Kumano Gobo Nankai Bus Sightseeing Bus
Tour/Activity
4.45
Kumano Hongu Taisha
Kumano Hayatama Taisha
Kumano Hongu Taisha
Kumano Nachi Taisha
Shrine priest
Nachi falls
Daimonzaka-slope
Shrine amulet
Shrine votive tablet
Tour bus
Description
Visit Kumano
The Kumano Gobo Nankai Bus sightseeing bus is a convenient way to visit the main sites of Kumano.
There are two routes available. One makes a circuit of the three Kumano Sanzan shrines: Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha, and the Kumano Nachi Taisha.
The other is a shorter route that focuses on Nachisan: Kumano Nachi Taisha, the Daimon-zaka section of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route, and Nachi falls.
These tours are great options for those who want to see the sites in an efficient way.
| Full Name |
Kumano Gobo Nankai Bus Sightseeing Bus
熊野御坊南海バス 定期観光バス |
|---|---|
| Area | Nachisan, Shingu, Hongu |
| Type | Sightseeing |
Rating & Reviews
4.45
Date: Apr/2026
United States (Female, age **)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Jan/2026
Japan (Female, age 40-49)
4.00
ありがとうございました
今回の旅行は移動時間が長く、熊野を楽しめる日が1日しかなかった為、ツアーがあって大変助かりました。 お陰様で長年訪れたかった熊野三山をお参りする事ができました。 ツアーの「決済完了のお知らせ」メールで、 「ご旅行日当日は、下記マイページ にログインの上、「予約と支払い済み証明書」と「行程表」 をプリントアウトして、ご利用施設へご提示ください。」と記載してあったので、印刷していました。ただ、施設とはどこの事を指すのかわからず、当日バス会社窓口へ出してみると、チケットを求められました。 「手配完了のお知らせ」メールの方に記載のあった、チケットの印刷をすっかり忘れてしまい、臨機応変に対応していただきましたが、窓口の方にはお手数をおかけしました。 この様な抜けた者もいるので、チケット印刷と提出先の内容を、最後のメールにも記載いただくとありがたいです。 熊野本宮神社は参道も長く、またその時間たまたま社務所も行列があった為、ちょっと満喫できずにバスへ戻りました。 個人的にはプラス10分ぐらい滞在できるとありがたかったです。 和歌山県は広く、魅力的なところなので、次回旅行する際は、ぜひゆっくり滞在したいと思いました。 お世話になりました。
Date: Sep/2025
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Aug/2025
Canada (Female, age **)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Aug/2025
Australia (Female, age **)
4.00
Bus sightseeing
This was a great way to see all the temples, in air-conditioned comfort while travelling between the sites. We ate lunch early (around 11am) at a local restaurant. We would have preferred to eat lunch an hour or two later. It was unfortunate that there was no English translation on the videos on board the bus. We also would have appreciated an English guide, even if the bus tour cost more to provide an explanation. Overall, a great tour.
Date: May/2025
Austria (Male, age 70-79)
4.00
Nice short trip.
The trip was very interesting but the time at the different locations was to short. It was rush and hurry everywere. Make the trip one hour longer. And why not bring us back to Shingu?
Date: May/2025
Japan (Male, age **)
5.00
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道中流れる解説動画が興味深く、熊野の歴史について見識を深めることができました
Date: Apr/2025
United States (Female, age 50-59)
5.00
I Would Recommend this Tour
It was very easy to find the meeting spot. The driver spoke a little English and explained things to us the best he could. He did a great job. The sites we visited were extraordinary.
Date: Apr/2025
Australia (Female, age 70-79)
4.00
Travelling Blind
The places we visited were all incredible in many different ways. The difficulty with the tour being totally in Japanese for English speaking people was that at the stop we thought was for the Nachi Falls, it wasn't, meant my friend returned late and missed the bus. Luckily, when we did stop at the Nachi Falls the bus driver quickly went back and collected my friend. It also wasn't clear what time we had at the different locations until we arrived. I suggest that there is clear information when booking what each stop is and how long we will stop for.
