Location: ~10 min walk from Owase station
Rental bicycles available.

Placed at regular intervals of 1 cho (about 109 m) up to the pass are Jizostatues that watch quietly over and protect pilgrims. Originally there were 50, but only 35 remain now. They are said to have been put there in the Azuchi-Momoyama Period.

Behind the facility is Yumekodo Owase with café, restaurant and hot spring baths. Restaurant is open for lunch with a buffet made of local dishes by different groups of Owase “mothers”. The unique baths use mineral rich deep-sea water.

The Kumano Kodo Center is a visitor center located on the　outskirts of town. There are both permanent and　temporary　exhibits about the history and nature of Owase. The building　itself is very impressive being made　of over　6,500 locally harvested cypress trees.　Hours: 9:00-17:00　Closed New Year’s holiday