Minato

Worth seeing in and around Minato

7 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
   Museum 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.

   2.2 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Wakayama 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.

   2.3 km · building in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Kimii-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.

   5 km · Buddhist temple dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Wakayama, Japan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Hinokuma Jingū

   Hinokuma Shrine and Kunikakasu Shrine is a Shinto shrine complex in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is officially known simply as nichizengū.

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

   Kamayama Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

   5.3 km · Shinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Wakayama City Museum

   Wakayama City Museum is a local history museum located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It opened in November 1985 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the construction of Wakayama Castle.

   2.3 km · museum in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Kishū Tōshō-gū

   Kishū Tōshō-gū is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the deified first Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu.

   2.9 km · shrine in Wakayama, Wakayama · Wikipedia

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Getting to Minato

Airports

Kansai (KIX), 25 km · Kobe (UKB), 47 km · Tokushima Awaodori / JMSDF Tokushima Air Base (TKS), 51 km

Stations

Wakayama Station, 4.2 km · Kii-Nakanoshima Station, 4.8 km · Kimiidera Station, 4.6 km · Wakayamakō Station, 400 m · Kinokawa Station, 4.7 km

• Kobe → Minato

  53 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · ¥1,080–1,470
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• Tokushima → Minato

  56 km · quickest by ferry, 3h 34m · ¥2,740–5,880
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• Osaka → Minato

  62 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · ¥800–1,100
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