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Omine Okugake

Nara · Around Yoshino · Shrines & Temples

Japanese name: 大峯奥駈道

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Omine Okugake
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WHAT TO DOOmine Okugake

The shugendo route from Yoshino through to Kumano. Parts of it are still closed to women.

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Yoshino · Around Yoshino

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The shugendo route from Yoshino through to Kumano. Parts of it are still closed to women.

About this place

The Ōmine Okugakemichi (大峯奥駈道, lit. “deep inner path of the grand peaks”) is a pilgrimage route on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region of Japan. It begins in Yanagi-no-shuku, a former ferry station on the Yoshino River in Nara prefecture, leads through the 1200-1900 meter Ōmine mountain region of Yoshino and Kumano in Wakayama Prefecture and ends after about 170 kilometers at the Kumano Hongū Taisha.

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Key facts

Designation:World Cultural Heritage Site Blessings:Mountain worship, Rebirth

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