Date: Dec/2024
Japan (Female, age **)
4.00
時間がもう少しあれば
運転手さんもとても良く、行きたかった所にも行けてとても良かったです。ただ時間がタイトで特に那智の滝では急いで降りてまた登って写真数枚撮って急いでまた登ってだったのでとても息が切れました。ご年配の方には厳しいのではないのでしょうか。ツアーの時間があと30分から１時間あったらどこでもゆったり出来たと思いました。でもとても良いツアーでとても楽しめました。お世話になりましたありがとうございます。
Date: Nov/2024
Finland (Female, age 30-39)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Nov/2024
Japan (Male, age 70-79)
5.00
定期観光 世界遺産・熊野三山コース
待ち合わせ場所に時間通りに行けなく、通り道の駅で乗せてくれ、熊野三山ツアーに参加できたことありがとうございました。 素早い対応してくださった、運転手、会社の方々に感謝感謝です
Date: Oct/2024
Japan (Male, age **)
4.00
熊野三山巡り
相席でなく、途中の観光案内も 適度にされ 運転手さんの案内も含め 満足な旅でした。 観光が終わり、大坂への特急の乗車もできて、効率的な一日を過ごせました。
Date: Aug/2024
Japan (Female, age 50-59)
4.00
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熊野古道巡礼、コンプリートするために熊野三山巡りできるバスがあり、助かりました。 2日間徒歩で回ったので、やはりバスでめぐるのは物足らなさを感じてしまいましたが、 効率よく攻略出来ました。 帰りの特急電車が運休になったことで、ドライバーの方にも相談に乗って頂けました。 ありがとうございます。 同乗の外国人の方々との交流も楽しかったです。
Date: Jun/2024
Australia (Female, age 70-79)
5.00
A very special day!
Having looked forward to this sightseeing tour, I was amazed that I was the only passenger on the day! It was impressive that the tour company honoured the booking for one passenger. Even more impressive was the professional bus driver who made sure that this (non-Japanese speaking) solo passenger had sufficient time at each of the sights and was expert in communicating.
Date: May/2024
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
4.00
世界遺産・熊野三山めぐりコース
非常に満足しました。
Date: Dec/2023
Japan (Female, age 40-49)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Dec/2023
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
5.00
熊野古道大門坂と那智山めぐり
時間的にもちょうど良い観光めぐりでした。
Date: Nov/2023
Taiwan (Female, age 40-49)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Sep/2023
Japan (Male, age 50-59)
5.00
お礼
車を持たない私たちにとって移動に時間がかかるところを効率よく巡ることができ、とてもありがたかったです。 時短ができ、巡りたいコースもピッタリで、コスパも良く、感謝しかありませんでした。 運転手さんの人柄も良く、 とても思い出に残る旅行となりました。 機会があればまた利用したいです。 ありがとうございました。 ありがとうございました。
Date: Sep/2023
Japan (Female, age **)
5.00
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音声ガイドもあり、たまにドライバーさんの案内もあり、良い観光になりました。プレゼントつきで驚きました。早速車内でいただきました。お弁当もお味噌汁もとても美味しく良かったです！良いペースでお参りもできて満足でした。ありがとうございました。
Date: Aug/2023
Japan (Male, age 50-59)
5.00
楽しめました
よかったところ 1ガイドさんが添乗していなくても、映像と音声ガイドが工夫されていて分かりやすかった。 2あわせて運転手さんの補足説明が味わいがあって親しみが持てた 3紀伊勝浦駅からの特急発車時刻を意識して行程管理しているところが安心できた 改善できたら良いところ 1昼食が11時前に設定されており、ホテルでしっかりと朝食をとった方には、食べ切れないと感じた 2各観光地での見学時間について、+5〜10分あると余裕を持って楽しめたと思う。出発時間を15分早め、食事(弁当)を車内飲食にすれば対応可能と感じた。
Date: May/2023
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
4.00
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No guest review.
Date: May/2023
Japan (Male, age 50-59)
4.00
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大門坂は那智大社まで歩かせてもらうコースもいいかなと思いました。バスは大門坂に待っているのではなく、那智大社に先に行っているといいと思います。
Date: Mar/2023
Taiwan (Female, age 40-49)
5.00
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運転手さんはとても親切で丁寧です。良い思い出が残りました。いろいろありがとうございました😊
Date: Mar/2023
United States (Male, age **)
3.00
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No guest review.
