Resort town in Wakayama, Japan
Wakayama Marina City
Wakayama Marina City is a resort town built on an artificial island of 49 hectares in size, in Wakaura Bay, part of the larger Osaka Bay.
It is also part of Wakayama-shi (City) Wakayama-ken (Prefecture) on the Kansai Peninsula, about a forty-minute train ride south of the Kansai International Airport, which is itself built on an artificial island. The nearest large city is Osaka, Japan, about an hour by train to the north.
How locals move
Getting around Wakayama Marina City the local way
- 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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