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Sabo Kafuugetsu

3.5

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Shingushi Kamihonmachi 1-2-2

A Japanese café located right in front of the approach to Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine. The small café incorporates naturally growing trees into its exterior design, giving it a soft, subdued atmosphere. The café’s signature meal is its Iwashimizu pork loin shabushabu set meal. Rose on spring water deep in the mountains, Iwashimizu pork loin is said to have twice the amount of umami flavor-producing substances as conventional pork. The café also offers popular local dishes like meharisushi rice balls wrapped in pickled mustard greens and aosa soba noodles made with sea lettuce nori and Wakayama plums. For coffee, the café uses aromatic and sweet-smelling top class UCC premium special beans. In addition, the café offers an abundant variety of healthy items like tofu cake and bitter melon juice.

熊野速玉大社鳥居のすぐそばの和風のカフェです。来店時間がランチタイムを過ぎており、おかずがなくなってしまったので、蕎麦かうどんしかできないと言われ、冷たい蕎麦を、連れは温かいあおさ蕎麦を頼みました。冷たい蕎麦はつけ汁の味が異様に濃く、つまんだ蕎麦の先だけ汁をつけて食べる「そば通」の食べ方で、連れのあおさ蕎麦は甘みのつよいかけ汁にあおさたがっぷり入っており、こちらを頼めばよかったと後悔しきり。旅から...
Mori-no-Panya-san

4.5

3 Reviews

Shopping

Wakayama Pref. Kaisougunkiminochou Sakamoto 723-1

This bakery on the Oishi-kogen Highland is only open on Saturdays and Sundays. Housed in a log cabin, there's a great view of the surrounding woodland from the terrace seating. It's a lovely way to enjoy the charms of nature with birdsong and the cool breeze passing through the valley. All of their products are additive-free. Their mountain shaped bread and their bacon knot filled with cream cheese and mustard get good reviews. They also serve juice and light fare like pizza and spaghetti, as well as items only available for a limited time.

山の中にある隠れ家的パン屋さん。天然酵母の美味しいパンは店内でも食べられます。パスタやスープもあり。生石高原に向かう途中にあります。途中狭い道なのでご注意を。
Chez Minami

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Kaisougunkiminochou Miogawa 759-3

"This Italian and French restaurant is in the mountains in Kimino Town. Their cuisine features lots of Wakayama ingredients carefully selected by their chef, and they aim to serve “the things customer really want to eat."" This includes French cuisine, pasta, and homemade pizza baked in their stone oven that's available as a course meal. Set in the forest, the open interior looking out on a large garden is a great place to relax and enjoy a meal. Reservations are required."
Nachi Neboke-dou

3.5

43 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Higashimurogunnachikatsurachou Ichinono 3434-1

This historic Japanese sweet shop was founded in Osaka in 1624. It's approximately five minutes on foot from Daimonzaka's Married Cedars on the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route. In the quest for the best water for making their sweets, they opened this store in Katsuura to use spring water from Mt. Nachi. Visitors can observe their facility's crafting process with its dedication to flavor and safety. They use Okinawa made sugar for an array of items like ice cream, karinto manju treats, and their original kuro-ame sweets that are meant to be reminiscent of Kishu binchotan charcoal. Meals that feature local marine produce like their raw tuna-topped rice bowls are available too.

那智黒あめって食べたことありますよね。ソフトクリームはいかがですか？そのまま、期待通りの味をソフトクリームで味わうことができます。ご自身向けのお土産はこれですよ！
Restaurant Anchin

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Hidakagunhidakagawachou Kanemaki 1745-3

