Japan Off-Road — 11 Days Through the Forgotten Places
Wakayama·Awaji Island·Ehime·Shikoku·Nagano·Tokyo
Day 1 · Travel
CAR
TokyoShingu
car · 6h
The drive from Tokyo to Shingu on the Kii Peninsula takes around six hours through increasingly rural mountain roads. Arriving in the Kumano region, the landscape shifts completely — dense cedar forests, river valleys, and the first torii gates begin appearing at the roadside long before any town.









