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Wakayama Castle

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Wakayama prefecture Wakayama city 1-3

This famous castle belonged to the Kishu Tokugawa family, one of the “Tokugawa Gosanke” families. It has been beloved by many as a symbol of Wakayama for ages. The Okaguchi Gate, which was made a Nationally Designated Important Cultural Property, as well as the stone wall constructed with Kishu-specialty blue stone (chlorite-schist) in the Nozura-zumi style, still maintain their original structures. From the castle tower constructed by citizens in 1958 after the war, you can see the Kinokawa River, the Wakayama cityscape, and more. Many visitors come during the cherry blossom and fall foliage seasons as well. Inside the castle tower, many items associated with the Tokugawa family are on display.
Kishu Toshogu Shrine

4.0

81 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Wakauranishi 2-1-20

This Gongen-style shrine was built in 1621 by Tokugawa Yorinobu, the first lord of the Kishu domain, to provide protection for the Nankaido road. Tokugawa Ieyasu and Tokugawa Yorinobu are enshrined here as deities. The shrine is brilliantly decorated with lacquerware and sculptures featuring both the Kano and Tosa styles, and it is called the “Nikko of Kansai.” It has been designated an Important Cultural Property as a representative structure from the early Edo period.

Its a very pretty shrine with very nice view over the city but you need to walk and climb up hundreds of steps before reaching the top. So please ensure you have at least 40 minutes.
Itakiso-jinja Shrine

4.0

50 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Idakiso 558

A Shinto shrine dedicated to Isotakeru-no-mikoto. This shrine is ancient and its name in an entry dated 702 in the “Shoku Nihongi” imperial history anthology. The shrine was moved to its current location a three-minute walk south of Idakiso Station on the Kishigawa Line in 713. In addition to the main shrine building, there is also a Miisha Shrine dedicated to gods of water and wells, and a boulder known as the “Monkey Rock” which is said to cure any diseases from the neck up when rubbed; both of these have gained popularity in recent years as mystical “power spots.” The Uzue Festival held here each year on the date of the Little New year attracts many visitors. During the festival, bowls of azuki-gayu rice gruel with azuki beans are handed out and eating this is said to guarantee sound health for an entire year.

和歌山市内から桃源郷あらかわ地区へ行く途中に立ち寄りましたが、とても立派な神社で見どころも多く楽しめました。
Kongoho-ji Gokoku-in (Kimiidera Temple)

3.0

6 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Kimidera 1201

This temple in Kimiidera Temple, Wakayama, was originally founded in 770 AD by Ikou shounin, a travelling priest from China. The two-story pagoda, bell tower, and tower gate on the grounds have been designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan. There are also 500 cherry trees planted on the grounds that are known for being early bloomers. One of the cherry blossom trees planted before the main hall of the temple is used as one of the specimen trees to determine the cherry blossom season.

階段を上りきり、暑かったので、冷たいものでも食べながら休憩と思い、店内に入りました。メニューも見当たらなかったので、座ることなく、すぐに出ました。
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama

4.0

39 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Fukiage 1-4-14

This modern art museum was built on the Wakayama Castle site and features a refined, contemporary design. The collections and exhibitions focus on fine art from the Meiji period to present times. In addition to works by Wakayama artists, there are over 10,000 items in total, including 13 oil paintings by Yuzo Saeki and works by Picasso, woodblock prints by Munch, and more. There are planned exhibitions and collection items on display, as well as temporary exhibitions.

Very nice museum and great exhibition. Interesting beautiful modern building and nice exhibition inside. They have a restaurant too, but nothing was in English at the menu outside, so I skip it.
Tamatsushima Shrine

4.0

36 Reviews

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Wakayama Wakayama-shi Wakauranaka 3-4-26

"Located in Wakaura 3-Chome, Wakayama City. The shrine is counted among the ""Three Great Gurdian Dieties of Waka"" and enshrines the deity Sotootorihime-no-mikoto. It has been offered works of waka (classical Japanese poetry) by many poets since the Heian period. The shrine's grounds and the surrounding region have been designated as a National Site of Scenic Beauty known as Wakanonoura. Every September 16th, the shrine holds the Hamaori Shinji, a ceremony in which a portable shrine is brought down the Kinokawa River from the Niutsuhime Shrine in Amano, Katsuragi Town."

