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On the Kumano Kodo, the Mountain Ascetics’ Pilgrimage Path

Going on a spiritual pilgrimage’s path in fastpacking fashion seemed a bit of an oddity even to me.

Tokyo. The megalopolis. An urban agglomeration, home to millions of people, unbroken cityscape…

Tokyo can only really be understood, or at least felt, on the ground and intimately.

For even beginning to get a grasp on this megalopolis, though, it helps to get a view from afar – and the prime spot for that is the Tokyo Skytree.