Hiking Tour with a Yamabushi in Senshu
In this tour you can trek among Mount Daifuku and visit the sacred Sutra Mounds with a real Shugendo practitioner. Enjoy a delicious meal of seldom-on-the-market Kuroushi beef and local seafood. The tour stops by the Naniwa Sake Brewery established in the Edo period for some sake tasting and shopping. A private taxi will take you to each location. Trekking will be about 4hrs (9.5km).
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Hiking Tour with a Yamabushi in Senshu
What's included in Hiking Tour with a Yamabushi in Senshu
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
stop by Lodging town on the Kishu-kaido Road. It was established in Yamanaka-mura, Hine-gun, Izuminokuni (present-day Yamanaka-kei, Hannan City, Osaka Prefecture), at the northern foot of the Onoyama Pass. Yamanaka-kei is located at the southeastern edge of Hannan City and is mostly mountainous except for the villages around the road that runs along the Yamanaka River in the center of the area. The road was considered important from ancient times as the shortest route between Kyoto and the national capital of Kii Province, because the national capital was just a short distance away when crossing the Onoyama Pass to the south.
It is said that there was a place of worship called Irie Shukuyaku Zao in Yamanaka-mura, Hine-gun, Senshu (Yamanaka-kei, Hannan City), where the fourth part of Myoho-renge-kyo Shinwaishinsha was delivered, and it was also called Sakura Jizo because there was an old cherry tree nearby in the past.
Trekking Mount Daifuku with Shugendo practitioner (bento lunch at the mountain top)Daifuku is one of the mountains lying on the border between Osaka and Wakayama prefectures, and is known locally as the "Izumi Mountains" or "Kisen Alps. The remains of the Daifukuyama Sutra Mound, one of the 28 lodges of the Katsuragi Shugen, are located near the summit of the mountain. The mountain is surrounded by many mountain cherry trees, so you can enjoy hiking while viewing cherry blossoms at this time of year.
Inclusions
- Transportation fare
- Snacks
- Shugen costume (Suzukake/ Kamigoromo) to be given on the day of the event
- Dinner
- tourist guide fee
- Transportation fee from hotel to meeting place
- Personal purchases (souvenirs, etc.)
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
- Please participate only if you are fit and confident in your physical strength.
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- IZUMISANO Tourist Information Center, in front of the Izumisano Station ticket gate, at the Izumisano City Observation and Communication Plaza near Rinku Town Station, Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture.