住吉大社、柿本神社と並び和歌三神の神社の一つで、聖武天皇の和歌山行幸の際の記録に記載がある程古い社とのことです。和歌浦の景色を目の前に山部赤人等昔の歌人が歌を詠んだのがわかるようなロケーションでした。
Kamayama-jinja Shrine

4.0

28 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Wada 438

A Shinto shrine dedicated to Hikoitsuse-no-mikoto. Visiting this shrine, Hinokuma Jingu Shrine, and Itakiso Jinja is known locally as the “Saigoku Three Shrine Pilgrimage.” The shrine is located a 10-minute walk south from Kamayama Station on the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line. The location of the shrine can easily be identified by its large torii gate. The place name “Kamayama” appears in the “Kojiki” and the “Nihon shoki,” two of Japan’s oldest historical records, and it is believed that this is the place where Hikoitsuse-no-mikoto, elder brother to the very first emperor of Japan, Emperor Jinmu, was buried. In fact, a tomb for Hikoitsuse-no-mikoto stands behind the main shrine building; the death of his elder brother is said to have encouraged Emperor Jinmu to journey eastward instead of westward in his expedition to unite the country under his rule. Accordingly, the shrine is said to protect the security of Japan and the peace of and development of the world.

神武天皇の兄、ヒコイツセを祀る神社です。日前宮、伊太祁曽神社と共にここをお参りすることを西国三社参りというそうです。平安時代には存在が確認できるものの元は小さな村社で、その後大正時代には官幣大社にまでなったというのは唯一の例とのこと、当時の宮家の権力の大きさを感じます。
Wakayama Big Whale

5.0

1 Reviews

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Wakayama Wakayama-shi Tebira 2-1-1

This multipurpose hall is located in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture. Able to accommodate up to 8,500 people, it is used for a variety of sports and recreation events, concerts, exhibitions, and more. The building is modeled after a whale and can even shoot a jet of water into the air just like a whale. Appropriate to a prefecture known for its large quantities of wood, the ceiling, seat backboards, floor, and other fixtures make use of an abundance of wood. The facility also hosts a variety of classes and serves as a space for local residents to relax and improve their health through activities such as children's ballet, basketball, and tennis.

ミスチルのコンサートで訪れました。他にも、有名な歌手やアーティストのコンサートも時々開催されています。中はとても広かったです。
Wakayama Historical Center

3.5

13 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Ichibanchou 3 City Hall Minami-annex building

This museum is approximately ten minutes on foot from Nankai Wakayamashi Station and 15 minutes by car from Wakayama Interchange. It opened in 2015 on the site of Wakayama Castle. You'll find the Wakayama City Tourist Information Center on the first floor, along with the Wakayama City Tourist Souvenir Center, which sells Kishu Nanko ume plums, Kishu Goten temari balls, and more. The second floor is an exhibition room that will get you in touch with the history of Wakayama Castle. It has a theater where you can see a virtual reality presentation about Wakayama Castle in the late Edo Period (1603–1868), as well as the reproduction of the Jissai-an tea house from the Yosui-en garden landscaped by the castle's 10th lord, Tokugawa Harutomi.

和歌山城の天守閣に登り紅葉渓庭園のほうを回ってからこちらに来ました。観光バス駐車場の近くです。紀州藩時代が中心かと思って中に入りました。和歌山出身の著名人の展示があり、こちらも楽しめました。松下幸之助や南方熊楠などが和歌山出身とは知りませんでした。雑賀衆の歴史はここでしか見ることができないものかもと思いました。
Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore

4.5

19 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Iwase 1411

This museum was founded in August 1971 for the purpose of displaying and preserving this special historic site, the Iwase-senzuka burial mounds. Over 430 burial mounds dot the vast 65ha grounds, as well as the former estate of the important cultural property, the Taniyama Estate and other cultural property residences. Here one can study the various cultures and lifestyles of historic periods through the archive museum centering on archeology/folklore material exhibition (charged), restored pit dwellings, and the Manyo botanical garden that cultivates plants specifically mentioned in the Manyoshu, the 8th century anthology of Japanese poetry.

山の斜面にたくさんの古墳があり、1時間程度の散歩コースになっています。古墳の中は発掘された跡で、石を積み上げて作られた内部が見れます。埴輪も多数出ており、博物館で他の和歌山で発掘された瓶や埴輪、装飾品と併せて見学することができます。
Shiogama Shrine

3.5

22 Reviews

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Wakayama Wakayama-shi Wakauranaka 3-4-26

"This Shinto shrine is dedicated to Shiotsuchi-no-Oji, a god of safe childbirth and conception worshipped since ancient times because he helped Yamasachihiko and Toyotamahime to get married and they in turn had a safe childbirth. In Wakayama in the Edo period, people often said ""First is Kishu Toshogu, second is Tamatsushima Island, third is Sagarimatsu, fourth is Shiogama."" The shrine gets its name from the term for the pot used to boil salt in salt fields. The shrine is located in Wakanoura, whose scenic beauty has been well-known since the distant age of the ""Man'yoshu"" poetry anthology, and a monument engraved with a famous poem about the area by Yamabe no Akahito stands on a small hill near the shrine."

