In addition to the ease of climbing to 135 m above sea level, beautiful cobblestones remain on this pass and you can also get a panoramic view of Shichirimihama from the lookout point so this is one of the most popular passes on the Iseji. A large 1.8 m tall Jizo statue stands at the pass. It is said that a hunter mistook it for a monster and shot it. This pass was known in the Edo Period as Kinomoto-toge Pass.

This is a ridge trail that leads to the Kannon-michi to the north from Obuki-toge Pass. It has a lookout point with views of Matsumoto-toge Pass and Shichirimihama, and a large shishigaki wall.

A shishigaki built in the Edo Period remains near this pass at 205 m above sea level, and the Obuki-chaya tea house was run here until about 1950. Rare on the Kumano Kodo, there is a bamboo forest here.

Cobblestones said to remain from the Kamakura Period remain on Hadasu-no-Michi, each one large and heavy. In the settlement of Hadasu is a shrine where large camphor trees grow thickly known as Jofuku-no-Miya. It is said that in ancient times, Jofuku came here from China in search of the elixir of life, and transferred technologies including pottery.

Okamizaka-toge Pass is 290 m above sea level, located across the valley from Nigishima-toge Pass. As for the origin of its name, there is a theory that this was the place where the kami, or gods, of Ise and Kumano would meet, and a theory that it was so named because this was a place where okami, or wolves, appeared.

Nigishima-toge Pass is 240 m above sea level and reached by climbing a mossy, cobblestone trail from the small fishing village of Nigishima. A Christian lantern and pilgrims gravestones stand around the ichirizuka milestone remains above the village.

At 305 m above sea level, this is a steep trail that crosses Hobo-toge Pass. In the old days, this pass was the border between the territories of Shima Province and Kii Province.

It is said that the origins of the name lie in the words “jiryo,” meaning our territory, and “taryo,” meaning another’s territory, which were corrupted into the common Japanese boys’ names “Jiro” and “Taro.” There are many highlights along the way, including the remains of a quarry where stone used in the construction of Edo Castle was taken, Kujira-ishi Rock, which looks like a whale, and Tatemigaoka, which looks out over the beautiful Kumano-nada Sea. In addition, there are the remains of the Hoji-chaya tea house at the pass, whose name is said to derive from the hoji signposts that indicated the border between territories.