Wakayama (prefecture)

Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県 Wakayama-ken) is located in the southwestern part of Kansai region.

Tourist Information Site
Wakayama Travel Guide is the prefecture's official multilingual guide site.

Cities

 * - the prefectural capital
 * - town on the southernmost point of Honshu
 * - Mt. Nachi and Katsuura onsen
 * - Shirahama Onsen and Nanki-Shirahama Airport
 * - a little mountain town surrounded by three great onsen
 * - Shirahama Onsen and Nanki-Shirahama Airport
 * - a little mountain town surrounded by three great onsen
 * - a little mountain town surrounded by three great onsen
 * - a little mountain town surrounded by three great onsen

Other destinations

 * - mountaintop monastery town, the stronghold of mystical Shingon Buddhism and the site of Japan's strangest graveyard

By train
The main train hub is Wakayama, about one hour south of Osaka, or two hours to Kyoto on the Ocean Arrows limited express.

By train
A train line runs around the southern coastline. Other train services are sparse.

See
Shirahama beach is crowded with tourists every summer. The water is clear and there are lots of hotels near the beach.

The three shrines of Kumano Kodo, namely Kumano-Hayatama, Kumano-Nachi and Kumano-Hongu (formerly Kumano-Niimasu), have been named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Go next

 * Ise - small town in Mie prefecture with its famous shrines, can be reached by train.