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Mt. Koya / Ryujin Onsen / Kudoyama

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Leisure / Outdoors

Kudoyama Sanada Museum

4.0

54 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Itogunkudoyamachou Kudoyama 1452-4

A museum located in Kudoyama, Ito County, Wakayama Prefecture which opened in 2016 and which is dedicated to presenting the history of the Warring States period samurai Sanada Masayuki, his son Sanada Yukimura, and grandson Sanada Daisuke. Informational panels and videos present the life of Yukimura during his time in Kudoyama, the area where he spent the majority of his life. The museum also displays paintings and calligraphy by the three men as well as a folding screen which depicts Yukimura fighting in the summer campaign of the Siege of Osaka. In addition to a standing exhibition, the museum also holds special exhibitions irregularly.

南海九度山駅から徒歩10分の静かな住宅街にある真田親子に関するミュージアム。昌幸の武田家臣から親子の九度山蟄居を挟み幸村の夏の陣までがパネルや映像を使って展示されている。蟄居中の屋敷内をイメージした展示では薄暗い中で囲炉裏に座る真田親子の等身大人形がある。伊達家家臣の片倉重綱に子息と息女を託した記述があった事は東北人には有難い。企画展としつ別室で真田の忍びに関する展示があり、大河ドラマで登場した出...
Wakayama Prefecture Botanical Park, Ryokka Center

4.0

9 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Iwadeshi Higashisakamoto 672

"This botanical garden to the east of Negoroji Temple is approximately four minutes by car from Iwade Negoro Interchange and about six minutes from Kinokawa Interchange. The ""Panorama Flower Bed"" in front of the green house and lawn features seasonal flowers and the area is dotted with plantings of roses, hydrangeas, and more. The southern part of garden has a lotus pond with bright pink blossoms you can view from their Ukimido area. They also hold lots of special programs including exhibitions and workshops."

着いた時間が早くまだ出勤中であったが、外景だけで先を急いだ。季節ごとに飽きさせない企画が用意されているようだが、場所がわかったので詳しくは次回の楽しみに。
Obara Cave Dinosaur Land & Gokuraku Cavern

3.0

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Itogunkatsuragichou Hanazonoyanase 1020

"This is a cavern where one can encounter a dinosaur experience just 20 minutes by car from the Hanazono branch of Katsuragi-cho town office. Two dinosaurs greet you at the gate of the cavern labyrinth. Once inside, the diorama corner displays dioramas of Triceratops and Pteranodons, and one can pass on through the cool maze of fluorescent minerals through the ‘glowing tunnel’ while enjoying the various Jurassic displays. In the Gokuraku-do (paradise cave), visitors can experience the world after death in Buddhism by walking along the passages leading either to ""paradise"" or ""hell"" themed areas. Besides, 200,000 kerria bushes which reach their peak bloom around the long holiday in May."

恐竜ランドに行くまでは、恐竜の化石が発掘されたといった経緯があって作られたと施設だと、勝手に思っていましたが、全く関係なく、小原鉱山の廃坑を利用して村の活性化のために作られたものでした。中の蛍光石は天然ではなく展示品で、ちょっと残念でした。
Shiyuen

3.5

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Itogunkudoyamachou Jisonin 749-6

A museum which introduces the traditions and techniques of Koyagami, a type of handmade Japanese washi paper whose method of production is said to have been taught to the residents of Kudoyama Town by the great monk Kukai. The museum is located northwest of the roadside station Kaki no Sato Kudoyama next to the Shori-ji Temple. Museum exhibits include a diorama which shows what Koyagami paper production in the area once looked like at its peak, as well as various items made from Koyagami such as Japanese kites, shoji paper doors, raincoats, and lanterns. With an advance reservation, visitors can also try making some Koyagami themselves, ranging in size from that of a postcard to around an A3 sheet of paper.

紙の原料のコウゾから紙漉き体験ができます。町営で昔は150件の紙すき職人がいたことを聞きました。伝統技術の伝承は課題を改めて認識しました。
IchigoNoen Sakura Farm

5.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Kinokawa Kishigawacho Nishiyama 1444

This tourist strawberry farm is located about a 10-minute walk from Kanroji-Mae Station on the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line. The farm utilizes rotating elevated planters to assure that their strawberries remain clean and free of dirt. These planters can be rotated into a position low enough to allow even small children to enjoy picking strawberries. The wheelchair-accessible farm grows three varieties of strawberry: Sachinoka, Benihoppe, and Marihime. Strawberry picking is offered by reservation from early January to mid-May. Guests can enjoy eating all the strawberries they can pick for 45 minutes and even make their own original strawberry parfait.

