Kinokawa

Worth seeing in and around Kinokawa

6 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.

   5 km · Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Kokawa-dera Temple

   Kokawa-dera is a Buddhist temple located in the Kokawa neighborhood of the city of Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is an absolute hibutsu statue of Senjū Kannon Bosatsu, which has never been displayed to the public.

   4.1 km · Buddhist temple dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Kinokawa, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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
4. 04
   Former Nate-juku Honjin

   The Former Nate-juku Honjin is a surviving Edo Period honjin complex located in the city of Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. Three of the buildings of the complex have been designated National Important Cultural Properties and the entire complex was designated a National Historic Site in 1970.

   6.6 km · building in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   2.4 km · temple in Kinokawa, Wakayama · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Kōyasanchō Ishimichi-Tamagawakyō Prefectural Natural Park

   Kōyasanchō Ishimichi-Tamagawakyō Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1968, the park spans the borders of the municipalities of Hashimoto, Katsuragi, Kōya, and Kudoyama.

   9.9 km · natural park of Wakayama prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kinokawa

Airports

Kansai (KIX), 21 km · Kobe (UKB), 43 km · Osaka Itami (ITM), 58 km

Stations

Funato Station, 5.3 km · Hoshiya Station, 9.8 km · Kii-Ogura Station, 7.5 km · Iwade Station, 4.3 km · Kii-Nagata Station, 2.4 km

• Kobe → Kinokawa

  51 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · ¥960–1,310
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• Osaka → Kinokawa

  48 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · ¥670–920
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• Tokushima → Kinokawa

  81 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · ¥2,150–2,930
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