Pass Spots in Mie Area

  • Tori-toge Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Kumano-shi Kiwacho Yanokawa
    This mountain pass is located in Kiwa-cho, Kumano City. The entrance to the pass is situated on Prefectural Route 40 and leads down to the area near Maruyama-bashi Bridge. Used by locals as part of everyday travel in the area since ancient times, historic remnants such as stone paving and a late Edo period statue of Kshitigarbha (Jizo), guardian of children, can be found along the pass' road. Visitors can also enjoy the scenery of the Maruyama Senmaida from a lookout along the pass.
  • Matsumoto-toge Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Kumano-shi Kinomotocho
    This mountain pass connects Kinomoto-cho and Odomari-cho in Kumano City. The entrance to the pass is on National Route 311 and it connects to the Hama-kaido Route. Stretches of moss-covered paving stones laid in the Edo and Meiji periods can be found along the pass, as well as a large Kshitigarbha (Jizo) statue bearing the scars of ancient gunshots and a spot with a sweeping view of Shichiri Mihama Beach. In addition, the pass leads down to Onigajo, an area which is included in the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range World Heritage listing.
  • Tsuzurato Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Kitamuro-gun Kihokucho Watarai-gun Taikicho
    This pass connects Kihoku Town in Kitamuro County, Mie Prefecture with Taiki Town in Watarai County, Mie Prefecture. A part of the ancient Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes which in modern times have received World Heritage designation, the pass was once situated on the border between Ise Province and Kii Province and served as a veritable entranceway for pilgrims making their way to Kumano. Today, the pass still delights with a sweeping view of the sea off Kumano.
  • Mezurashitoge
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Matsusakashi Itakachouakou
  • Suzuka Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Kameyama-shi
  • Fudentoge
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Minamimurogunmihamachou Kurusu
  • Yakiyamatoge
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Pref. Owaseshi Minamiura Yakiyama
  • Fudatate Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Kumano-shi
  • Yanoko Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Kumano-shi
  • Sengokugoe
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Watarai-gun Taikicho
  • Nishiki Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Watarai-gun Taikicho
  • Fujizaka Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Watarai-gun Minamiisecho
  • Miura Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Watarai-gun Minamiisecho
  • Katsuezaka Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Matsusaka-shi
  • Yudani Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Taki-gun Odaicho
  • Nanaho Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Taki-gun Odaicho
  • Kosaka Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Watarai-gun Wataraicho
  • Tsurugi Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Ise-shi
  • Gochi Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Shima-shi
  • Sakura Pass
    Travel / Tourism
    Mie Matsusaka-shi

Mie Areas

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Spread across the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, Mie prefecture boasts hundreds of kilometers of pretty coastline comprising the oyster-rich Toba city and Shima National Park all the way down to Kumano, a city that marks the beginning of part of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage, which runs into neighboring Wakayama prefecture. However, Mie is best known for the Ise Jingu Shinto shrine inland, one of the oldest and largest shrines in the country.

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