From March to May, this place is suitable for harvesting a lot of fruit. I spent about 45 minutes here, not far from the train station. You can walk or use the bike to see the scenery along the way...
Kunigi Farm

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Hashimotoshi Shimizu 1342

This farm is located a 15-minute drive from the Hashimoto Interchange on the Keinawa Expressway. It sells four kinds of seasonal fruit grown onsite, including pears, mandarin oranges, persimmons, and kiwis. A special attraction, which makes the orchard a popular stop for groups of hikers or families, is that visitors can pay to pick and eat as much fruit as they want. An especially popular option is a plan that offers all-you-can-eat mandarin oranges and persimmons. Kiwis cannot be eaten immediately after picking, so only picking is allowed (limited to ten kiwis per person).
Kinokawa Fruits Tourism Bureau

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Kinokawashi Kishigawachoukoudo 238

A strawberry farm located in Kishigawa City which produces the greatest amount of strawberries in the prefecture. The farm is located a 15-minute walk along Prefectural Route 10 travelling from Kishi Station on the Wakayama Electric Railway. One of the highlights of the farm is its huge, 3,000 square meter greenhouse. Customers can pick and enjoy all-you-can-eat strawberries for an unlimited amount of time. The farm’s strawberry varieties including Beni Hoppe, Sachinoka, and Marihime, a local Wakayama specialty variety. The farm offers free toppings like sweet condensed milk, ensuring customers can enjoy seasonal strawberries however they like. With an advance reservation, customers can also enjoy activities like making strawberry jam or barbecuing at the farm’s barbecue ground.
Koyasan Choishimichi Pilgrimage Route

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama prefecture Ito-gun Kutsuyama-cho, Ito-gun Tsuragi-cho, Takano cho, Ito-gun

This is the main pilgrimage road to Koyasan from the Jisonin Temple. This road has been revered as the road of faith since Kobo Daishi established Koyasan. Along the path are three -meter tall gorin stupa shaped stone pillars, stone markers (Choisi) every one -cho (approximately 109 meters) apart indicating the distance to Koyasan. Currently, this path has been upgraded into an easily traversable hiking course. Along with being selected as one of Japan’s Top 500 Trails You’ll Want To Walk, it is part of the Nation’s Historic Interest sites the Koyasan Pilgrimage Path, and the UNESCO World Heritage sites, Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage routes in the Kii Mountain range.
Hosono-Keiryu Campsite

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Kinokawashi Momoyamachoukaito 258-1

This campground on the Makuni River has leisure facilities you can enjoy year-round. They have large and small bungalows with parking just off the road to choose from, as well as car camping sites along the river or in a field. You can have a barbecue or set up a day tent on the river beach, and wild fireflies are visible from mid to late June. Camping with your pets is allowed, and there are hiking trails in the surrounding area.
Sugimura Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Hashimotoshi Miyukitsuji 786-2

This park near Miyukitsuji Station is the largest in Hashimoto City. They have lots of fun facilities like an athletic playscape, jungle gym, rope swing, and a playground. Its home to seasonal flowers and trees and is a great spot to see the colored leaves in fall. Walkways pass among the cherry trees and azalea bushes, and you can walk across the suspension bridge that traverses the pond. The regional museum exhibits mingu folk art and local historical items. Entry is free of charge.
KOYASAN OKUNO-IN CEMETERY NIGHT TOUR

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Ito-gun Koyacho Koyasan 497
Fruit Picking in Katsuragi Town

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho

Katsuragi is a town located in a hilly part of northern Wakayama Prefecture through which the Kinokawa River flows. The town is notable for the high density of orchards that offer fruit picking over its entire area. The farms grow a wide variety of fruits including persimmons, peaches, strawberries, plums, and jabara citrus, ensuring that visitors can enjoy some form of fruit picking all year long. The town's orchards are also notable for their great-tasting organically-grown fruit. One particularly well-known specialty of the town is its Shigo no Kushikaki skewered persimmons, which have a history dating back more than 400 years. The town has launched a major initiative to sell fruit grown in the town under the Katsuragi brand.
Ichigoland Kapuri

