Kainan
Kainan is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
Kainan is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 October 2021, the city had an estimated population of 48,811 in 22,129 households and a population density of 110 persons per km². The total area of the city is 101.06 square kilometres (39.02 sq mi)
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Worth seeing in and around Kainan
10 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.
- 01Chōhō-ji Temple
Chōhō-ji is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai school of Japanese Buddhism.
6.5 km · Buddhist temple in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Hinokuma Jingū
Hinokuma Shrine and Kunikakasu Shrine is a Shinto shrine complex in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is officially known simply as nichizengū.
8.8 km · building in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama is a museum of modern art in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The Museum first opened as the Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Art in the grounds of Wakayama Castle in 1963, before reopening on the first floor of the Wakayama Prefectural Cultural Hall in 1970; in July 1994, together with the adjacent Wakayama Prefectural Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama reopened in a new location close to the castle.
9.3 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia - 04Kamayama Shrine
Kamayama Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
5.8 km · Shinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 05Wakayama Prefectural Museum
Wakayama Prefectural Museum is a history museum in located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The focus of the museum is the history and culture of Wakayama Prefecture, and its permanent collection displays artifacts relating to prehistory, Mount Kōya, the Kumano region, Kumano Kodo and items relating to the Kishū Tokugawa clan, who ruled as daimyō of Kishū Domain under the Edo Period Tokugawa Shogunate.
9.2 km · building in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Kimii-dera Temple
Kimii-dera is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the head temple of the Kusei Kannon sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu image of Jūichimen Kannon.
4.6 km · Buddhist temple dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Wakayama, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Itakiso Shrine
Itakiso Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the Itakiso neighborhood of the city of Wakayama in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the three shrines claiming the title of ichinomiya of former Kii Province.
6.5 km · Shrine in Wakayama, Wakayama · Wikipedia - 08Kimiidera Athletic Stadium
Kimiidera Athletic Stadium is an athletic stadium in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan.
3 km · building in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 09Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore
Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore is an archaeology museum located in the outskirts of the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It was opened in August 1971 with the main purpose of preserving, researching, and displaying artifacts from the Iwase-Senzuka Kofun Cluster, a Special National Historic Site.
8.7 km · museum in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Wakayama Shin-Ai Junior College
Wakayama Shin-Ai Women's Junior College is a private university in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan. It was established in 1951.
5.7 km · university in Wakayama, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kainan
- Airports
- Kansai (KIX), 31 km · Kobe (UKB), 54 km · Tokushima Awaodori / JMSDF Tokushima Air Base (TKS), 56 km
- Stations
- Wakayama Station, 9.4 km · Kainan Station, 500 m · Kii-Miyahara Station, 9.1 km · Kamogō Station, 5.9 km · Wakayamakō Station, 9.9 km
- Kobe → Kainan60 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · ¥1,120–1,530
- Osaka → Kainan66 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · ¥850–1,160
- Tokushima → Kainan60 km · quickest by ferry, 3h 55m · ¥5,860–10,270
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kainan
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 Kainan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Kainan
Kainan is 9 km from Minato, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Shimotsudissolved municipality in Kaisō district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan6.2 km
- Wakayama Marina Cityresort town in Wakayama, Japan3.7 km
- Nokamidissolved municipality in Kaisō district, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan8.6 km
- Narugami Shell Moundremains of Jōmon period settlement9 km