Kainan

This city has been famous for lacquerware (漆器 shikki) production, one of the National Treasures of Japan.

Money

International ATMs with English menus are available at Seven-Eleven, which are open 24 hours and easy to find throughout the city.

By train

Kainan can be accessed on the JR Hanwa Line
JR Kainan station can be reached by Limited Express trains from Shin-Osaka station, departing every hour. The Kuroshio, Super Kuroshio or Ocean Arrow run from Shin-Osaka to Wakayama

By bus

Wakayama Bus (和歌山バス) is the local bus company in Kainan.

• Kuroe sikki-chuo

• Chohoji

  address: 689 Kami Simotsu-Cho
  A Buddhist temple, founded in 1000 CE. It is the Kishu Tokugawa family temple.

• Chohoji Main HallNational Treasure of Japan. It was rebuilt in 1311. It is an East Asian-style hip-and-gable roof.

• Chohoji PagodaNational Treasure of Japan. It was rebuilt in 1357.

• Chohoji DaimonNational Treasure of Japan. It was rebuilt in 1388.

• Chohoji ChinjudoImportant Cultural Property. It was rebuilt in the Kamakura period.

Zenpukuin

• Zenpukuin ShakadouNational Treasure of Japan. It was rebuilt in 1327.

Fujishiro shineThis is starting point on Kumano Kodō.

OnzansouenNational Site of Scenic Beauty. It is a style of garden that features a path around a pond. Japanese Imperial family often came here.

ChoukyuteiIt is a style of garden that features a path around a pond.

Heiwashuzoua sake brewery.

Nateshuzoutena sake brewery

NakanoBCa sake brewery

TsuuhouShuzoua sake brewery

Suwan Edomura

Wakayama prefectural museum of natural history

• Kuroe Nurimonokan

• Uruwashikan

• Kuroushichaya Onkodenshokan

• Wakayama
• Arida
• Aridagawa
• Kinokawa
• Iwade
• Kimino
• Yuasa
• Hirogawa
• Yura