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I was invited by a local community member to participate in the Gotou Festival! This festival has a history of about 1,400 years and is held every year on February 6 at Kamikura Shrine in Shingu City. Women are forbidden to participate in the festival, and men dressed in white and wearing ropes with a torch carrying the sacred flame run up the steep stone steps from the top of Mt...

　熊野川の川舟下りを体験してきました。　春や秋のハイシーズンは数か月前から予約が埋まるほど人気があります。一方、夏は熊野古道を歩くハイカーが少なくなる季節。日本の夏は暑さが厳しいためです。　そこで今回は、天気予報を確認しながら予約し、こ...

　近露には「近野神社」という神社があります。　先日、この神社の定期清掃に参加してきました。地域の人たちが長年大切に守り続けている神社です。秋祭りでは獅子舞が奉納され、人々はここで家族の健康や幸運を祈り、日々平穏に暮らせることへの感謝を捧...

　春のハイシーズン。熊野古道には多くのハイカーが訪れ、それぞれに歩きを楽しんでいます。新緑が美しく、暑くも寒くもない心地よい気候。澄んだ空気の中、鳥のさえずりを聞きながら歩く――そんな様子を見ていると、「自分も歩きたいな」と思わずにはいら...

　春爛漫。近露にはさまざまな樹木があり、春になると桜をはじめ、いろとりどりの花々が次々と咲き誇り、とても美しい景色が広がります。　寒い季節が長かった分、陽気があたたかくなってくると、自然と気持ちも高まりますね。 　 　春の朝は、ウグイスの...

　案内標識と看板が完成しました。どちらも手作りです。 案内標識は、景観を損なわないよう熊野古道の案内標識と同じデザインにしました。大工さんからいただいた杉の丸太の皮を丁寧に剥ぎ、色を塗って地中に埋め込みます。そして文字は手彫り。彫刻刀を握...

　Following last year, we participated in the "Goto Matsuri" in Shingu City again this year. 　The Goto Matsuri is an annual fire festival held on February 6 at Kamikura Shrine, which has a history of more than 1,400 years and is forbidden to women. It is still carefully passed down to the present day as a ritual to crown the Kumano deities with a new flame and pray for peace in the year ahead....

　Happy New Year! We started the new year with a first ascent of Mt. We worshipped the first sunrise at the top of the mountain, and the curtain rose on a new year in the quiet, clean air. For us, this year is a memorable year as COZY guesthouse will finally start...

　We have received a business permit. COZY guesthouse will finally open. 　We started with the property search, then the renovation work, and in between, we gained experience while working at an existing guesthouse, and many people taught us their know-how about the operation of the guesthouse. Up to this point...

This year, too, we participated in the "Chikaruro-Nonaka Autumn Festival" from the preliminary preparations. Last year, many of the greetings were "Nice to meet you...," but this year we received a lot of "Hello! Long time no see! I feel that I have been accepted as a member of this town...

On October 1, 2025, a portion of the Kumano Kodo Nakaheji Route, which had been closed for 14 years, was finally restored and opened to traffic. Fourteen years ago, this route was damaged by a large typhoon and was closed to traffic for a long time. I was on the road at that time...

　熊野古道中辺路を歩く計画を立てる際、多くの方が悩まれるのが「どこで宿泊するか」です。滝尻王子から熊野本宮大社までの中辺路ルートは約38km。1泊2日で歩く場合、宿泊地の候補としておすすめなのは「近露」と「野中（継桜王子周辺）」です。　滝尻王...

　熊野古道・中辺路は、世界遺産に登録された日本を代表する巡礼路です。 　滝尻王子から熊野本宮大社まで歩く王道ルートをはじめ、熊野那智大社まで縦走する4日間コース、赤木越コース、熊野川舟下りを組み合わせたコースなど、体力や旅行日数、旅のスタ...