What to do and see in Wakayama Prefecture, Kinki: The Best Things to do Good for Couples

July 10, 2021 Mikaela Didonna

Discover the best top things to do in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan including Koyasan Okunoin, Kumano Experience, Koyasan Danjo Garan, Adventure World, Mt. Koya, Yunomine Onsen, Nachi Mitaki Falls, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Shirarahama Beach, Takahara Kirinosato.
Restaurants in Wakayama Prefecture

1. Koyasan Okunoin

550 Koyasan, Koya-cho, Ito-gun 648-0211 Wakayama Prefecture +81 736-56-2011 http://www.koyasan.or.jp/tazuneru/sights/okunoin.html
Excellent
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5.0 based on 1,261 reviews

Koyasan Okunoin

Reviewed By ggm96822 - Honolulu, United States

A place to let your soul re-awaken. Having last stayed in a monastery here 19 years ago, before it was added to the World Heritage list, I was apprehensive about returning, having heard of busloads of noisy tourists overunning everything, but it defies defilement; one of the world's truly sacred spaces. Early morning and dusk are the best time to visit, early there are monks chanting, at dusk as the shadows fall the 200,000 tombs of the cedar forest begin to stir quietly.

2. Kumano Experience

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5.0 based on 16 reviews

Kumano Experience

Kumano Guide Association support your exploring adventure in the bottom of Kii peninsla "Kumano" .Our member is certified Mountaineering Guide, River kayaking guide, Sea Kayaking guide, etc.We will welcome you to join our guiding trips.

3. Koyasan Danjo Garan

Koyasan, Koya-cho, Ito-gun 648-0211 Wakayama Prefecture +81 736-56-2011 http://www.koyasan.or.jp/meguru/sights.html
Excellent
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4.5 based on 374 reviews

Koyasan Danjo Garan

Reviewed By ggm96822 - Honolulu, United States

This is the spot where Kobo Daishi found the vajra he had hurled to determine where to build a monastery, 1200 years ago. Around twenty beautiful temples and pagodas, including the bright vermillion "great pagoda," Konpon Daito, rebuilt in the 1930s and kept freshly painted. Early in the morning, there are monks chanting in the Kondo (the main pavilion) and the 'no entry' apparently only applies to tour groups, a monk nodded me in without any objection.

4. Adventure World

2399 Katata, Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun 649-2201 Wakayama Prefecture +81 739-43-3333 http://aws-s.com/
Excellent
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4.5 based on 1,421 reviews

Adventure World

Reviewed By Bishop-angelmacfire - Nishinomiya, Japan

I have watched the TV news that a baby panda was born last year. When I saw the baby, I have decided to see the panda. My high expectations have not been betrayed. The name of the child panda is “Saihin” She is a girl and so active! So cute! So lovely! You must see her. Now the crazy fever of baby panda boom has been calmed down, you can watch her very well without any clouds on week days. The adult pandas except the mother of “Saihin” was not active, just sleeping. So the timing is now to watch the lovely active child panda!

5. Mt. Koya

Koya-cho, Ito-gun Wakayama Prefecture
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4.5 based on 818 reviews

Mt. Koya

Wooden temples hidden among the trees, mist-covered mountains, smooth-headed monks in colorful robes--all the Buddhist film archetypes are alive on Mt. Koya. A deeply sacred place, central to the Shingon sect of Buddhism, Mt. Koya is also a World Heritage Site due to its more than 1000-year-old teaching and meditation sites.

Reviewed By epicure49

We stayed with the young monks at Yochi-In and absolutely loved walking around this stunning mountain-top enclave of Buddhist temples. This is surely what all we tourists expected and wanted of Japan. Peace and quiet in a remote wooded area... beautiful shrines and temples with an other-worldly quality so far removed from the hubbub of your normal lives. I took too many photos to show here but have included just a few... A very definite MUST VISIT place.

6. Yunomine Onsen

Hongucho Yunomine, Tanabe 647-1732 Wakayama Prefecture +81 735-42-0074 http://www.hongu.jp/onsen/yunomine/tuboyu
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4.5 based on 188 reviews

Yunomine Onsen

7. Nachi Mitaki Falls

Nachiyama, Nachikatsura-cho, Higashimuro-gun 649-5301 Wakayama Prefecture +81 735-55-0321 http://kumanonachitaisha.or.jp/pavilion/waterfall.html?id=pavilion-top
Excellent
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4.5 based on 709 reviews

Nachi Mitaki Falls

Reviewed By AhasverSaoPaulo

Best accessible by car or bus. Also a popular pilgrimage if you are still fit enough. First stop is usually a parking lot on a slope opposite the falls from where you walk down many stairs of old stone slabs (handrail) to a platform below the falls. The torii of the small Shinto Shrine there is the standard fpto backdrop for the tour group. Tipp: at the rightmost window of the Shrine there is a little door. For a spiritual contribution of only ¥300 you can from there coimb up some additional steps to two platforms mich closer to the falls and with VERY few tourists (the groups don't have the time). As a matter of fact, for more than ten minutes we were there alone! After that you have to climb up back to the parking lot. From there it is strongly recommended to go up further to both the Buddhist Temple with its beautiful Pagoda and to another (bigger) Shinto Shrine. The view if the falls from there is piceless (If you cannot or do not want to climb up there, parking is available for ¥800)

8. Kumano Nachi Taisha

1 Nachisan, Nachikatsura-cho, Higashimuro-gun 649-5301 Wakayama Prefecture +81 735-55-0321 http://kumanonachitaisha.or.jp/
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4.5 based on 634 reviews

Kumano Nachi Taisha

Reviewed By WarnerL_12 - Pasadena, United States

If not coming from Wakayama, it can be a full day to get here, BUT worth it if (as I had) not much tourists and a beautiful day. Wear comfortable shoes if you want to see more than the view off the bus.

9. Shirarahama Beach

Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun 649-2211 Wakayama Prefecture +81 739-43-6588 http://www.town.shirahama.wakayama.jp/kanko/midokoro/1454401113276.html
Excellent
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4.5 based on 677 reviews

Shirarahama Beach

Reviewed By EuroEri - Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

We visited during the typhoon — water was rough the first few days but the last two days it was so smooth and great for swimming, snorkeling and finding shells. Beautiful, clean, easy feet washing stations and toilets.

10. Takahara Kirinosato

Nakahechicho Takahara, Tanabe 646-1416 Wakayama Prefecture
Excellent
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4.5 based on 35 reviews

Takahara Kirinosato

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