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Shirahama Energy Land

3.5

113 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 3083

Come experience this mystery filled theme park centered around ''People and Natural Energy!'' Try a variety challenges to overcome including The Maze, or Solar Town where you can learn all about renewable energy. Check out the mysterious pictures that fool your eyes with optical illusions in the Trick Art House. With these and many more there are a lot of ways to have fun while learning!

以前から気にはなってましたので、行程の都合上パンダの前に寄ってみました。中はエンタメに振ってる行政がやってそうな科学館みたいな感じですが、入場料は行政ぽくありません（汗）子供はミステリーハウスではしゃいでました。小学生くらいの家族連れは結構見ましたが、子供はみんな楽しそうでした。大人はめまいする…とか言ってる人もいました。うちの子供は360°立体シアターの方を気に入って2種類見てました。ロ...
Sandanbeki Cave

4.0

54 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 2927-52

This is a cave formed by years of sea erosion and is set into one of the famous sheer cliffs of Japan, the Sandanbeki cliff. It is a spot for invaluable study of fossilized ripples of stone caused by waves and currents, and rock crevasses surging with the tide. It is said that this cave was the hideout for the Kumano navy ships in the Genpei War during the Heian Period. Inside the cave is a restored Kumano navy barrack, and it enshrines Japan’s largest bronze benzaiten deity of water, the Muro-dai-benzaiten.

This cave is a bit scary but interesting place. Entrance fee is ¥1300. 夜の観光も行っている日がありました。足湯はやっていませんでした(ご時世？)。千畳敷から徒歩20分程です。エレベーターで洞窟まで降りるのですが、中は滑りやすいため注意して歩きました。
Minakata Kumagusu Museum

4.5

86 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 3601-1

This museum uses written and other materials to present the achievements of Kumagusu Minakata, natural historian and folklorist from Wakayama Prefecture. The museum displays over 700 items, including his beloved glasses, research equipment, and samples of plants collected overseas. There is also an exhibit where visitors can view via microscope the slime mold Minakata gave a lecture on to Emperor Hirohito. Located on the tip of a peninsula, the 360-degree panoramic view from the museum’s roof is stunning. (Note: The museum is currently closes for construction. The main and new buildings are scheduled to open March 19, 2017.)

みなかたくまくす、というのは本名。明治時代の日本人に海外の著名な学者たちと交流のあったひとがいたとは驚きです。幼少のおりから人並外れた才能の持ち主で上京後、さらに米国と英国に行き粘菌をはじめとした植物学を極めたうえその知的欲求は民俗学にまで及んだという知の巨人です。館内にはこのひとが残した書き物や私物が綺麗に展示されています。白浜温泉街の中心部からはやや離れたところにある岬のうえにあり、記念館に...
Roadside Station Tsubaki Hana no yu

4.0

18 Reviews

Transportation

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou Tsubaki 1058-1

This roadside station is on National Route 42 approximately five minutes by car from JR Tsubaki Station. Shirahama Town's Tsubaki area is famous for its natural hot springs that are said to be great for the skin. While it has the regular roadside station services like tourist information and special products, it also has a footbath and a public bath where you can enjoy their free-flowing hot spring water. Their family bath is a nice way to have a soak together. Buying a book of entry tickets will provide you a discount on each bath. They have a vending machine where you can purchase hot spring hot water too. Their eatery serves such regular dishes as set meals and rice bowls.

道の駅というよりは小さな入浴施設に軽食コーナーが併設されているという感じです。温泉はアルカリ性（pH 9.9）の単純硫黄温泉で肌がツルツルとなります。一人用の檜風呂は35℃ほどの源泉のまま、メイン浴槽は41℃ほどの適温に加温しているようです。日曜日でしたが混雑していませんでした。入浴料は600円ですがJAF優待で100円引きになります。
Sandanbeki

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou

Extending out for about two kilometers, Sandanbeki features 50-meter tall large rock walls comprised of columnar joints and is a Place of Scenic Beauty for its precipitous cliffs. On top of the cliffs is a viewing platform which allows visitors to gaze out at the scenery of the magnificent Pacific Ocean. Also close to the viewing platform is a cave that, according to legend, is where Kumano pirates (and later Kumano navy members) hid their boats during the Genji and Heike battle. Inside the cave is Japan’s largest bronze statue of the goddess Benzaiten, and it is possible to ride an elevator down into the cave from the top of the cliffs.
Senjojiki

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou

Facing the ocean from the tip of Setozaki Cape, Senjojiki is a vast bedrock formation that looks as though countless tatami mats were spread out along the shore. The formation is composed of soft white sandstone, and the magnificent scenery formed by waves hitting the shore over many years is truly overwhelming. This is also a popular spot to watch the sunset.
Engetsu Island (Takashima)

