Wakayama (prefecture)
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Cities
- - the prefectural capital
- - a little mountain town surrounded by three great onsen
- - town on the southernmost point of Honshu
- - Mt. Nachi and Katsuura onsen
- - Shirahama Onsen and Nanki-Shirahama Airport
Other destinations
- - mountaintop monastery town, the stronghold of mystical Shingon Buddhism and the site of Japan's strangest graveyard
Get in
By plane
Nanki–Shirahama AirportFlights only to Tokyo-Haneda.
By train
The main train hub is Wakayama, about one hour south of Osaka, or two hours to Kyoto on the Ocean Arrows limited express.
By bus
Get around
By train
A train line runs around the southern coastline. Other train services are sparse.
See
The three shrines of Kumanokodo, namely Kumanohayatama, Kumanonachi and Kumanonimasu, have been named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Do
1=Scuba posting
2=An underwater mailbox (すさみ海中郵便ポスト Susami Kaichu Yubin-Posto) can be found at a depth of 10 meters off the coast of Susami, Wakayama, and is certified as the "World's deepest mailbox" in the Guinness Book of World Records 2002. Special plastic postcards (¥150 domestic, ¥350 international) are available, and divers mail nearly 200 items daily in the summer peak season. The mailbox is open from April to September.Go next
- Ise - small town in Mie prefecture with its famous shrines, can be reached by train.