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Kumano Hongu Taisha shrine

4.5

554 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Honguchouhongu

This Shinto shrine is one of the Three Head Kumano Shrines which serve as the headquarters of all Kumano shrines nationwide. Known as the first stop on the penance-filled Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage, since ancient times this shrine has been visited by countless worshipers of the Kumano faith, which seeks to achieve self-enlightenment through penance. The main building was erected in the Asuka period and was relocated to its current location after being damaged in the Great Flood of 1889. After climbing 158 stone steps through a cedar forest, the shrine’s four hinoki bark-thatched buildings will appear, which enshrine Ketsumiko no okami and the shrine’s three other chief gods.

This shrine is very nice and even 3 of 5 parts are from origin (saved by the flood) , this worth it to come. You can smell the tree odor in this shrine. Roof are amazing
Roadside Station Ryujin

3.0

22 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Ryujinmuraryujin 170-3

This roadside station on National Route 371 features an extended building reminiscent of a dragon's body. Forestry is Ryujin Village's main industry. As you enter the facility, you're welcomed by enormous pillars made from 350-plus year old southern Japanese hemlock, and local wood is used throughout the building. The sales area is replete with wooden products including tables and chairs, and the restaurant overlooking the Hidaka River serves coffee brewed with spring water. They don’t mind if you bring lunch with you to the facility.

川沿いにある道の駅で、施設としてはこの辺りの道の駅と似たようなウッディな感じです。道の駅の横に吊り橋があり渡ると神社がありました。吊り橋からの景色も良く時間があれば渡ってみてください。
Road Station Aragi no Sato

3.5

27 Reviews

Transportation

Wakayama Arida-gun Aridagawacho Mita 664-1

"Located approximately 30 kilometers east from the Hanwa Expressway's Arita Interchange, about 50 minutes by car, this Roadside Station is close to Aragijima Island, chosen as one of the top 100 rice terraces in Japan, and is situated along National Route 480. At the direct sales office for processed forest and agricultural products, items such as fresh local vegetables, goods made with the Japanese pepper ""Budo Sansho"" that the area boasts the largest production for in all of Japan, as well as handmade Kishu Washi paper called ""Yasudagami"" are available for purchase. In the cafeteria, you can try out popular dishes such as healthy ""konnyaku udon noodles"" made with homemade konjac, and lunch sets featuring side dishes made with ample amounts of local produce."

あらぎ島に行く前に立ち寄りました。お手洗いも完備されており、中ではお豆腐など販売していました。駐車スペースも十分にあった印象です。
Dojo-ji Temple

4.5

6 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Hidakagunhidakagawachou Kanemaki 1738

Located in Kanemaki, Hidakagawa Town, this Buddhist temple was founded in 701 and is the oldest in Wakayama. The temple’s principal object of worship, a thousand-armed figure of Kannon, is over 1,300 years old and one of the oldest in Japan. This and two other designated National Treasures are housed in the temple’s treasure hall, as well as 11 Important Cultural Properties, and four prefecturally-designated Cultural Properties, all of which are viewable by visitors year-round.

時間の関係から本堂内の拝観は叶いませんでしたが、外から本堂内正面を窺う事が出来ました。又、裏手に回ってみると「道成寺の七不思議」の内、⑤-⑦が掲示されており、33年に一度だけ御開帳される「秘仏千手観音像」についてイラスト付きで紹介されていました。
Kaisen Senbei Nanki

4.0

19 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Shinjouchou 3076-1

A souvenir and gift shop situated along Prefectural Route 33 facing Uchinoura Bay. Inside, visitors will find ebisen shrimp crackers and all manner of seafood senbei rice crackers. Visitors can also watch the shop’s senbei being made via a window in the workshop area. In addition, the shop offers samplings of crackers hot off the griddle and free coffee, visitors can stop by and take a snack break while gazing at the picturesque ocean nearby. The adjoining restaurant serves homemade dishes like local vegetable tempura and sweets all-you-can-eat buffet style. The shop’s parking area is spacious and can accommodate many vehicles, making the shop the perfect place to stop at and take a break while on a long drive through the area.

