In Search of the Best Food on Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trail

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Take a hike with Shizuka through Wakayama's ancient pilgrimage trail, the Kumano Kodo. Through the misty mountains and ancient trees, Shizuka explores the hidden restaurants along the way.

Her journey leads to a restaurant made entirely of wood, blending into the forest, where she samples 100% buckwheat noodles. At another restaurant, Shizuka tries a rice bowl featuring fresh deer. Finally, she ends the food tour on a sweet note with hot springs coffee and a gooey-chewy treat. With weary and rain-soaked feet, Shizuka makes it to the trail's end and visits Kumano Hongu Taisha.

FEATURED FOODS:
Soba: A Japanese noodle made from buckwheat
Tempura: deep-fried assortment of mountain vegetables
Shika don: A rice bowl with deer and a raw egg yolk
Local vegetable soup: made from vegetables found in the mountains
Chuka chimaki: a sticky rice ball warped n bamboo
Hot spring coffee: coffee made inside a hot spring
Kinako mochi: chewy mochi served in a soup with kinako (soybean powder)

LOCATION
Ogamian Soba 山伏そば 拝庵
170 Hongucho Fushiogami, Tanabe, Wakayama 647-1743
〒647-1743 和歌山県田辺市本宮町伏拝170

Kumanoco Shokudo くまのこ食堂
452-1 Hongucho Hongu, Tanabe, Wakayama 647-1731
〒647-1731 和歌山県田辺市本宮町本宮452-1

Yunomune Chaya ゆのむね茶屋
113 Hongucho Yunomine, Tanabe, Wakayama 647-1732
〒647-1732 和歌山県田辺市本宮町湯峯113

TIMELINE
0:00 Intro
2:00 Ogamian Soba
8:30 Kumanoco Shokudo
13:00 Yunomune Chaya
17:00 Outro

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