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Worth seeing in and around Iwade

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Negoro-ji Temple

    Negoro-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Iwade, Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. Surrounded by the sacred peaks of the Katsuragi Mountains, the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site and a National Place of Scenic Beauty in 2007.

    4.1 km · Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Wakayama Prefecture Botanical Park Ryokka Center

    The Wakayama Prefecture Botanical Park is a park with botanical garden located at Higashi Sakamoto 672, Iwade, Wakayama, Japan. It is open daily except Tuesdays; an admission fee is charged.

    4.1 km · park with botanical garden located at Wakayama, Japan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Kii Kokubun-ji Temple

    The Kii Kokubun-ji is a Buddhist temple located in the Higashikokubu neighborhood of the city of Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan. It was one of the provincial temples per the system established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period for the purpose of promoting Buddhism as the national religion of Japan and standardising imperial rule over the provinces.

    2.9 km · temple in Kinokawa, Wakayama · Wikipedia

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Getting to Iwade

Airports
Kansai (KIX), 21 km · Kobe (UKB), 43 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 60 km
Stations
Funato Station, 500 m · Hoshiya Station, 5.1 km · Kii-Ogura Station, 2.8 km · Iwade Station, 700 m · Uchita Station, 4.7 km
  • Kobe → Iwade
    51 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · ¥990–1,350
  • Osaka → Iwade
    52 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · ¥720–980
  • Tokushima → Iwade
    72 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 15m · ¥7,940–26,500
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Iwade

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Iwade. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThe other station, Wakayamako, is adjacent to the Nankai Ferry terminal where ships operate to/from Tokushima.
  • Get inNankai ferry operates daily service to and from Tokushima in Shikoku to Wakayama Port.
  • Get inFerries arrive in about 2 hours at a much-reduced cost of ¥2000.

From Wikivoyage: Wakayama, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    875 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,178 km
  3. 03
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,548 km
  4. 04
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,554 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,723 km

If you know how people move in Iwade – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Iwade

Iwade is 14 km from Wakayama, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Kinokawacity in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan4.8 km
  • Uchitadissolved municipality in Naka district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan4.7 km
  • Kishigawadissolved municipality in Naka district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan3.5 km
  • Momoyamadissolved municipality in Naka district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan3.4 km