Date: Mar/2023
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
4.00
楽に早く移動できました。
昼食付きで熊野三山を効率よく観て回ることができました。 1点ご提案として、バリアフリーへの配慮を求めます。特に青岸渡寺。別料金でよいので、たとえば土産物屋の駐車場から寺の駐車場まで、シャトル便を走らせることを、検討してください。高齢の参加者の方が、おひとりは土産物屋で待機、おひとりは大変苦労しながら表参道を登っておられましたが、階段を登って寺につくと、駐車場があり、他のツアーではワゴン車でのぼってきていました。 ホームページの案内にも、参拝にはかなり階段を登ることを、もう少しわかりやすく書いておく必要があると思います。
Date: Mar/2023
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
4.00
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No guest review.
Date: Jan/2023
Hong Kong (Female, age **)
5.00
A Wonderful Day Trip with Wonderful People
My full satisfaction from meeting the lady greeting me and exchanging ticket at the station, and, the nice driver guiding me all day long. It's a great day for me, though weather was bad. I know much better the Kumano Kodo after this day trip. Please accept my big thanks for your kind arrangement.
Date: Nov/2022
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
5.00
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無駄なく効率的に観光することができました。運転手さんの丁寧な案内で気持ちのよい思い出深い1日になりました。
Date: Sep/2022
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
0.00
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No guest review.
Date: Jun/2022
Japan (Female, age 70-79)
5.00
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定期観光バスの旅は初めての熊野旅には最適でした。車内でのビデオ案内や運転手さんの要所要所の声かけやお弁当もよかったです。
Date: May/2022
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
3.00
見学時間。お弁当。
もう少し時間の余裕が欲しい。とくに那智の滝。 お弁当は必要な人のみの選択制にしてほしい。
Date: May/2022
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
3.00
熊野巡り
バス車内での観光案内は、参考になって良かった。 三ヶ所回るツアーで非常に助かるが、それぞれ観光時間が短く、じっくり観光出来なかった。 バスは少々スピードを出しすぎで、特に細い道ではヒヤヒヤしっぱなしだった。
Date: Apr/2022
Japan (Female, age 20-29)
5.00
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Wonderful tour! It was very affordable and made it easy to sightsee all the shrines of Kumano.
Date: Oct/2021
Japan (Male, age 50-59)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Oct/2021
Japan (Female, age 60-69)
4.00
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２人だけの乗客で運行していただいてありがとうございました。 雨で足元が悪く残念でした。
Date: May/2021
Japan (Female, age 50-59)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Jun/2021
Japan (Male, age 70-79)
4.00
熊野三山めぐり
良かったです。運転手さんも親切でガイドの仕事もしてくれました。 機会があったら、また、訪れたいです。 いい思い出となりました。ありがとうございました!!
Date: May/2021
Japan (Female, age 50-59)
5.00
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運転手さんがとても親切で良かったです。 訪問箇所と時間配分もちょうど良く、効率的に見たいところをまわれて大満足です。
Date: Mar/2020
Japan (Female, age **)
2.00
- No subject -
車内TVでの説明は分かりやすくてよかったです。 しかし車内で、目的地まで「ここから約何分です。」とか「階段がずっと続きます。」と一言欲しかったです。 バス停から入口が見えない場合は場所を簡単に教えて頂きたかったです。しかも当日は朝から最後迄大雨で視界も悪く、初めて訪れる私たちは雨に濡れながら、入口を探してウロウロしてしまいました。 また昼食のお弁当は全てを食べるには多かったので、めはり寿司２個とおかず少し等にして費用を安くして頂ければ食品ロスも削減出来、お財布にも優しいと思います。 コロナウイルスの影響か連休中にも関わらず乗客は1／3程で席もゆったり使え、バスの運行も予定通りでしたが一言の心遣いが無かったことが残念です。
Date: Jul/2019
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
4.00
定期観光バスについて
1.定期観光バスの乗車券について、当日バスの乗務員に提示すれば良いと勘違いしていたので、乗車券に提示場所を詳しく記載していただけたら良かったと思います。。(他にも同様な乗客がいました。) 2.定期観光バスの乗車券について、当日窓口にスマホ画面を提示すればＯＫとのことであったので、提示したところ、「プリントアウトしたものは有りませんか？」と困惑されていました。(窓口の方は、スマホ画面をメモされていました。) 3.バスの乗務員の方は、親切でアナウンスも分かりやすく、気持ちよく過ごすことができました。
Date: Dec/2020
Japan (Male, age **)
3.00
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No guest review.
