Kumano Kodo Trip Part 1: Kōyōen to Tanabe (Cathy & Ivan in Japan)

A year ago, Aikido practitioners and instructors Ivan Melo and Cathy Okada walked the Kumano Kodo Nakahechi route from Tanabe to Hongu Taisha, and spent a couple of days afterwards exploring some famous and some hidden spots in the Wakayama prefecture. Part one follows their journey from Cathy's birth place, to Tanabe, the birth place and resting of O Sensei (Morihei Ueshiba- the Aikido Founder) and the start of the Nakahechi pilgrimage trail. Music composed and performed by Catherine Okada