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou

Engetsu Island, officially named “Takashima” and locally seen as a symbol of Shirahama, is a small island floating off Rinkaiura Beach. The island is 130 meters long north to south, 35 meters east to west, and is 25 meters tall at its highest point. The island has come to be known as Engetsu, meaning “full moon,” due to the round, full moon-like hole in the center of the island which has formed due to marine erosion. Also a well-known the beauty of its sunset, the island as been selected as having one of the 100 best sunsets in Wakayama Prefecture. Sunset occurs around 6:30 pm in summer and 4:30 pm in winter. During the spring and autumn equinox, visitors can enjoy the site of the setting sun passing perfectly through the island’s hole.
Sukumadani Kannon Temple

4.0

8 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunkamitondachou Ikuma 313

This temple with a roughly 1,300-year history is about 25 minutes by car from the spa town of Nanki-Shirahama Onsen. It was established by En-no-Gyoja, the founder of the mountain ascetic practice known as Shugendo. The temple's principal object of worship is Bato Kanzeon Bosatsu. It is said to be the oldest and largest sacred spot for better fortune and warding off evil in southern Wakayama Prefecture, and can accommodate whatever wish you may have. It is also known for its cherry blossoms, hydrangeas, and autumn leaves. In addition to monthly Goma fire rituals, their prayer and memorial services held throughout the year are open to all.

１月の三連休であったので初詣客でにぎわっていました。たまたま、秘仏御開帳が行われていて、新年からラッキーでした。
Museum of Tibetan Buddhism / Kanki -jinja Shrine

3.0

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 1-1

"Located next to Shirahama Town's Sakata Park, the museum and shrine here share the same premises. The art museum displays 150 pieces on Lamaism, Hinduism, and Esoteric Japanese Buddhism; including Buddhist statuary normally not open to view (Photography is prohibited in the hall). Right as you leave the art museum, you'll find Kanki Shrine (Sakata Shrine). Known for the boons of marital happiness, pregnancy and smooth delivery, and match making, its home to the stones of the Mt. Sakata Ritual Site used more than 1,300 years ago. What's more, as Prince Arima once visited Shirahama Onsen, they offer a photo service called the “Asuka Romance Experience"" where you can get your picture taken wearing Asuka period clothing."

歓喜神社と併設されております。美術館というか博物館的な。しかし気になったのは中の空気の重さ・・・快晴でとても気持ちの良い日だったのに、しかも入り口も開けてあるのにびっくりするほど濃密な空気と気配に怖くなり、（入場者は私ひとりだったこともあり）じっくり展示を見ることもなく足早に出てきてしまいました。尚、コロナ禍で猫は触れません。
Wave ripple marks of Shirahama

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Nishimuro-gun Shirahamacho

"20 minutes from the Nanki-Shirahama Interchange on the Kisei Expressway via Prefectural Route 34. These fossil wave ripple marks can be seen along the coast from Ezura Beach to Sakata in Shirahama Town. The marks were formed by the action of waves on sand on what was once the sea floor, which then became coated with a clay-like material that later fossilized, preserving them for eternity. The marks are called ""fossive wave"" and believed to have been formed in the Tertiary Period of the Cenozoic Era some 15 million years ago, and today they have been designated a National Natural Monument."
Glass Boat

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Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou Waterfront

Glass Boat is a sightseeing boat in Nanki Shirahama. From the glass bottom of the boat tourists can take a peek at the underwater world without the need to scuba dive and watch the fish inhabiting the sea of Shirahama. One of the highlights of the boat trip is getting to see Engetsu Islet up close, a symbol of Shirahama.
Nanki Shirahama Cruising

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 559-1

Cruise tours at Nanki Shirahama Cruising last for approximately 40 minutes and take in all the well known sights around Shirahama from the sea such as Shirahama Beach, Senjojiki, and Sandanbeki, etc. As well as the usual 40-minute cruise, they also have sunset cruises and cruises for couples, so you can choose whichever cruise you wish. There are some incredible views to be had from the boat which you can’t see from land. To get to Nanki Shirahama Cruising takes approximately 15 minutes by car from JR Shirahama Station.
Shirahama Midsea Observation Tower (Princess Coral)

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Nishimuro-gun Shirahamacho 1821

This all-weather observatory is about 100 meters off the coast from Hotel Seamore and about 20 minutes by car from Shirahama Station. About 18 meters high and stretching 8 meters under water, you can observe about 30 kinds of fish including black porgies and largescale blackfish from its 12 windows. The air bubbles rising from the sea bed are said to be where a hot spring comes to the surface. A picture panel of the fish you'll see will help you identify them. The observation tower has a pleasant breeze and a great view that looks out to the vast stretch of the horizon.
Kumano Sansho-jinja Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou Seto 744