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Ito-gun Kudoyamacho Jisonin 1160

This tourist farm is located on Prefectural Route 13, which runs along the Kinokawa River that flows through the foothills of Mt. Koya. The farm grows two varieties of strawberry: Benihoppe and Oi-C-Berry. It offers strawberry picking during the strawberry season, which runs from early January to early May. The farm is notable for using a cultivation techniques that utilizes ladybugs and mites, which are the natural enemies of strawberry pests. This low-agrochemical cultivation method allows the farm to provide strawberries that are safer and of higher quality. In addition to strawberries, the farm also grows peaches, blueberries, and other fruits. It also sells jam, making it a great place to stop for souvenirs even outside of the strawberry picking season.
Hiraike Ryokuchi Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Kinokawa Kishigawacho Kodo 1073-1

"This park is located about a three-minute walk from Kanroji-Mae Station on the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line. The park, which is well-known as a haven for many wild birds including waterfowl and migratory birds, was built around Hiraike Pond, a reservoir of about 1.5 kilometers in circumference. The promenade that circles the pond is a favorite place for many local residents to take a relaxing walk. Around July visitors can also see Oga Lotus flowers early in the morning The park has also been selected as one of the 100 best places for the sunrise and sunset in Wakayama Prefecture. A group of three ancient tombs called the Hiraike Tombs dot the surrounding area. On clear days it is possible to view Mt. Ryumon, which is called the ""Mt. Fuji of Kishu."""
UP Paraglider School

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Kinokawa Takebusa 391

This paragliding school is located about a 10-minute drive from Kinokawa Interchange on the Keinawa Expressway via Prefectural Route 62 and National Route 424. The Yuriyama Slope on the western face of the 300 meter height above sea level, Mt. Saishogamine serves as the school's dedicated paragliding slope. The school offers both half-day and full-day paragliding experiences. Its staff provides in-depth instruction on the basics of paragliding such as the proper takeoff posture and how to land, so even complete beginners can enjoy the sport. Strong updrafts make the Kinokawa River basin one of western Japan's biggest air sport destinations. Licensed paragliders can even fly all the way to the Kinokawa River flood plains.
Maruyama Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Kosada 4-383-2

This park is located a 10-minute walk north from Hashimoto Station on the JR Wakayama Line or the Nankai Koya Line. The park is situated on high ground, giving it a sweeping view of Hashimoto City below. The park's hundreds of Yoshino and other cherry trees bloom profusely in the spring, enticing many local citizens to come and watch the blossoms from the park's grassy spaces. The cherry blossoms are illuminated at night, so visitors can enjoy viewing them during an evening walk. The park is known as the unique park since they keep monkeys there. It also features the Misasagiyama Kofun, an ancient round burial mound that measures 45 meters across and is surrounded by a six-meter-wide moat. It is one of the biggest round burial mounds in Wakayama Prefecture.
Hashimoto Municipal Sports Park Pool (Maehata-Furukawa Memorial Pool)

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Kitababa 454

This public pool complex is located a 20-minute walk from Hashimoto Station on the JR Wakayama Line and the Nankai Koya Line or about five-minute drive from Hashimoto Interchange on the Keinawa Expressway via National Route 371. It is a part of the naturally-rich Hashimoto Municipal Sports Park, which is surrounded by mountains and forests. The facility is equipped with three types of pools: an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a 162 meter-long lazy river, and a children's pool featuring a frog water slide and a jungle-inspired simulated stone bridge complete with waterfalls. The lazy river is the most popular of the three pools. Each of the pools is surrounded by beautiful natural scenery.
Oikeyuen

4.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Kinokawa Kishigawacho Nagayama

ゴールデンウィークでしたので、バーベキューなどをしている家族連れで賑わっていました。商売上手のお母さんに、焼きもちの草餅を勧められ、購入することになりましたが、熱々で美味しかったです。
Highland Park Kokawa Camping Ground

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Kinokawa Nakatsugawa 802
Hanazono BASE

2.5

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Hanazono Yanase 919

コテージとキャンプサイトがあります。自由度が高く楽しめます。笠田からの道も整備されて、トンネルができてアクセスしやすくなりましたがトンネルをすぎると、とても狭い道です。周りには何も無いので国道24号あたりで買い出し必須です。

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Wakayama Areas

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.