Kumano is famous as a “holy grounds and pilgrim path in the Kii mountains” which UNESCO listed as a world heritage site in 2004. The Kodo (“old ways”) are a key part of the region’s UNESCO designation, and have been in use for over 1000 years. They are the only pilgrimage routes besides the Camino de Santiago to be designated a world heritage site. The pilgrimage route developed as a way for people to move between the sacred areas on the Kii Penisula. There are three Grand Shrines; Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Kumano Nachi Taisha in Nakahechi Route, collectively known as Kumano Sanzan. Still now, people go to Kumano for the pilgrim road of Kumano Kodo. You can choose and try to walk in Kumano Kodo depend on your revel.