Totsukawa

Totsukawa has served as a mountain corridor within Japan’s Kii Peninsula since the medieval era. This extensive village municipality in southern Nara Prefecture is shaped by the steep, densely wooded Kii Mountains and the Totsukawa River, whose downstream course is known as the Kumano River. Pilgrimage paths associated with the Kumano Kodo cross this interior, connecting its valleys with sacred sites across the peninsula. The 297-metre Tanize Suspension Bridge, built in 1954, is among Totsukawa’s best-known structures above a river valley. After devastating floods in 1889, many residents resettled in Hokkaido and founded Shintotsukawa. Trace Totsukawa’s place in the wider Kii Peninsula by browsing webcams in nearby areas.

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