World Heritage / Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

Criteria: (ii) (iii) (iv) (vi) | Date of Inscription: 2004 | Location: Mie, Nara and Wakayama Prefectures | Justification for Inscription

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Directions

Map
Map of the Kii Mountain Range

Yoshino and Omine
From JR Tokyo Station to JR Shin-Osaka Station: 2h 30mins by Nozomi Bullet Train.
Shin-Osaka Station to Tenno-ji Station: 15mins by subway.
From Osaka-Abenobashi Station to Yoshino Station: 75mins by Kintetsu Line.
From Yoshino Station to Yoshinoyama Station: 3 mins by ropeway.

Kumano Sanzan
By Air
From Tokyo Haneda to Shirahama Airport: 70mins.
Shirahama to Hongu Taishamae: 90mins by Meiko Bus.

By Train
From JR Tokyo Station to JR Shin-Osaka Station: 2h 30mins by Nozomi Bullet Train.
Shin-Osaka Station to Tennoji Station: 15 mins.
Tennoji Station to Shirahama Station: 115mins.
Shirahama Station to Hongu Taishamae: 90mins by Meiko Bus.

From Tennoji Station to Kii-tanabe Station: 104mins.
Kii-tanabe Station to Hongu Taishamae: 105mins by Ryujin Bus.

From Nagoya Station to Shingu Station: 195mins.
Shingu Station to Hongu Taishamae: 1h.

From Shin-Osaka Station to Shingu Station: 225mins.
Shingu Station to Hongu Taishamae: 1h.

Koyasan
From JR Tokyo Station to JR Shin-Osaka Station: 2h 30mins by Nozomi Bullet Train. Shin-Osaka Station to Namba Station: 15mins by the Midosuji Subway Line. From Namba Station to Gokurakubashi Station: 80mins by Nankai Takano Line to Koyasan Station, 5 mins by cable car.