Date: Oct/2020
Japan (Female, age 50-59)
4.00
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No guest review.
Date: Mar/2020
Japan (Female, age 40-49)
5.00
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時間も正確で、丁寧に対応していただき 楽しい時間を過ごせました。 途中のお話も大変楽しいものでした。 ありがとうございました。
Date: Jan/2020
China (Male, age 20-29)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Nov/2019
Japan (Male, age 50-59)
4.00
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No guest review.
Date: Nov/2019
United States (Male, age 60-69)
4.00
Convenient but short stops at sights
Very convenient for seeing three shrines from Hongu Onsen area and getting to Katsuura
Date: Nov/2019
Singapore (Female, age **)
5.00
Highly recommended
For those who wish to see many sights within a short period, this tour is for you! The starting and ending times of the tour have been timed to fit the JR train timings, which i greatly appreciated given that I traveled from Osaka for a day trip. The driver was on time and really friendly, and instructions were always clear. Highly recommend to those who don't have much time in Japan but still wish to make a day trip to the Kumano region to see sights like Nachi falls and the Kumano shrines!
Date: May/2019
Belgium (Male, age 40-49)
5.00
Perfect!
Thank you Kumano Travel everything was perfect!
Date: Mar/2019
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
4.00
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No guest review.
Date: Apr/2019
United States (Male, age 60-69)
5.00
Hope to return to Kumano Sanzan
I am happy that I was able to take part in this tour. My wife liked the kind and warm hospitality of the local people. I forgot my package of ume in the bus, the bus driver knew it belonged to me and waited long to find me as I passed by on the way to Wakatake minshuku. On my next trip I will plan to visit this area again.
Date: Mar/2019
Japan (Female, age 50-59)
4.00
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廻りたい所を網羅してくれていてとても良いルートでした。 食事の内容などからしても、料金はちょっと高いかな…と思いました
Date: Aug/2018
Japan (Male, age 60-69)
4.00
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こちらで予約したので、手続きがスムーズだった。 運転手さんの対応がよかった。熊野大社は、もう少し時間がほしかった。
Date: May/2018
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
5.00
Easy convenient way to see the sanzan
A very pleasant drive around the kumano sanzan.
Date: May/2018
Australia (Female, age 70-79)
4.00
Sightseeing tour
Good tour of major shrines but all commentary was in Japanese.
Date: Dec/2017
Thailand (Male, age **)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Jul/2017
Spain (Male, age 40-49)
5.00
Fantastic!!!
The route is excellent and complete. The drivers are perfect and very helpfull even not speaking english language. The communication is perfect. The lunch very good. A very very good experience. Totally recommended.
Date: Jun/2017
Philippines (Female, age 20-29)
5.00
Two thumbs up
We really enjoyed the sightseeing tour despite there having no English guide. It was slightly difficult because of the language barrier but our driver went above and beyond by looking for a colleague who had some knowledge of English to explain the day's itinerary to us. Our Japanese tour mates were also quite friendly and helped us out as much as they could.
Date: Apr/2017
Italy (Male, age 50-59)
5.00
Awesome experience
Awesome organization. Everything was Ok. Furthermore Japanese people was very kind with us, supporting us in explaining to us the visited sites.
Date: Apr/2017
Canada (Female, age 60-69)
4.00
A great way to see a lot of the area in a short time!
This tour included all the highlights of the area, so had a fair amount of travel on the bus. But it had great scenery, was comfortable with lots of bathroom stops and a brief luncheon stop with a nice lunch! Prompt departures, so we were on time for everything. Wish we could have skipped something to spend more time at the Grand Shrine, as it was too rushed.
Date: Apr/2017
United States (Female, age 40-49)
5.00
Great way to see Kumano Sanzan in one day
The tour covers a lot of ground. I was a little worried about getting lost or left behind since I only speak/understand a little Japanese. However, the driver of the bus was very patient and helpful!
