Kumano Kodo Audio Guide
The World Heritage Cultural Landscape of Kumano is a rich and complex sacred site in the southern portion of the Kii peninsula. This audio guide was designed to decipher this spiritual landscape while walking the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route. It is for those interested in delving deeper into the unique mountain culture of the area.
This Audio Guide is designed to by used in correspondance with the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Map booklet. The Audio Guide leaflet is a general outline of routes. Both are downloadable below.
- Kumano Kodo Audio Guide MP3 Download (Zip File 20MB)
- Kumano Kodo Audio Guide Map Front
- Kumano Kodo Audio Guide Map Back
- Kumano Kodo Hiking Maps
 Audio Guide Map Front |
 Audio Guide Map Back |
Audio Guide File List
- 01 Prologue
- 02 Kumano Pilgrimage
- 03 History of Kumano Pilgrimage
- 04 Heian Era Kimono
- 05 Takijiri-oji
- 06 Oji Shrines
- 07 Sutra Mounds
- 08 Pilgrimage Routes
- 09 Takahara Kumano-jinja
- 10 Rice Culture
- 11 Words and Expressions
- 12 Abdicated Emperors
- 13 Chikatsuyu-oji and Misogi
- 14 Legend of Anchin and Kiyohime
- 15 Ipposugi Cedar Trees
- 16 Minakata Kumagusu (1867-1941)
- 17 Nonaka-no-Shimizu Spring
- 18 Forestry in Kumano
- 19 Mikoshi-toge Pass
- 20 Funatama-jinja
- 21 Hosshinmon-oji
- 22 Mizunomi-oji
- 23 Kumano Healing
- 24 Animals
- 25 Fushiogami-oji
- 26 Tea and Bamboo
- 27 Sangen-jaya Teahouse
- 28 Yamabushi Mountain Ascetics
- 29 Kumano-gawa River
- 30 Shrine Grounds Overview
- 31 Yatagarasu Three Legged Crow
- 32 Kumano Goohoin Amulet
- 33 Kumano Hongu Taisha Architecture
- 34 Kumano Deities
- 35 Homotsuden Treasure Hall
- 36 O-Torii Giant Gateway
- 37 Oyunohara
- 38 Saint Ippen Shonin (1239-1289)
- 39 Shrine Mandala
- 40 Kumano Nuns
- 41 Nachi Pilgrimage Mandala
- 42 Yunomine Onsen
- 43 Legend of Oguri Hangan
- 44 Kawayu Onsen
- 45 History of Kawayu Onsen
- 46 Epilogue
