Mie
Travel
2024.04.12
Magose pass and Matsumoto pass, the official radio guides for the Kumano Kodo and Ise Road, have been released by ONTHE TRIP, a company that produces official audio guides for temples, shrines, museums and art festivals in Japan, offering a new way to explore the Kumano Kodo, walking with a GPS-linked guide.
This guide provides an audio guide to the stories that have accumulated at Magose Pass and Matsumoto Pass, two of the most popular routes in the area.
The system automatically plays the audio when you visit the site on foot, making it a hiking guide that you can listen to with your smartphone in your pocket.
＜Partial introduction to the recorded audio＞
Chapter 03｜Cobblestone pavement
The stone-paved road at Magose Pass was maintained by the Kishu clan at the beginning of the Edo period (1603-1868) and is 400 years old. The 2 km stone-paved road from the beginning of the climb to the pass is still in its original state.
The width of the road was based on 2.7 m, considering that great men could be carried in palanquins. The paving stones are large, flat and laid in folds. These stones are made of granite from the surrounding mountains and valleys. They are laid to match the tread for easy, stress-free walking.
In this guide, you will walk along the beautiful pilgrimage route of Magoze mountain pass and experience the history that has been carefully linked to it by imagining the background to the birth of the landscape before you.
Matsumoto Pass is the last pass from Ise Jingu Shrine to Kumano Hayatama Taisha, one of the three Kumano mountains, after crossing numerous passes. It is also a mountain pass where you can enjoy the cobblestones from different eras at the same time.
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Art
Simose Art Museum, located in Otake City, Hiroshima Prefecture, has been awarded the prestigious Versailles Prize as the “Most Beautiful Museum in the World.”
The award ceremony took place on December 2 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, marking a historic moment for the museum and Japanese architecture.
The Versailles Prize Website:https://www.prix-versailles.com/2024
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Food
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Also back this year is the popular Japanese Stollen, which was a big hit last year. This is a special cake that can only be tasted at Kimuraya, using Japanese-inspired ingredients such as persimmons, figs and koshi-an (sweet bean paste). Please take this opportunity to try Kimuraya’s limited edition Christmas bread.
Hiroshima
Art
The Hiroshima Museum of Art is hosting the exhibition “ZIPANGU: Contemporary Artists Who Defined the Heisei Era” (November 2, 2024 – December 22, 2024). This showcase brings together works by some of the most prominent figures in Japan’s contemporary art scene, including Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Makoto Aida, Yoshitomo Nara, Chiharu Shiota, Izumi Kato, Akira Yamaguchi, and Miwa Komatsu. The exhibition has already garnered significant attention, exceeding 10,000 visitors.
HYAKKEI covered the dialogue between contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and Sueo Mizuma, the curator of this exhibition, held at the RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima. We also conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Mizuma.
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Restaurant
Event
On selected days in September 2024, the wedding venue Kyoto Art Grace Wedding Hills will offer a ‘Hanari Otsukimi Afternoon Tea’, where guests can enjoy sweets and savouries inspired by the moon viewing on the fifteenth night of the month.
