Places to Explore In Nagoya, Ise-Shima, and the Kii Peninsula

Doro-kyo

The wide ocean views of the coastal journey to Shingu give way to gorges and mountainsides of a deep mossy green when you pass through...

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Gifu

Gifu's main attraction is its 1,300-year tradition of ukai fishing, which uses live birds to catch fish in the river. The city center spreads several...

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Iga Ueno

This small city halfway between Nagoya and Nara has some interesting claims to fame. Noted haiku poet Matsuo Basho was born here in the 1640s...

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Inuyama

Inuyama sits along the Kiso River, on the border between Aichi and Gifu prefectures. A historically strategic site, the city changed hands several times during...

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Ise

When you step off the train, you may feel that Ise is a drab city, but hidden in two forests of towering cedar trees are...

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Kashikojima

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Koya-san

This UNESCO World Heritage site is the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, founded by Kukai, also known as Kobo Daishi, in AD 816...

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Nachi

Reputed to be 1,400 years old, this is perhaps the most impressive of the Kumano Kodo shrines...

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Nagoya

In 1612 Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa established Nagoya by permitting his ninth son to build a castle here. Industry and merchant houses sprang up in the...

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Shingu

Shingu is home to one of the three great shrines of the Kumano Kodo, Hayatama-taisha ????, which sits at the mouth of the Kumano River...

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Shirahama

Rounding the peninsula 54 km (34 miles) northwest of Shio-no-misaki, Shirahama is a small headland famous for its pure white-sand beach. If you're wondering why...

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