名勝和歌の浦に玉津島神社と並んであります。シオヅチノオジと聞きなれない神様を祀っておりますが、この神様は各地に製塩を広めたと伝わっており、シオガマという神社の名前にもつながっています。岩の窪みに小さな社がありこじんまりとしていますが、海への昔からの感謝の念を感じさせる神社でした。
Wakayama Prefectural Museum

4.0

18 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Fukiage 1-4-14

This prefectural museum is located near Wakayama Castle in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture. It was moved to its current location and opened in 1994. Architect Kisho Kurokawa designed the building, which features glass walls for a bright, modern look. The collection consists of over 1,000 items, including cultural artifacts and historical documents related to Wakayama Prefecture on display, along with materials on Mt. Koya, the Kumano faith, and the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route. There are also items that belonged to Kishu Tokugawa. The regular exhibits introduce 30,000 years of Wakayama Prefecture history, and special exhibitions and other projects are held year-round.

和歌山城天守閣から建物が見えたので護国神社の方向へ歩いてきてみました。和歌山の歴史を古墳時代から詳しく展示していました。普段あまり調べることもない場所だったので楽しく知識を仕入れることができました。隣の美術館と合わせて車で来ている人が多いようでした。近くに和歌山バスのバス停はあります。
Wakayama City Museum

4.0

16 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Minatohonmachi 3-2

"This museum is about five minutes on foot from Wakayamashi Station and about 20 minutes by car from Wakayama Interchange. Next to the Wakayama Civic Library, the museum opened in 1985. Their permanent exhibit ""What the Materials Tell of Wakayama's History"" has a total of six display areas. Five cover the primitive to the modern era, and a sixth Folk Area gives a feel for farm life. Their special and planned exhibits showcase various periods in history and different areas, and they host lectures and educational workshops too. The museum shop sells picture books of past exhibits."

南海電鉄「和歌山市」駅からまっすぐ歩いて10分程のところにあります。外観はいかにも公共施設ですが、一歩中に入ると天井の高い石造りで靴音や声がよく響くコンサートホールのような建物で驚きました。特別展「お殿様の宝物─南葵文庫と紀州徳川家伝来の美術─」が開催中でした。江戸時代の大名には親藩・譜代・外様の別がありますが、親藩のなかでも尾張・紀州・水戸は将軍を輩出できる別格の扱いとされました。現在、尾張...
Manyo-kan

4.0

16 Reviews

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Wakayama Wakayama-shi Wakauraminami 3-1700-2

"A museum dedicated to the ancient ""Man'yoshu"" poetry anthology located inside Kataonami Park. Here visitors can learn about the world of the ""Man'yoshu"" from a variety of perspectives using touch panels, informational signs, reproductions of and actual items used as part of daily life in the time period, and exhibits on the cultural background and customs at the time of the ""Man'yoshu."" There are also gallery exhibits and a Man'yo Theater which uses slides and video projectors to illustrate the world of the ""Man'yoshu ."""

和歌浦にある県立の施設で、入場無料でした。隣接のレストランで食事するなどすると駐車場も無料になります。万葉集の中で風光明媚で有名な和歌浦がよく詠まれていることにちなんでこの地に建てられたそうです。
Kada Kasugajinja

3.5

18 Reviews

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Wakayama Wakayama-shi Kada 1343

加太駅から徒歩10分ほど。神武天皇時代(紀元前)に天照大御神を祀ったのが始まり。中世に住吉社を合祀。14世紀初頭に春日三社を合祀して春日神社となる。天正年間(1573-1592年)に現在地に遷座。祭神は天児屋根命、武甕槌大神、経津主大神。拝殿は木造瓦葺きで割拝殿。本殿(国重要文化財)は1596年築で豪華な彫刻が施されているとのことだが、檜皮葺の屋根以外は板塀に囲われていてその姿を見ることはできな...
Former Nakasuji Family Residence

4.5

9 Reviews

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Wakayama Wakayama-shi Negi 148

This is a 20-minute walk from Senda Station on the JR Wakayama Line. Situated on the east side of Wakayama City, this estate, facing one of the pilgrimage routes which made up the Kumano Kodo highway, belonged to a prosperous village official of Wasa district at the end of the Edo period. The largest estate in the Kinokawa River basin, features include a three-story high scenic lookout tower and a 20-tatami mat reception hall. In 1974, the estate's main building as well as its front gate, nagayagura row warehouse, kitagura northern warehouse, uchigura inner warehouse, and honor gate and attached building were designated Important Cultural Properties. Renovations were conducted to preserve the estate over a 10 year period starting in 2000, and in August 2010 the estate was opened to the general public.

