Synopsis

This series follows a single path through the heart of the Kii Peninsula, where the Kii Mountain Range dominates the landscape. National Route 425 climbs steeply for three days from its western start, a ribbon of road carved into the mountainside. Though prone to falling rocks, this route is also home to pockets of human life: farmers enduring on precarious slopes, a mountain bakery born from entrepreneurial spirit, and glimpses of wildlife like raccoons and deer. As autumn deepens the mountain