Visit the Land of the Dead
Kumano is Japan’s “Land of the Dead” because it centers around three shrines, collectively known as the Kumano Sanzan. The walking trails that links between the three shrines are called Kumano Kodo and is reputed to be over 1000 years old. The shrines are even older as they exist before the trails were in place.
While it’s name sounds somber, Kumano’s reference as the Land of the Dead often denotes the Shinto beliefs in spirits. ancestors and the afterlife, which is believed to walk along these trails and dwell in the area after they die. Kumano is recognized as the UNESCO World Heritage site.
The performance is a part of the “blow the earth” project. The trumpeter is an avant-garde musician Toshinori Kondo.
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