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和歌山県 · Regional selections

Kitayama River Rafting and Kitayama Tourist Center

東牟婁・熊野

Raft riding in Kitayama village — the only place in Japan where you ride a log raft poled by hand.

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Namihaya Beach

和歌山市・海草

A 200-metre beach at Wakanoura in Wakayama City.

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Hamanomiya Beach

和歌山市・海草

A beach fifteen minutes' walk from Wakayama Marina City, with palms along the shore.

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Tokugawa-ke Reidai

伊都・高野山

A mausoleum on Mount Koya, built in 1643 by Tokugawa Iemitsu for Ieyasu and Hidetada.

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黒江の町並み

和歌山市・海草

A townscape at Kuroe in Kainan. In this Kishu lacquerware district the houses stand in a sawtooth line.

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大斎原

西牟婁・南紀白浜

The original site of Kumano Hongu Taisha, where the halls stood until a flood carried them away in 1889.

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Totsui Limestone Cave

日高

A limestone cave about 100 metres long in Yura, said to have formed some 250 million years ago.

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紀州東照宮

和歌山市・海草

A shrine founded in 1621, honouring Tokugawa Ieyasu and the first lord of the Kishu domain. Its main hall is an important cultural property.

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Kokokuji Temple

日高

A temple in Yura, built in 1227 for the repose of Minamoto no Sanetomo.

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Bansho Garden

和歌山市・海草

A garden in Wakayama City on the site of the post from which the Kishu domain watched the sea.

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Senton-buro

西牟婁・南紀白浜

A winter open-air bath made by damming the river at Hongu in Tanabe, large enough for a thousand bathers.

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Kainan Sakuasu Roadside Station

和歌山市・海草

A roadside station opened in Kainan in autumn 2023, joining fish, fruit and play.

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Shionomisaki Lighthouse

東牟婁・熊野

A lighthouse at the southern tip of Honshu, first lit in 1873.

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Misato Observatory

和歌山市・海草

An observatory in Kimino, opening its 105-centimetre reflecting telescope to the public.

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Kondo Daito

伊都・高野山

A vermilion pagoda in the Danjo Garan on Mount Koya, held to be the first tahoto form built in Japan.

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Yunomine Onsen Tsubo-yu

西牟婁・南紀白浜

A small private bath at Yunomine Onsen, a tub cut from natural rock; part of the World Heritage property.

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太地町立くじらの博物館

東牟婁・熊野

A museum in Taiji on the relationship between whales and people.

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Michino-eki Shiki-no-Sato Park FOOD HUNTER PARK

和歌山市・海草

A roadside station in Wakayama City, grown from an agricultural park, with hands-on food and farming.

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Japan's Most Fun Yaffo Point

日高

A spot on the Tsubakiyama dam lake in Hidakagawa, where a shout comes back as an echo.

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熊野速玉大社

東牟婁・熊野

One of the three Kumano shrines, with vermilion halls; part of the World Heritage property.

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Naka Sports and Recreation Center

那賀

A sports centre in Kinokawa, with an indoor pool open all year.

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道成寺

日高

A temple in Hidakagawa, said to date from 701, the setting of the legend of Anchin and Kiyohime.

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Daimon

伊都・高野山

A 25.1-metre gate at the entrance to Mount Koya, in two storeys and two tiers.

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Negoro-ji Temple

那賀

Head temple of Shingi Shingon in Iwade, about 900 years old, with a great pagoda that is a national treasure.