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Accesses to JR NARA/KINTETSU NARA
KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
JR LIMITED EXPRESS HARUKA (30 MINS)
JR LIMITED EXPRESS HARUKA (30 MINS)
TENNOJI TENNOJI
ON FOOT
(5 MINS)
JR YAMATOJI LINE YAMATOJI
RAPID (20 MINS)
OSAKA ABENOBASHI OJI
KINTETSU OSAKA LINE
EXPRESS (35 MINS)
JR WAKAYAMA LINE (50 MINS)
KASHIHARAJINGU-MAE
KINTETSU YOSHINO LINE
LIMITED EXPRESS (50 MINS)
KINTETSU YOSHINO JR GOJYO
TIME REQUIRED: ABOUT 1 HOUR AND 5 MINS, FARE: 2,710YEN TIME REQUIRED: ABOUT 1 HOUR AND 40 MINS, FARE: 2,560YEN

KYOTO
KINTETSU KYOTO LINE
EXPRESS (35 MINS)
JR MIYAKOJI
RAPID (40 MINS)
YAMATO-SAIDAIJI NARA
KINTETSU KASHIHARA LINE EXPRESS (30 MINS)
JR YAMATOJI LINE
RAPID (15 MINS)
KASHIHARAJINGU-MAE OJI
KINTETSU YOSHINO LINE
EXPRESS (50 MINS)
JR WAKAYAMA LINE (50 MINS)
KINTETSU YOSHINO JR GOJYO
TIME REQUIRED: ABOUT 1 HOUR AND 55 MINS, FARE: 1,200YEN TIME REQUIRED: ABOUT 2 HOURS,
FARE: 1,620YEN
IT'S CONVENIENT BECAUSE LIMITED EXPRESSES ARE MADE AVAILABLE ON EACH KINTETSU LINE, BUT EXPRESS FARE IS CHARGED SEPARATELY.
Realize Enlisting Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes
in the Kii Mountain Range, and the Cultural Landscapes
that Surround Them As
World Heritage
Ohmine Okugake MichiThe entire 'Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, and the Cultural Landscapes that Surround Them' is waiting for being designated as World Heritage. The area includes various sacred sites in Kii Peninsula (Yoshino/Ohmine, Koya and Kumano area), and roads and paths including Ohmine Okugake Michi, Kumanosankei Michikohechi, Nakahechi and Iseji.
These paths and roads in the Kii Peninsula having mountains of more than 1000m above sea-level, extending three prefectures of Nara, Wakayama and Mie were the site where religious trainees were trained themselves and many people walked along these roads for worship for more than thousand years.
The entire site is an integral part of Japanese culture, and most of cultural assets and nature are still preserved in good condition. In order to preserve culture and nature of those area, the Japanese Government decided to apply designation of these entire site as World Heritage.
Cultural assets in the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain
Range, and the Cultural Landscapes that Surround Them
  • Mt. Yoshino(important historical places and sceneries)
  • Zao Do of Kinpusenji Temple (National Treasure)
  • Yoshino Mimakuri Jinja Shrine (Important Cultural Asset)
  • Hondo Hall of Ohminesanji Temple (Important Cultural Asset)
  • Tamaki Jinja Shrine (Important Cultural Asset)
  • Ohmine Okugake Michi
  • Kumano Sankei Michi Kohechi

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