立派な家です。しかも手入れが行き届いています。見に行ったときにも、五人の人が、庭の雑草をむしったり、何らかの作業をしていました。維持管理が大変だと思いました。
Sasutahiko Shrine

3.5

12 Reviews

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Wakayama Wakayama-shi Kataokacho 2-9

"This is the guardian shrine of Wakayama Castle and is located the south of the castle's Okaguchi Gate in the Kataoka district. Known to locals as the ""Oka no Miya,"" the shrine's history extends back over 1,000 years. The shrine is dedicated to Michiomi-no-Mikoto, ancestor god of the Otomo clan, and his grandson Otomo-no-Sadehiko-no-Mikoto. The shrine is also believed to grant worshippers improved fortunes due to its association with Tokugawa Yoshimune, the fifth lord of Kishu Domain, who experienced much success in life, and people from across the country come here seeking better luck. The shrine enshrines the beloved horse of Yoshimune as a sacred horse, and the faithful worship it as a deity providing better fortunes and protection from evil. The Oka no Sato Kofun tomb, estimated to date to around the sixth century, is also located on the shrine's grounds and can be viewed by visitors for free."

ご祭神は、道臣命、大伴佐氐比古命の式内社で旧県社とのことです。和歌山城の近くなのですがちょっと奥まった場所にあるので、なかなかたどれつけづに、近くを車で何周もぐるぐるさまよってしまいました。よく場所を確認して訪れることをお勧めします。吉宗公拾い親神社として知られています。
Wakayama Municipal Kodomo Kagakukan

3.0

7 Reviews

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Wakayama Wakayama-shi Yoriaimachi 19

This science museum is located in Yoriai-machi, Wakayama City. The museum features exhibits about the natural environment of Wakayama, interactive exhibits that teach visitors about subjects such as motion, sound, light, and electricity. The attached planetarium plays programs that include commentary about the night sky for that day. The museum also hosts events such as science classes, natural arts and crafts classes, and stargazing parties.

メインはプラネタリウム（4F）の観賞であるが、1F〜3Fの各フロアーにも子供の科学的な興味を引く実験道具的なものが豊富に準備され、2〜3時間はゆうに遊べる内容になっている。プラネタリウムは通常の星座や天体観測の他にドラえもんの宇宙旅行が併映され、子供達は大いに楽しんでいた。
Awashima Shrine

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Kada

"This is the head shrine of the more than 1000 Awashima shrines in Japan. Known for offerings of dolls, it is characterized by the many Japanese dolls that fill the shrine. As the birthplace of doll offerings and the birthplace of the Hinamatsuri Festival, over 300,000 dolls are offered every year. The god of medicine, Sukunahikona no Mikoto, is the shrine deity. In particular, women come for divine help with women's diseases, having children and marriage. ""Hari-Kuyo"" (a service for broken needles) is held on February 8th, ""Nagashi-bina"" (Floating Ceremony of Paper Hina Dolls) on March 3rd, and the ""Amazake Matsuri"" (Sweet Sake Festival) on October 3rd."
Honganji Temple Saginomori Betsuin

3.0

6 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Saginomori 1

This Temple is situated a five-minute walk from Nankai Wakayama-shi Station on the Nankai Railway. The eighth head of the Honganji Temple in Kyoto, Rennyo Shonin, founded it for the purpose of spreading Jodo Shinshu Buddhism to Kii Province (Wakayama Prefecture). Built in 1476, it is considered a historical treasure in itself, but its storehouse contains priceless items, such as paintings of seated Shinran Shonin (the founder of the sect) and Rennyo Shonin (the restoration of the sect) and its endorsement and the only remaining complete set of five volumes of the sacred texts published by Shonyo Shonin. In the present day, the temple publishes materials designed to popularize the rituals, including funeral rites, of the Honganji sect of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and to explain the sect's beliefs.

孫市まつりの会場になっていました。本堂では、紀州徳川家に関する歴史の講演が開かれており、興味を持って聞くことができました。

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Wakayama prefecture unites pilgrims, food lovers, and culture buffs in a tranquil corner of Japan at the base of the Kii Peninsula. The setting for many a Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail, Wakayama invites those in search of spirituality from one side of the prefecture to the other, from the 100-plus Buddhist temples of the sacred Mount Koya in the west to the inspiring temples of the Kumano Sanzan set among breathtaking nature in the east. Once the grueling hike is complete, make a beeline for Wakayama city to savor some of the country’s most delicious ramen noodles.