How to walk Iseji

Prayer way rule of Kii Mountains

World heritage "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" is cultural heritage symbolizing Japanese moral culture that inherited awe for nature and space which are all things, the root of life in form called prayer to the gods and Buddha dwelling in mountain and forest.
We promise next so that world people can share blessing that these irreplaceable assets bring forever on walking prayer way

1

Wave to nature and culture of Kii Mountains protecting "inheritance of the human" together, and learn;, with splendor of assets of we joint ownership, is biography emashiyo with all for a long time to coming ages.

2

For this course following heart of prayer from ancient times, many footprints which we gave prayer to are carved with. Let's still walk while thinking about heart of following people.

3

We call out to each other with person whom we met deepening greetings, contact of heart with smile, and let's plan interchange with local people again.

4

In Kii Mountains where the precious animals and plants taking good care of inhabit, all the existing things are important assets without bringing in without taking the animals and plants. We love nature and will continue having heart to keep.

5

Journey walking plan and the equipment for a space for all possible measures does not know what happens. As there is steep way, we think about weather, physical condition, the equipment enough, and let's walk among them without overdoing it.

6

It is dangerous to deviate from way preventing it from deviating from way and is to damage vegetation. It will prevent being thoughtless and from stepping into the neighborhood.

7

Fire is caused by slight carelessness including littering of cigarette keeping looking out for fire in mind. The handling of fire will be careful enough.

8

We take garbage home with us and are way which local people making beautiful way continued protecting for a long time. We take garbage home with us, and let's make way which is more beautiful than time that came.

Confirmation matter when it is made ancient morality walk

• ・Please make cell-phone full charge by all means before walking.
• ・We come to have in terms of time no to spare and it becomes dark and sees one lost the way.
  Is indication (do not include lunch, break) until have free time required every mountain pass; leave early, and walk enough with room at time,
  While you are spirited, please descend a mountain.
• ・Please walk while confirming the present location in signpost of tree put up every 100 meters.

※In the case of emergency, please connect with contact information (police station, fire department) listed in signpost.

▲Signpost (as for the photography Sonejiro-zaka & Taro-zaka) which is installed in each mountain pass

We return to Iseji route map