白良浜の道中に見つけて立ち寄りました。一袋530円〜種類はかなり豊富です。無料コーヒースペースと試食販売スペースは分かれています。淡路島のたこせんべいの里と似ているので系列が同じか聞いてみたら違うとの事。休憩の立ち寄りには良いと思います。
Kumano Kodo Kan Pilgrimage Center

3.5

10 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Nakahechichoukurisugawa 1222-1

This free rest area is located in Nakahechi Town, Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture and serves as the tourist information facility for both the 12 “Grand Shrines” and the Kumano Kodo road. The 12-side building based on these shrines serves as a landmark. There’s a video introducing Nakahechi and materials related to Kumano Kodo, as well as articles from Takijirioji Shrine on display. There’s also an area where you can take photos dressed in kimono, as well as works by a local pottery group and other goods for sale.

熊野古道中辺路の案内と歴史紹介を兼ねた情報拠点となる施設。熊野懐紙や滝尻王子社の所蔵品の展示をはじめ、中辺路のDVD紹介、熊野古道に関する資料や中辺路の観光情報などを発信している。町内の12の王子社にちなんだ12角形の建物。滝尻王子の向かいにあります。平安時代の衣装を借りて、写真撮影できます。お土産も少ないですが、あります。
Roadside Station San Pin Nakatsu

3.5

13 Reviews

Transportation

Wakayama Pref. Hidakagunhidakagawachou Funatsu 820

This roadside station on Prefectural Route 26 is approximately ten minutes by car from Kawabe Interchange and 20 minutes from Gobo-Minami Interchange. With a focus on vegetables and fruit, they sell and ship a wide variety of special Hidakagawa Town products, including Kishu Binchotan charcoal and wood vinegar. Their Horohoro-tei restaurant features a variety of dishes made with horohoro, or guinea fowl, including ramen noodles and rice bowls. They also serve dishes featuring wild boar and venison. Business hours vary according to the time of year.

御坊市の日高川の河口にかかる国道４２号の天田橋から約１２-１３ｋｍ日高川沿いに上流に走ったところにある産品所です。新鮮で安い野菜、果物、花をはじめ産品を販売しています。食堂もありホロホロチョウの料理などもあります。車でとても走りやすい道ですよ。
Kishu Umeboshikan

4.0

17 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Hidakagunminabechou Yamauchi 1339

This tourist facility is annexed to a dried plum factory in Minabe Town, Hidaka County, Wakayama Prefecture and offers both shopping and factory tours. The direct sales shop carries Kishu Nanko plums and other products straight from the factory as well as processed plum goods. Learn about the history of dried plums via the 3-D theater and panel exhibitions. You can even make your own plum juice. About 20 to 40 minutes are required, and single participants are allowed.

その名の通り、梅干に関連した施設です。工場見学〜展示〜のエリアを抜けてあらわれるおみやげコーナーには、さまざまな種類の梅干しが！試食ができるのがよいですね（ほぼほぼ全部梅干し！笑）。
Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural History

4.0

17 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Kainanshi Funo 370-1

The Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural History in Funoo, Kainan City, has two exhibition spaces. The first is an aquarium and the second is dedicated to animals and plants, geology, fossils and diorama exhibits. Events inside the museum as well as outdoor events such as nature observation tours and excavation trips are held from time to time making it a great place to learn about the rich and diverse wildlife and nature around Wakayama.

即位礼正殿の儀の慶祝行事として、入館料が無料となっていました。全滅となったと報道されていた大水槽も復旧していました。早く、以前のように、多く、大きな魚が、泳ぎ回る姿を見たいものです。
Roadside Station Myoe Furusato-Kan

3.5

12 Reviews

Transportation

Wakayama Pref. Aridagunaridagawachou Kanaya 322-1

This roadside station on National Route 480 is about a 15-minute drive from the Arida Interchange. The station’s name derives from the prominent Kegon Buddhist priest Myoe syonin of the Kegon school’s Kankiji Temple who was born in Aridagawa Town (former Kanaya-machi). Besides the array of local produce available at the Kanaya Farm Stand, they sell processed products that make perfect souvenirs like Kinzanji-miso, handmade soy sauce, and dressing. Fresh baked bread from the Furusato Bakery is made with natural yeast and pure water from the Arida River. The bread is delicious the next day, too.