Restaurant Anchin is a traditional Japanese restaurant located along the way from JR Dojoji Station to Dojoji Temple, which is famous for the legend of Kiyohime and Anchin. It offers a full range of the flavors of Wakayama Prefecture, including Sukiyaki Zen of the famous local Kumano beef and kaiseki cuisine (formally arranged dinner) centered on wild longtooth grouper fish. Its banquet room seats up to 200 people, making it a possible venue for funeral meals, year-end parties, and other kinds of occasions. This restaurant also offers plans that give guests the opportunity to pick and eat strawberries or melons to their heart's content at its affiliated farm. Since guests can pick seasonal fruit and flowers throughout the year, this is a good opportunity for experiential learning for children.
Shunsai Kushiyakidan (kokutai doro Restaurant)

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Kozaika 3-6-7

Located a five-minute walk from Miyamae Station on the JR Kii Main Line, Kushiyakidan is a Yakitori (grilled chicken on skewers) restaurant with a concept of friendly and welcoming atmosphere for everyone especially women. A specialty of the house is carefully roasted neck meat basted with a unique sauce that has been continuously replenished for 15 years. The restaurant also makes its own version of Aburiyaki (chicken roasted over Binchotan charcoal), a famous dish of Miyagi Prefecture, by using Tamba chickens from Hyogo Prefecture. The most popular dish is Shiawase ni Naru Ebi Mayo, prawns fried crisp with Aurora sauce. Its prix fixe dinners include dinners that offer 50 all-you-can-drink options for beverages.

国体道路を南下し、旧ダイエーの手前にある居酒屋。駐車場も広く、車でのアクセスも容易。全室個室なので家族にも、ビジネスにもおすすめ。
Kaisen Seiromushi Katsuura

3.5

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Wakayamashi Minato Nishinobori 45-1

A seafood restaurant which serves up the delicacies of Nankikatsuura seiromushi style (steamed in a bamboo steamer). The restaurant is situated along the Oura Highway not far from Wakayama Port. Seiromushi cooking makes use of almost no seasoning and is served when the food is at its most delicious, thus it is cooked right in front of customers. Designed to harness the innate flavors of the foods used, seiromushi cooking is renowned for being delicious despite the lack of seasoning. The restaurant also serves southern Wakayama cuisine such as dishes made with tuna straight from Katsuura, Pacific saury sushi, and meharizushi rice balls wrapped in pickled mustard greens. In addition, the restaurant offers reasonably priced lunch items and has a children’s menu, making it a great dining destination for the whole family.

宴会で初めて利用させていただきました。飲み放題付きのコース料理でした。海鮮せいろ蒸しは、鯛が丸ごと一匹出て来て、どうやって食べるのかと思っていたところ、店員さんが取り分けてくれて安心しました。途中、マグロのカマ焼きも出て来て、料理にインパクトがあります。
Yasuke Sushi

5.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Wakayama-shi Honmachi 4-31

中華そば屋さんに置いてある、はや寿司は食べたことがありましたが、なれ寿司は、１度も食べたことが、なかったので、買ってみることにしました。店員さんが、口々に、話の種にはなるけども、大丈夫かい？いいのかい？と確認されました。食べてみたのですが、確かに、話の種になります。
Jofuku Sushi Ekimae

4.0

52 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Shingu-shi Jofuku 2-1-9

If you want to get some take-out food in Shingu, it is the best option. It is just in front of station so is really convenient to visit before/after taking on a train. Their local style sushi menu...
Suiryoken

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Wakayama-shi Misonocho 5-61 WakayamaMIO 1F
Konnyaku Kobo

4.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Hoshikawa 324

This cafe is located on National Route 480 heading from JR Kaseda Station to Mt. Koya. It boasts a menu featuring items made entirely with ingredients sourced locally in Wakayama. Their specialty is their omelette rice, which is made with a homemade tomato sauce. The rice contains konnyaku (yam cake), the cafe's namesake, which and gives the dish a unique mouthfeel when combined with the fluffy eggs on top. The cafe also offers coffee and cake sets. Its outdoor terrace seats offer guests a view of Mt. Koya and the persimmon orchards built on its slopes. The cafe makes a convenient rest stop while sightseeing by car.

