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Scenes from Yuasa, Wakayama

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Three teenagers in matching yellow t-shirts and black trousers cross a level railway crossing in Yuasa. A red and yellow stop sign reads とまれ (tomare — stop) in Japanese. Warning signs, a crossing signal, and overhead power lines frame the scene.

The exterior of a small izakaya in Yuasa, Wakayama. A bronze bust of a man wearing a gold necklace sits beside the entrance next to a plastic crate and cardboard boxes. A blue noren curtain hangs in the doorway. A curved amber canopy shelters the entrance, and a Japanese sign is mounted to the right.

A person pulling a wheeled suitcase walks away from the camera along a quiet residential street in Yuasa. A large gnarled tree with pink blossoms spreads over a traditional Japanese garden wall. Traditional and modern buildings line the street under a blue sky.

The weathered wooden facade of an old neighbourhood shop in Yuasa. Vintage enamel signs in Japanese advertise tobacco, postal services, and a telephone. Potted plants flank the sliding glass door entrance, and a Meiji-branded cooler box sits beside a small metal rack.

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Scenes from the Kumano Kodo's Nakahechi route 1/3

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Visitors look out from a railed viewpoint toward the three-storey Seiganto-ji pagoda on the Kumano Kodo in Wakayama, Japan. Nachi Falls drops in a long narrow cascade down a forested cliff face behind the pagoda. Steps, manicured gardens, and scattered visitors fill the grounds below.

A person seated in a chair on a wooden deck gazes out through a screened sliding door at a panoramic view of layered green mountain ridges disappearing into a pale sky. Shot in black and white through the mesh of the screen.

Rows of low tea bushes lead toward a traditional Japanese farmhouse almost entirely engulfed by thick climbing vines and overgrown vegetation. Bamboo and cedar trees rise behind it on a hillside.

Hikers pick their way through a densely planted cedar forest on the Kumano Kodo. Dozens of tall straight trunks rise from a slope littered with fallen logs. The figures are small against the scale of the forest.

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Scenes from the Kumano Kodo's Nakahechi route 2/3

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A woman hiker on the Kumano Kodo trail smiles at the camera. She wears a cap, a white t-shirt, a running vest, and carries a fully loaded backpack with a water bottle. Trees and a forest path are visible behind her.

A small group of hikers rests at a rural bus stop on a highway in Wakayama. One sits on the grass, one sits on the bench, one stands with arms crossed, and two others stand to the right sorting gear. A green road sign in the background points toward Shirahama and Tanabe.

An older man sits on a low stone wall outside a temple on the Kumano Kodo, a white towel draped around his neck, wearing sandals and dark trousers. Traditional temple buildings and trees are visible behind him.

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Scenes from the Kumano Kodo's Nakahechi route 3/3

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The ornate wooden entrance of a small Shinto shrine on the Kumano Kodo. A thick rope hangs from a bell above the closed doors, which are reached by a short flight of steps. Decorative carvings of dragons and scrollwork are painted along the eaves. Stone walls and forest are visible on either side.

A kimono displayed on a hanger outside a rural property in Wakayama, with a handwritten price tag reading Kimono ¥3000. Corrugated metal fencing, bamboo trees, and a hillside are visible behind it.

Two hikers — a man holding a camera and a woman — are reflected together in a small convex traffic mirror mounted at the edge of a rural road on the Kumano Kodo. Ferns and broad-leafed plants frame the mirror.

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