Day Trips

Some people travel around the world to visit UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Some people will never visit one in their entire life. But with a single trip to Shingu in Wakayama Prefecture, you can be surrounded by them all day! About Shingu Situated near the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula in Wakayama Prefecture, facing out into the Pacific Ocean with a mountain range at its back, Shingu is nestled in natural beauty, making it a perfect day out for nature lovers. This area is also the traditional home of the Kumano faith, rooted in the worship of nature; a pre-historic belief system followed and passed down for centuries. Shingu first appeared in the 8th-century book “Kumano Kannomura,” in which reportedly  2200 years ago, Jofuku, a Chinese scholar who served the First Qin Emperor of China, came to Shingu in order to hunt out the elixir of life. It is also at the heart of the Kumano Kodo trail, a network of ancient footpaths through the forest that pilgrims would follow to pay their respects at the Kumano Sanzan, the three main shrines of the Kumano faith. Shingu Today Today, Shingu is a small coastal city of approximately 30,000 people…