Welcome to Kansai International airport! Your guide will meet you, help to buy a sim-card, exchange currency, amswer your questions and take you to the hotel.

Today we start the journey along ancient Kumano Kodo paths coated in fog of mysteries and miraculous legends  Every stone, each waypost still sound the songs of ancient times and one can't help feeling it.

We'll sleep in a ryokan - a traditional Japanese-style hotel.

On our route in thousand-year-old forests of mystic Kii peninsula forests, watching the ocean waters kiss rocks, climbing peaks, where the wind sings towards the sun's glory, one can feel what it's like to be alive, what it's like to celebrate the felicity of Life. Many pilgrims finally get their questions answered, complicated issues solved, have insights - It is for a reason that people have been choosing retreats to the places of power.

Today we continue our travel in the spiritual heart of Japan. The views are really breathtaking! Actually, this experience is UNIQUE. It is a great gift that you are making to yourself.

The daily route finishes in a ryokan, where the healing power of thermal waters will wash away the fatigue.

Our exclusive journey continues to an even more powerful spot - Kumano Sanzan. The Great Kumano shrines.  Awesome. Greatness.

There is the highest waterfall in Japan, which we'll also see.

The sacred plateau of Koyasan is the final destination of our pilgrimage.

Mt Koya is a sacred and one of the very reverred sites in Japan. A spiritual centre, a cradle of Buddhism since 7 century. It is unforgettable.

A night in a genuine buddhist monastery. A totally special, fascinating atmosphere.

it's.a.must.

The Buddhist ceremony at dawn, a meal,served by monks ,and we'll go to explore. Mausoleum. Okunoin where the spirit of Kobo Daichi is still in eternal meditation. The head temple of Shingon Buddhisn, Kongobuji. In the afternoon we are leaving for Izumo..

At the very egde of the earth, where purple silhouettes of mountains merge with the lilac haze of twilight, stretches Izumo. the country of Gods. The realm of ancient deities who gave birth to the land of Japan,

Izumo Taisha shrine with all its miracles. You'll see the sacred shimenava rope that is as wide as two people, you'll know why people clap the hands four times instead of usual two, touch the breath of anceent legends.

In the afternoon we'll leave for Osaka.

A day of rest before departure, to digest the impressions, go shopping or pack the suitcases,

Departure

We are looking forward to seeing you again!

Departure

We are looking forward to seeing you again!

Departure

We are looking forward to seeing you again!

Departure

We are looking forward to seeing you again!