha – One of the Sanzen “Three Grand Shrines of Kumano”

Kumano Hongu Taisha – One of the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano – UNESCO World Heritage Kumano Sanzen

Kumano Nachi Taisha – One of the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano – Kumano Sanzen

Seiganto-ji Temple and NachiWaterfall -

“Otorri” - The largest Torii Shrine Gate in the world which is the entrance to Oyunohara where the Kumano Hongu Taisha originally stood prior to severe flooding in 1889.

The Three LeggedCrowSymbol of Kumano

Jet Boat on the Kitayama River – a tributary of UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE Pilgrimage Waterway “Kumano –gawa”

“Turtle” Boat – Transport from Kii-Katsuura to Urashima Hotel

Urashima Hotel – Kii-Katsuura.

Bokhido “Cave Bath” at Hotel Urashima – Kii Katsuura.

Fish Markets – Kii Katsuura

Hashigui-Iwa rock formation – coastine to Tanabe

Tora Tora Ichiba – lunch stop on the way to Tanabe

Footbath at Shirahama

Bicycles atTanabe Station

UNESCO World Heiritage Kinkaku-ji - Kyoto

500 + year old tree in the grounds of Kinkaku-ji - Kyoto

Karamon Gate – Entrance to UNESCO World Heritage Nijo Castle – Kyoto

Intricate detail on the Karamon Gate – Entrance to Nijo Castle - Kyoto

UNESCO World Heritage Ryoanji Sand Garden - Kyoto

Autumn colours – Gardens of Ryoanji - Kyoto

Romon Gate – Entrance gate to Fushimi-Inari Shrine - Kyoto

Some of the thousands of Senbon Torii gates which lead to sacred Mount Inari

“Kitsune” orFox – they areThe Gods ofHarvest – Fushimi-Inari - Kyoto

“Sea of Silver Sand” Garden – UNESCO World Heritage Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion) Kyoto.

Along the Path of Philosophy - Kyoto

Aqueduct built in 1890 - in the grounds of Nanzenji - Kyoto

Kimono show heldat Nishijin TextilesKyoto.

Artisan painting silk at Nishijin Textiles - Kyoto

“Tea with Maiko” Ceremony – Kyoto`

Sweets that are served prior to drinking the green tea – “Tea with Maiko “ Ceremony - Kyoto

Torii Gate – On the approach to the Heian Jingu Shrine - Kyoto

Oto-Mon – Two Storied Entrance gate to the Heian Jingu Shrine - Kyoto

In the gardens of the Heian Jingu Shrine - Kyoto

Gardens at Heian Jingu Shrine - Kyoto

Gardens of Maruyama Park - Kyoto

We hope you have enjoyed our presentation.

SAYONARA