ミカン畑に囲まれた小規模な道の駅す。売られている木酢液は紀州備長炭を焼く際にできるもので、お風呂に入れるといつも以上に温まりますこちらの店頭で時々売っている焼き鳥は産地直売場「ありだっこ」でも時々売られているのと同じ物。
Minakata Kumagusu Archives

4.0

15 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Nakayashikimachi 36

This facility houses books and other materials that belonged to Kumagusu Minakata, a modern scholar of natural history, theology, and folklore. It is next to the residence he inhabited in his later years in Nakayashiki Town, Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture. Inside, you’ll find exhibits that explain his accomplishments, life, the region, and so on. The second floor contains a study and an area where you can read reproduced materials. The copy of Kumagusu’s resume, written on a roll of 7.8 meter-long-paper in fine print, is a must-see. Entry is free, though entry to the adjoining residence requires a fee.

南方熊楠の博物館ですが、立派なものが白浜町にあるため顕彰館として後でできました。キノコや日本犬などの生物学の研究資料が展示されています。無料の施設です。柳田國男や水木しげるをはじめとした交流の手紙があります。
Roadside Station Kumano Kodo Nakahechi

3.5

6 Reviews

Transportation

Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Nakahechichouchikatsuyu 2474-1

"This roadside station on National Route 311 is easily recognizable as the building looks like a big bamboo hanagasa hat. As it faces the Kumano Kodo's Nakahechi Trail, people walking the ancient pilgrimage route stop in for a rest as well those traveling by car. The shop sells a popular item called ""konnyaku inari,"" sushi rice tucked in a slightly spicy konnyaku gelatin pocket, as well as jabara citrus juice and candies that have been featured on television. Their restaurant's ume plum buckwheat soba noodles come recommended."

There are tables inside and outside. There is a good selection of snacks and lunch foods for travellers. The coffee was cheap and not too bad. Well worth a stop.
Roadside Station Shirasaki Ocean Park

Transportation

Wakayama Hidaka-gun Yuracho Obiki 960-1

With cobalt blue waters and a shining white coastline, some call the Shirasaki Ocean Park the Aegean Sea of Japan. Visitors enjoy diving, snorkeling and other marine activities, along with camping and barbecuing. At the restaurant you can enjoy the trademark light and fluffy waffles, while sitting on the terrace overlooking the ocean.
Jinburo

4.0

20 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Aridagunyuasachou Yuasa 428

This museum is approximately ten minutes on foot from JR Yuasa Station. It occupies a public bath house founded in the Edo Period (1603–1868) in Shimoshincho, part of Yuasa's Important National Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. The current structure was built in the early Meiji Period (1868–1912), and the locals used it for recreation until it closed in 1985. The town restored it after taking over the property, and it maintains the look of years gone past. The bath house has posters from the Showa Period (1926–1989) and old telephones, and the main hall has a collection of donated stage props on display.

醤油の町湯浅にあるお風呂屋さん。下新町の小道にあり、建物内部が公開されています。お風呂屋さんじたいも興味深いですが、裏の家屋部分も残されていて、資料館になっています。当時の生活様式も知れることができます。
Roadside Station Furusato Center Otou

3.5

10 Reviews

Transportation

Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Ayukawa 997-1

This roadside station on National Route 311 is often used as a base for exploring Tanabe City's Oto area. With mountains and rivers close by, you can enjoy a variety of seasonal activities like fishing and viewing the colored leaves in the fall. Their shop offers local specialty products like Kinzanji-miso and lots of seasonal items including wild vegetables and ayu sweet fish. Oto is a wood production area, and their exchange hall holds highly popular woodworking classes. Their restaurant's Inaka Bento lunch boxes (limited to eight a day) and Kumano-no-Ankake udon noodles get good reviews.

紀州にはこじんまりとした道の駅が数多くありますが，こちらもその一つです。飲食スペースはなく地元木材を使用した木工品と多少のお土産品が売られていますのでそういうものがお好きな方には良いかもしれません。携帯が圏外になることを逆手に取った安全運転のポスターが印象的でした。
Kokoku-ji Temple

4.5

16 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Hidakagunyurachou Monzen 801

Originally founded as a Shingon-sect temple called Saihouji temple in 1227 this temple in Yura Town, Hidaka County, Wakayama, is now a Rinzai-sect Buddhist temple affiliated with the Myojin-ji school. It converted to a Zen Buddhist temple in 1258 before later becoming a famous temple in the Rinzai-sect. The area is famous as being the birthplace of Kinzanji-miso, soy-sauce, and the shakuhachi bamboo flute. While the temple treasure is kept secret, it is home to other Important Cultural Properties of Japan including a masterpiece seated statue and a silk painting of Master Kokushi, both from the Kamakura period. The Tengu Festival held every January on the Coming of Age Day and the Fire Festival held August 15th always draw large numbers of visitors.