We had a family business in Mt. Koya. On our way back from Mt. Koya, we dropped in at a small farmers market, Konnyaku-no-sato, where we bought some good vegetables at low prices. As it was lunch...
Ryoutei MIDORI

3.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Kainan-shi Funoo 185

This kaiseki restaurant is located about a ten-minute walk from JR Kainan Station. The venerable Japanese restaurant first opened in 1933 and has been even been covered in the media. In addition to private rooms, the restaurant also offers table seating and counter seating. The counter is especially popular with guests for its view of the courtyard. We also recommend their lunch menu, which allows guests to casually enjoy authentic kaiseki cuisine at reasonable prices.

海南駅から徒歩圏内(10分ぐらい) 国道42号線沿い日方川近くに有る本格割烹です。庭園を見ながら食事に最適でしょう。
Natural Foods Store Shion

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Kinokawa Kishigawacho Kodo 802

This natural foods store is located in front of Kishi Station on the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line. It offers additive-free foods made with organic fruits and vegetables grown in the rich natural environment of Wakayama, healthy handmade bento boxes, and other handcrafted products. We especially recommend their strawberry confiture, a jam which preserves the rich flavor and refined sweetness and fragrance of Marihime strawberries, an original cultivar of Wakayama. The shop's attached cafe, which offers a selection of daily lunches, mini desserts, natural beverages, and other items, is a great place to relax while waiting for a train.
Sanchoku Market Yottette (Kishigawa Store)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Kinokawa Kishigawacho Maeda 166

This farmer's market is located a seven-minute walk from Kishi Station on the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line. It carries a full selection of fruits and vegetables from local producers as well as processed products. The market offers fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables all year long, whether it's a diverse selection of strawberries from January to early May or brand-name peaches such as Arakawa no Momo and Takatsu no Momo from late June to mid-August. Other products include flowers and fresh fish shipped straight from ports across the prefecture. The Hachijuhachiya restaurant located on the premises offers a buffet featuring food made with produce from the market. The restaurant's freshly-baked bread, which is made in-house, is also popular.
Nakamura Kakinoha Sushi Honpo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Kinokawa Kokawa 73

This restaurant specializes in Kakinoha-sushi (persimmon leaf sushi), a regional dish of northern Wakayama Prefecture. It is located a five-minute walk from JR Kokawa Station or a 30-minute drive from the Sennan Interchange on the Hanwa Expressway along Prefectural Route 63. Each piece is carefully handmade one at a time without the use of preservatives or additives. Their classic kakinoha-sushi features mackerel on sushi rice made with a secret blend of vinegar wrapped up in a persimmon leaf. We also recommend their jako-sushi (dried young sardines sushi), a dish unique to this area. Another popular offering is their ayu-sushi (sweetfish sushi), which features a whole sweetfish served on sushi rice.
Cake TERU

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Sudacho Kamihyogo 280-1

"This shop offering natural sweets made with choice ingredients is located next to the Hashimoto-higashi Interchange on the Keinawa Expressway. The shop, which has a basic concept of ""easy on the body,"" makes its sweets with Suzuran eggs, a heritage egg of Hashimoto, Yotsuba butter, rock candy, and an original wheat blend. The shop forgoes the use of oxygen absorbers in its packaging to assure that the flavor of its teru, galletes, and other baked sweets is not adversely affected. We especially recommend their line of Kouya sweets, which includes financier cakes made with plenty of persimmon, mandarin orange, and plum, the three main specialties of Kishu."
Kimagure

4.0

3 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Nishihata 489-1

This cafe is located a 15-minute drive from Hashimoto Station on the JR Wakayama Line and the Nankai Koya Line or from Hashimoto Interchange on the Keinawa Expressway. The open cafe is situated on a 300 meter-high elevated spot overlooking Hashimoto City. Its centerpieces are its brick oven and its traditional sunken hearth. There is an amusing mismatch between the cafe's western-style exterior and cuisine and its quintessentially Japanese-style interior. The pizzas baked in the cafe's brick oven are chewy on the inside and crispy and fragrant on the outside. We also recommend their brick oven grilled spring chicken, with its crispy skin and juicy meat, as well as their brick oven baked red snapper in salt crust, which is cooked and served whole (These items must be ordered in advance.).

