Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県 Wakayama-ken) is located in the southwestern part of Kansai region.
Understand
[edit]Tourist Information Site
[edit]Wakayama Travel Guide is the prefecture's official multilingual guide site.
Cities
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- 1 Wakayama - the prefectural capital
- 2 Kainan
- 3 Kinokawa
- 4 Kushimoto - town on the southernmost point of Honshu
- 5 Nachikatsuura - Mt. Nachi and Katsuura onsen
- 6 Shirahama - Shirahama Onsen and Nanki-Shirahama Airport
- 7 Shingu
- 8 Tanabe
Other destinations
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- 2 Mount Koya - mountaintop monastery town, the stronghold of mystical Shingon Buddhism and the site of Japan's strangest graveyard
- 3 Hashimoto
- 4 Yuasa
- 5 Kudoyama
- 6 Kamitonda
- 7 Aridagawa
- 8 Susami
- 9 Hidakagawa
- 10 Minabe
Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]1 Nanki–Shirahama Airport (SHM IATA). Flights only to Tokyo-Haneda. 
By train
[edit]The main train hub is Wakayama, about one hour south of Osaka, or two hours to Kyoto on the Ocean Arrows limited express.
By bus
[edit]Get around
[edit]By train
[edit]A train line runs around the southern coastline. Other train services are sparse.
See
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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.
Do
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Scuba posting
An underwater mailbox (すさみ海中郵便ポスト Susami Kaichu Yubin-Posto) can be found at a depth of 10 meters off the coast of Susami, Wakayama, and is certified as the "World's deepest mailbox" in the Guinness Book of World Records 2002. Special plastic postcards (¥150 domestic, ¥350 international) are available, and divers mail nearly 200 items daily in the summer peak season. The mailbox is open from April to September. |
Eat
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[edit]Go next
[edit]- Ise - small town in Mie prefecture with its famous shrines, can be reached by train.