In the morning I took the bus from Yunomine Onsen to the point for continuing the Kumano Kodo, at a bus stop called Ukegawa. Yunomine Onsen is a popular place to stay, and the bus was full. About half were getting off at Ukegawa, the other half were going to a boat cruise down the river.
The day was fairly hot and sunny, but in the shade of the trees it wasn't too bad. The trail did not go on any roads or pass through any villages until the destination for the day, at Koguchi. About 14 km.
The trail rose a bit steeple for the first several km, and there was a great viewpoint of the mountains of the area.
I would meet the some of the people who were on the trail that day the viewpoint and at rest stops, but otherwise I had the trail to myself. From what I've seen over these past few days, everyone hiking the Kumano Kodo is a foreign tourist, no locals.
It went pretty quickly, and by about 1pm arrived at Koguchi. Another 15 minutes and I was at my accommodation, called Koguchi Shizen No Ie, which used to be an elementary school and it still looks like it, except the classrooms are now bedrooms. The rooms are nice though, there is a common bath, and dinner in the cafeteria-like dining room was pretty good. They also had much needed laundry facilities, and I finally got to clean and dry things after everything got soaked the day before.
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