Kihoku

The landscape around Kihoku is steep and densely forested, where the Kii Mountains meet the Kumano-nada coast, which has shaped both its scattered settlements and an economy of forestry, fishing and citrus growing. In southern Mie Prefecture, the town extends from a folded shoreline into valleys on the eastern Kii Peninsula. Kihoku lies on the Iseji branch of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes, part of UNESCO’s Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. Old stone-paved sections of the route recall centuries of travel between Ise and the Kumano shrines. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across Mie Prefecture.

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