Tourist attractions in Wakayama Prefecture: profiles, services and practical information.
Kongobu-ji occupies a central place in Koyasan’s spiritual geography, but the name reaches beyond one building: the institution encompasses the mountain’s wider temple p…
View profile →Koyasan Station is the end of a multi-stage journey, not a railway station reached directly by train from Osaka. From Namba, take Nankai’s Koya Line to Gokurakubashi, th…
View profile →Kii-Katsuura is known for fresh tuna landed at its fishing port, and Nigiwai Market turns that local trade into an accessible visitor stop. It is a public market beside…
View profile →Kii-Tanabe is a rail gateway to the Kii Peninsula and the pilgrimage routes of the Kumano Kodo. From this Kisei Line station, buses connect to Takijiri-oji, Hongu and th…
View profile →Kumano Hongu Taisha stands on a wooded ridge surrounded by cedar and cypress, at the top of a long stone staircase. It is one of the Kumano Sanzan, the Three Grand Shrin…
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