This shrine at the base of Gongenzaki Cape in Shirahama Town, Nishimuro County is known for the white sand beach of its grounds. The main gods it honors are Izanami no mikoto, Hayatama no O no kami, and Kotosaka no O no mikoto. The shrine took its name during the Meiji Restoration when Buddhism and Shinto were officially separated. A large sacred cliff rises behind the main hall, a vestige of the Kumano Region's nature worship. With a walking path along the coast and the nationally designated Natural Monument of the Shirahama Mudstone Dike, it's a good place for a stroll while taking in the woods and the sea.
Nanki Shirahama Nagisa Beer

3.5

11 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Nishimuro-gun Shirahamacho 2927-220

This is located about a ten-minute drive from the Nanki Shirahama Interchange on the Kisei Expressway. It is the manufacturing and sales source for Nagisa Beer, a product of the traditions and geography of Nanki Shirahama. This beer, made with the famous local Nanki Shirahama Tonda Water, goes down easily, has a rich, deep flavor, and a fragrant scent. The sales counter inside the plant features not only the usual pale ale, American wheat, and IPA varieties, but also seasonal specialties, such as Mandarin orange ale and Pilsner, all freshly brewed and available to taste. The plant also offers free tours.

白浜の南側から海岸線に沿う道路を三段壁へ向かう途中、ナギサビール工場無料見学可の看板に誘われて行ってみました。各種のランキングで世界のビールを対象とした審査会で金賞、銀賞、銅賞を取っている地ビールの工場だそうで、無料で見学させてもらいました。大手のビール工場の見学には行ったことがありますが、地ビールの工場は初めてでこじんまりとし趣は地方の酒蔵を思い起こしました。しかし、明るくて清潔な工場で工場の方...
Honkakuji Temple

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Nishimuro-gun Shirahamacho 627

"Honkakuji, also known as Kaidera ""shell temple,"" is a twenty-minute drive from the Nanki Shirahama Interchange on the Kisei Expressway. It is a subsidiary temple of Chion-in temple, the Chinzei school of the Jodo-shu Sect of Buddhism. Successive generations of abbots have collected over 30,000 shells of one thousand varieties, some of them rare scientific specimens, especially the Honkakujihigai, discovered in 1929 and named after the temple. This collection of shells is stored and displayed at the temple. The temple presented rare shells to the lords of the Kishu Domain, one of Tokugawa Gosanke, the three privileged branches of the Tokugawa family, and even now, a memorial tablet for the lords is an object of veneration."
Shirahama Folkloric Hot Spring Museum

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Nishimuro-gun Shirahamacho Shirahama 2054-1

"This museum is located a 15-minute drive via Prefectural Route 34 from the Nanki Shirahama Interchange on the Kisei Expressway. As befits its location in Wakayama, ""the land of trees,"" this building, imbued with the scent of natural wood, is made of cedar cypress wood and stands in Heisogen Park, a highland that affords a view of the town of Shirahama. There is an experiential learning stadium that makes use of video, as well as information and materials about onsen (hot springs) all over Japan, the chemical components and effects of Shirahama hot springs, and the history and everyday culture of the area, are displayed in an enjoyable and easily understood way. The tables on the ground floor, made from local Kishu wood, are a place for park visitors to relax."
Roadside Station Shiwara Kaigan

3.0

12 Reviews

Transportation

Wakayama Nishimuro-gun Shirahamacho Hiki 2039-73

塩害防止のためか、小さいながらも鉄筋コンクリートのどっしりとした施設です。1階の物販コーナーでは、干物やカマボコなどの海産物のほか、紀州特産の梅干しや備長炭なども販売していました。２階はレストランになっています。
Kii Peninsula Tourist Information Station

4.0

11 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Nishimuro-gun Shirahamacho Katata 1475

白浜駅構内にある案内所で、待合室に繋がっており利用するには便利な位置となっていました。周辺のパンフレット類は沢山並んでおり、流石に観光地の案内所と感心しましたが、肝心の係員は不在となっていましたが、駅前で観光客の案内を行っていたようでした。
Shirahamamachichikisambututenji Sales Tokorokairaikan

4.0

11 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou Hiki 2039-73

一階がお土産二階はランチが出来たのでエビフライ定食を食べました。海老は小さめでしたがちゃんと新鮮な味がしてとても美味しかったです。店員さんも親切で丁寧、優しかったです。海岸の方にも遊びに行きましたが比較的ゴミが少なく、ゴミ拾いをしにビーチを散歩したのが楽しかったです！

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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.