Wakayama
Wakayama is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.
Wakayama is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. As of 1 December 2021, the city had an estimated population of 351,391 in 157,066 households and a population density of 1700 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 208.84 square kilometres (80.63 sq mi).
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Worth seeing in and around Wakayama
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.
- 01Hinokuma Jingū
Hinokuma Shrine and Kunikakasu Shrine is a Shinto shrine complex in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is officially known simply as nichizengū.
3.3 km · building in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 02Kimii-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.
5.8 km · Buddhist temple dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Wakayama, 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.
1 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia - 04Kamayama Shrine
Kamayama Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
5 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.
1.1 km · building in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Kimiidera Athletic Stadium
Kimiidera Athletic Stadium is an athletic stadium in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan.
7.7 km · building in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Wakayama 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.
5.8 km · museum in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Itakiso 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.
8.4 km · Shrine in Wakayama, Wakayama · Wikipedia - 09Wakayama 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.
300 m · museum in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Kishū 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.
4.5 km · shrine in Wakayama, Wakayama · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wakayama
- Airports
- Kansai (KIX), 23 km · Kobe (UKB), 45 km · Tokushima Awaodori / JMSDF Tokushima Air Base (TKS), 53 km
- Stations
- Wakayama Station, 2.2 km · Kii-Nakanoshima Station, 2.4 km · Kainan Station, 9.8 km · Kii Station, 8.3 km · Musota Station, 4.9 km
- Kobe → Wakayama51 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · ¥1,050–1,430
- Osaka → Wakayama60 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · ¥770–1,050
- Tokushima → Wakayama58 km · quickest by ferry, 3h 34m · ¥3,700–7,100
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wakayama
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 Wakayama. 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.
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Wakayama is 3 km from Minato, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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