天狗堂の大きな天狗面が特徴的な臨済宗寺院でした。紀伊由良駅から徒歩10分程かかりましたが、参道に向かう交叉点には大きな天狗の標識もあり迷う事はありませんでした。きちんと整備された境内は広くオフシーズンでも参拝者が目立っていました。
Koya-Ryujin Skyline Road

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Ryujinmuraryujin

One of the preeminent skyline parkways in the Kii Peninsula, this mountain road runs from the sacred Mt. Koyasan to via Mt. Gomadan to Ryujin Hot Spring. The tolls for this parkway were lifted in October 2003, allowing the beauty of the vibrant yellows and reds of the beech and mountain sumac trees to be enjoyed by all while overlooking the contiguous peaks of Kii. Famous as one of the best areas for cruising, this parkway is as one of the top 100 scenic roads in Japan. Although the roads are clear throughout the year, during the icy months of mid-December through the end of March, motorcycle passage is regulated.
Kinokuni Farm

5.0

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Goboushi Nadachou Ueno 1335-4

You can enjoy strawberry and melon picking at this tourist farm, located in Nada Town of Gobo City, Wakayama Prefecture. Strawberry picking is available from January through mid-May, and melon picking is from early July through mid-August. Strawberry picking is limited to 40 minutes, and you can eat your fill of Sachinoka, Akihime, and Marihime strawberries. Since they’re contained in elevated cultivation containers, you can stand and eat them without worrying about dirtying your clothes. You can also choose between all-you-can-eat and takeout courses.

休日の昼間に訪問。ネットで予約しました。一人1800円で時間無制限食べ放題！時季は8月中旬までです。事務所でお金を払い、隣接する建物で座って待っていると、写真の様なメロンを冷えた状態で持ってきてくださいます。「お代わりは遠慮なく言いに来てください」と言われ食べ始めました。幸せな時間です。お代わりも事務所へ行くと笑顔で提供してくれます。事務所ではお土産用や進物用のメロンも有ります。来...
Fujishiro-jinja Shrine

4.0

17 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Kainanshi Fujishiro 466

This shrine is located in Fujishiro, Kainan City. It is referred to as “the first torii gate of Kumano” since it serves as Kumano’s entrance. This shrine is one of the “Gotai Oji,” which are the most distinguished of the “Kyujukyu Oji” (99 Grand Shrines). The shrine grounds contain a camphor tree that’s over 1,000 years old said to protect children, as well as the remains of the estate said to belong to the first “Suzuki.”

楠の巨樹が立派でした。日本で最も多いと言われる鈴木姓の発祥地とされます。鈴木のルーツは神主にあると聞いていましたが、おおむね当たっているよう。藤白のみ坂の入口に鎮座していて、古代万葉の世界へ誘われます。
Roadside Station Kishu Binchotan Memorial Park Local Products Store

3.5

9 Reviews

Transportation

Wakayama Tanabe-shi Akizugawa 1491-1

This is located in Akitsugawa, the home of binchotan charcoal, about a 15-minute drive from the Nanki Tanabe Interchange on the Hanwa Expressway. In addition to binchotan charcoal and wind chimes and other small items made from it, the shop sells dried plums, mandarin oranges, vegetables, and processed foods. A popular menu items at the adjacent restaurant is black Binchotan Ramen. Visitors can also try their hands at making wind chimes out of binchotan charcoal or squeezing juice out of locally grown Nanko plums. Barbecuing with binchotan charcoal is possible in all kinds of weather.

備長炭を知りたくて行きました。資料館もあります（必見）下に炭焼き場が有ります、入りにくい雰囲気ですが見に行ってください。職人さんがいたら声をかけて下さい。新設に色々教えていただきました。タイミング合えば炭だしも見れるかも

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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.