Date: Nov/2016
Malta (Male, age 30-39)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Jul/2016
Malaysia (Male, age 30-39)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Oct/2015
Czech Republic (Male, age 50-59)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Sep/2015
United States (Male, age 60-69)
5.00
Convenient way to visit Sanzan shrines
It was so much easier to see the shrines this way. I travel a lot by bus and it would have been hard to come up with a bus schedule. Turns out that I was the only person and they took care of me. I understood about half of the videos because of my limited Japanese. Best to do a little research if you only speak English.
Date: Jul/2015
Australia (Female, age 40-49)
5.00
Fun bus trip
We boarded the bus at Yunomine Onsen and had a fun day visiting the 3 grand shrines. There was only 2 other people on the entire bus trip with us, so it felt relaxing. The driver was accommodating to our lack of Japanese language and assisted us to navigate the lunch arrangements. The lunch itself was excellent and much grander than the 'lunchbox' I was expecting. We exited the bus at Kii-Katsuura, with the driver again making sure we found our hotel ok. I highly recommend this service and bus trip.
Date: Jun/2015
Australia (Male, age 40-49)
1.00
- No subject -
Guide spoke no english which made it very difficult and frustrating. We travelled a long way for this trip
Date: May/2015
Australia (Male, age 60-69)
3.00
Excellent short tour but no English information provided
We took the tour from Kii-Katsuura and there were only 6 passengers. There was q constant commentary on passing each point of interest but it was all in Japanese only. The bus driver was helpful but only spoke Japanese. We were aided by a fellow passenger who happened to speak English. We understand that most tourists will be Japanese but if there is a desire to extend this tour to English speakers on a regular basis then at the very least a brochure in English should be made available. The falls, the pilgrim road, the shrine and the temple are all beautiful and we recommend the tour.
Date: May/2015
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
5.00
Very satisfied with the Kumano Sanzan Circuit Tour
We had only a day to try to see the three Kumano shrines, so were delighted to find this tour. The bus was very comfortable and we had enough time to see each site. We also enjoyed our lunch box meal. Thank you!
Date: May/2015
United States (Female, age **)
5.00
とても良かったです！Very good!
時間がない人には丁度いいコースだと思います。 大門坂と那智山とてもきれいでした。
Date: Apr/2015
Japan (Female, age 20-29)
5.00
Brilliant and interesting day
It was a small group in my tour which made it more personal and even though the driver didn't speak English he was extremely accommodating and helpful. Lovely part of the country to explore.
Date: Apr/2015
Belgium (Male, age 20-29)
4.00
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No guest review.
Date: Dec/2014
United States (Male, age 60-69)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Nov/2014
Sweden (Female, age 40-49)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Nov/2014
Thailand (Female, age 30-39)
3.00
good
It's good tour but unfortunately it was raining all the time.
Date: Jul/2014
Canada (Female, age 50-59)
0.00
An excellent day trip!
It was wonderful to be driven to each temple to visit them, with a stop on the actual kumano kodo stone path. We enjoyed collecting the stamps from temples on my travel sheet and receiving small gifts along the way was a special treat. It was nice to drive through those areas we had read about on the web site such as Yunomine onsen, etc. Our lunch was very good. On the bus the video provided some information however the bus driver spoke only Japanese so we missed out on his explanations. However we were lucky that another traveler spoke some English and gave us crucial info such as what time to return to the bus and where it would be parked and she sometimes summarized in one line what he has been talking about while on the bus. We really enjoyed our day. Thank you
Date: Jun/2014
Japan (Female, age 40-49)
4.00
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No guest review.
Date: Jun/2014
Singapore (Female, age 40-49)
5.00
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No guest review.
Date: Nov/2013
France (Female, age 30-39)
5.00
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It was great but it will be a good idea to let at least 1h00 to visit Hongu Naisha grand Shrine because it was very short between the shop visit mandatory + group photo mandatory + all the step. and on the description of the sightseeing on your web site you should explain that we have gift to collect on each temple. when you are foreigner we didn't know that.
Date: Oct/2013
Singapore (Female, age **)
5.00
great for those who only have so much time in the kumano area
No guest review.
Date: Jul/2013
Japan (Female, age 20-29)
5.00
1人旅しました。
バスの運転手さんが、1人旅ということを考慮して下さり写真をとって頂けて嬉しかったです。
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