Japan Off-Road — 11 Days Through the Forgotten Places
Wakayama·Awaji Island·Ehime·Shikoku·Nagano·Tokyo
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Day 1 · Travel
CAR
Tokyo
Shingu
car · 6h
The drive from Tokyo to Shingu on the Kii Peninsula takes around six hours through increasingly rural mountain roads. Arriving in the Kumano region, the landscape shifts completely — dense cedar forests, river valleys, and the first torii gates begin appearing at the roadside long before any town.
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Kamikura Shrine
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Kumano Nachi Taisha
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Nachi Falls (Nachi no Taki)
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Cape Shionomisaki — Southernmost Point of Honshu
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Kumano Kodo — Nakahechi Trail
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Hompoji Temple — Tadao Ando Water Temple
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Akashi Kaikyō Bridge — Awaji Viewpoint
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Shimanami Kaido — Sunrise Bridge Walk
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Oshima Island (Kiroshima)
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Nagoro Scarecrow Village
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Iya Valley — Kazurabashi Vine Bridge
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Oi Village
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Nakasendo — Magome to Tsumago Trail
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Narai-juku Post Town
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Senso-ji Temple — Asakusa
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Sanja Matsuri — Asakusa Festival
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