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Food and folklore: A journey deep into Japan’s countryside
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Shrines along the Kumano Kodo.
PHOTO: JOHN TAN
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WAKAYAMA, Japan – Borrow a spade from the hotel, dig a hole by the pebbly riverbank and hot spring water swirls up. You have just created your own mini onsen bath.
Or go for effortless bliss. Simply sink into a milky, therapeutic hot spring set within a sea-cliff cavern carved out by the raging Pacific Ocean.