車の運転初級者ではなかなかたどり着けない場所にありました。何より駐車の場所があまりないので予約は必須です。ピザは薄皮のパリパリで美味しかったですが、一枚ずつ焼いてるようで？時間はかかりました。
CAFE'ZIN

4.5

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Nishimuro-gun Shirahamacho 1366-6

This cafe is about 20 minutes via National Route 42 from the Nanki Tanabe Interchange on the Hanwa Expressway. This coffee shop, managed by two generations of the same family for about 40 years, is located near Shirahama Hot Spring. The light and airy cafe with huge windows is a favorite spot for local residents to relax. In addition to a retro menu of freshly ground coffee, hot dogs made according to the original owner's recipe, and mixed juices, the cafe serves chewy bagel sandwiches made with low-calorie bagels from Canada. Available drinks include Kumano-produced Jabara Cider, a carbonated beverage made from citrus fruits.

おすすめはなんといってもミックスジュース！懐かしい味がします。ケーキセットやソフトクリームもあるので、飲んだ後にも。白良浜からも近いです。オーナーさんも気さくです。
Tsuji no Mochi

4.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Tanabe-shi Kitashinmachi 1

Located in the center of Tanabe, a city along the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route, about a 15-minute drive from the Nanki Tanabe Interchange on the Hanwa Expressway via National Route 42, this is a venerable retailer of traditional Japanese sweets. Its flagship product is Okeshi Mochi, a simple round, flat cake of rice paste covered on both sides with sweet red bean paste. The soft, chewiness of the pounded Mochi cake and the perfectly salted, not-too-sweet flavor of the bean paste make this a popular item, and it is said to have been a favorite of Minakata Kumagusu, the famous 19th-century scholar in natural history and folklore studies. Since these confections do not keep more than a day, one can taste them only here. In the back of the shop is a tea corner, where customers can enjoy a cup of tea with their sweets.

紀伊田辺駅から闘鶏神社と逆の方に行くとあります。お餅の上に粒あんをのせた辻の餅が名物です。シンプルですが非常に美味しかったです。
Kashin Fumido

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Tanabe-shi Kitashinmachi 56

This is located about a ten-minute drive from the Nanki Tanabe Interchange on the Hanwa Expressway via Prefectural Route 208. It is a venerable shop that has specialized in creating confections imbued with the spirit of Kisei Tanabe since 1905. In 2002, the shop's exquisite Kamishima no Tsuru, made of chestnuts wrapped in smooth red bean paste and white bean with egg yolk paste and then coated with soft marshmallow dough, won the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Award at a national contest. Other recommended items are those made with Binchotan charcoal, such as the White Charcoal Cookie, made with finely ground Binchotan charcoal and black sesame.

Wakayama City Suburbs Mt. Koya / Ryujin Onsen / Kudoyama Kainan / Arita / Minabe / Tanabe Shirahama Kumano Kodo / Hongu Kushimoto / Koza / Susami Nachikatsuura / Taiji / Shingu

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Wakayama Areas

Wakayama prefecture unites pilgrims, food lovers, and culture buffs in a tranquil corner of Japan at the base of the Kii Peninsula. The setting for many a Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail, Wakayama invites those in search of spirituality from one side of the prefecture to the other, from the 100-plus Buddhist temples of the sacred Mount Koya in the west to the inspiring temples of the Kumano Sanzan set among breathtaking nature in the east. Once the grueling hike is complete, make a beeline for Wakayama city to savor some of the country’s most delicious ramen noodles.