My 30-day Kumano walk starts tomorrow. I set off from where the old Tōkaidō (walked last year) and Ise-ji meet. Here's the full walk — starts on the top right, ends with a loop to Hongu.
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Day 01
Hinaga > Tsu
32km
38,000 steps
Day 02
Tsu > Matsuzaka
22km
26,000 steps
Day 03
Matsusaka > Ise
24.31km, 30,130 steps
Day 03 Bonus Kissa
Day 04
Ise > Ise ("day off")
8km, 8,000 steps
Day 05
Ise > Meki Pass
20.24 km, 28,000 steps
Day 06
Meki > Okajima-ya
6.51km, 11,220 steps
Day 07
Okajima-ya to Misedani
14.3 km, 20,414 steps
Day 08.1
Misedani to Ise Kashiwazaki
18.5 km, 22,700 steps
Day 08.2
Day 09
Ise Kashiwazaki to Furusato Onsen
25.64 km, 30,674 steps
Day 10
Furusato Onsen to Owase
24.7 km, 30,446 steps
The latest episode of Nothing Exciting is also pretty darn exciting:
Day 11 (half day)
Mikisato to Kata (plus morning wandering)
12km, 13,000 steps
City time:
Day 11
Mountain time:
Day 11
My favorite sad vending machine:
Nothing Exciting in Japan, Day 11, shot next to the vending machine:
Day 12
Kata to Kumano
20km, 22,280 steps
Day 13
Senmaida to Kumano
26km, 32,000 steps
Day 14
Senmaida to Shiko (Hongu)
18.9km, 24,017 steps
Day 15
Hongū to Hongū (Rest Day)
2.3km, 3,712 steps
absolutely, spectacularly, Nothing Exciting happening here
And … bonus Shiba:
Day 16
Hongu to Koguchi
20.24km, 23,000 steps
Day 17
Shingu and Katsuura
5km or so, 8,000 steps
Day 18
Nachi to Katsuura
12km, 16,548 steps
Nothing Exciting happening at Nachi
Day 19
Katsuura to Kii Tahara
22km, 27,000 steps
Day 20
Tahara to Tako
28km, 37,000 steps
Day 21
Kushimoto (Day Off)
5km, 8,000 steps
Day 22
Tako to Susami
28km, 40,000 steps
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