View of the Katsuura bay from the hill top trail of the hotel.
View of the Taiji bay at the end of the hill top trail.
Hot spring hotels on an island.
Rocky islands scattered in the Katsuura bay, also known as the Mastushima of Kii.
Whaling ship displayed at whale museum at the shore of Taiji bay.
The husband and wife pines at the start of the stone paved trail to the sacred sites.
Interestingly, only pines immediately to the both sides of the trail were old and giant. Pines further away from the trails were mostly young and small.
The entrance of the Kumano Nachi Taisha.
The main halls of the Kumano Nachi Taisha decorated in bright colors.
The censer with burning pine sticks in front of the main hall of the Kumano Nachi Taisha.
The gate of the Seiganto temple.
The main hall of the Seiganto temple.
View of the Nachi fall and the three-story pagoda from the Seiganto temple.
View of the Nachi fall from the top floor of the three-story tower.
The entrance of the Hiryu Shrine.
The shrine worshiping the waterfall.
View of the Nachi fall from below.
The oyster farms in the bay.
The Hashigui rocks were one of the attractions of Kushimoto.
The lighthouse at Shino-Misaki is the southernmost lighthouse of Honshu.
The stele marking the southernmost tip of Honshu.
View from another hill-top trail of another hotel located on another island offering different views of the Katsuura bay.
Setting sun with rainbow-colored halo over Katsuura.
Katsuura harbor at dusk.
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