The Top 17 Natural Monuments in the Kii Mountains
Kii Mountains’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 17
beautiful natural monuments in the Kii Mountains. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments in the Kii Mountains. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: October 7, 2025
Feeding the deer was brilliant...suddenly there was a whole bunch of them standing around you and you were gently nudged, sometimes not so gently, with the request for more...you had to move away a little more vehemently
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“Onsen” means “hot spring” and there are several of them in the small health resort of Yunomine. The village has a history that goes back over 1,800 years. You can …
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You enter the Tsugizakura-Oji Shrine through a stone gate and then follow a staircase. Gigantic cedars tower into the sky on both sides. Once at the top there is a …
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The pagoda of Seigantoji Temple was built directly in front of the stunning Nachi Falls (the highest waterfall in Japan at 133m). The Buddhist temple is located directly next to …
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Yoshikien - in a small frame typical things for a japanese garden were built. The tour is for free and is something you should not miss. Take the chance and visit this garden!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiki-en
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Mount Wakakusa (Wakakusayama) rises 342 m at the eastern edge of Nara Park. It is located between Todaiji Temple and Kasuga Taisha Shrine.
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This is a small waterfall in the Kasugayama jungle at the source of the Saho River and has been a famous site since the Edo period.
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The garden costs about 1000 yen entrance fee (07/2023), the entrance to the museum is included. The garden is much nicer than the neighbouring garden, which is free.
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This almost thousand-year-old tree is accessible. The cave inside serves as a prayer chamber, where many prayer tablets have been deposited.
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From afar you can hear the roar of the Nachi Waterfall, the highest of its kind in Japan with a drop of 133 meters. The waterfall is located in Yoshino-Kumano National Park, very close to the Kumano Nachi-Taisha Shrine.
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