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Mt. Koya / Ryujin Onsen / Kudoyama

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Shopping

JA Kinosato Farmers Market Mekkemon Square

3.5

5 Reviews

Shopping

Wakayama Pref. Kinokawashi Toyoda 56-3

This farmers market is about a 30-minute drive from the Hanwa Expressway's Sennan Interchange. The largest of the JA Kinosato locations, it's bursting with local produce like fruit and vegetables. They also have a variety of other items including flowers like spray mums, tricolor chrysanthemums, and roses, prepared foods like dried plums, pickles, and Kinzanji miso, handicrafts, and more. Their food court features items like gelato, soft serve cream, rice balls, and curry made with fine ingredients. Take-out is also available.

色々な野菜や果物が売られています。今回は、白菜が一玉100円と格安だったので買って帰りました。キャッシレス還元5%がうれしいです。
Koyasan Daisido

4.0

6 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 732-1

This incense and fragrant wood specialty shop is located in Koya Town, Ito County, Wakayama Prefecture. Its white walls and black tiling give it a very grand appearance. It manufactures and sells products used inside the temples of Mt. Koya as well as products for cemetery visits and Buddhist altars at home. You’ll find the famous “reiko” incense as well as sandalwood, Koya mutsugi, and more. There are also incenses and scented oils that assist with healing and getting rid of bad smells, as well as several items that make great souvenirs. The adorable scented bags are a popular purchase.

The shop was not far from the entrance to Okuno-in just across the street from Karukaya-do. The shop building looks quite new, but the shop is very old. It not only sell popular incense sticks but...
Sanchoku Market Yottette, (Roadside Station Kudoyama Shop)

4.0

8 Reviews

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Wakayama Ito-gun Kudoyamacho Nyugo 5-5

This farmer's market is attached to Roadside Station Kaki-no-Sato Kudoyama in Kudoyama Town. It sells local produce as well as jam and other processed products. Persimmon is a local specialty of Kudoyama Town, so the market is stocked with both fresh and dried permissions from the area's many farms during the persimmon season. The market also carries a good selection of seasonal fruit delivered from places including Katsuragi Town and Kinokawa City. One of the market's attractions is that it carries not only local specialties but also a variety of daily necessities. This makes it a destination not just for buying souvenirs while sightseeing but also for a little everyday shopping.

弘法太師さまの母公のお寺として有名な慈尊院のすぐ近くにありました。和歌山ということでみかん、梅はもちろん、マスカットや柿などその時期の旬のフルーツがたくさんお値打ちに販売されていました。また生鮮食料品も一緒にあるので道の駅というよりほぼ食品スーパーです。地元の方が多いのか、2時すぎでもかなり混雑していました。
Farmer's Market Yacchon Hiroba

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Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Kishikami 522-1

"This farmer's market is located near the Kinokawa River a 15-minute walk from Kii-Yamada Station on the JR Wakayama Line. It sells fresh fruits and vegetables, mushrooms, and other produce delivered straight from local farms. The food court on the first floor of the market is popular for gelato made with fresh local fruits and vegetables. The Syokusaikan restaurant on the second floor serves up local flavors to enjoy. ""Yacchon"" has a number of meanings including ""gather around, everybody!"" or ""leave it up to me!"" The name was selected from the hope that the market would ""bustle with lots of people and provide customers with satisfaction and smiles."""
Toutouan

5.0

12 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Kinokawashi Momoyamachoumoto 901

Toutouan is a sweet shop owned by Yabumoto Hatashita Orchards, a producer of peaches. This popular shop has been featured on television, and the customers’ favorite dish is Peach Milk Gelato. Another bestseller, and one made in only limited quantities each day, is a parfait ringed with the pieces of a freshly cut peach. The shop also offers a full menu of items made with fruit produced in Wakayama Prefecture. Toutouan is open from March to December, and business hours vary according to the time of the year.

車がないと行けないのが残念。でもレンタカーを使ってでも行く価値があります。丁寧に育てられた果物を使って、丁寧に作られています。お天気がよい日に、紀の川を眺めながらいただくと、自然の恵みへの感謝の気持ちがぐっと高まりますね。 This place offers fruity Italian ice cream. Everything is made here, by farmers...
Farmer's Market Kinokawa Fu no Oka

Shopping

Wakayama Kinokawa Hirano 927

"This farmer's market is located between the Kinokawa-higashi Interchange and the Katsuragi-nishi Interchange on the Keinawa Expressway. Visitors can find seasonal flavors including fresh produce, processed products, and more delivered each day by the members of the Kinokawa Agricultural Cooperative. We recommend their famous piping hot roasted sweet potatoes, which are sold year-round except in the summer. Cafe mulino located inside the market is popular for its ""traveling lunches,"" which feature dishes from around the world made with produce from the market. The market also sells unusual fruits and vegetables not sold elsewhere."
Tachiyori Dokoro

4.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Hashimoto-shi Koyaguchicho Nagura 288

"This facility located a five-minute walk from JR Koyaguchi Station exhibits and sells local products and also serves as a hub for regional exchange and information dissemination. It is notable for its Furusato Architectural Landscape Award-winning retro warehouse-style exterior. Its name is a pun that the word ""stopping by (tachiyori)"" sounds similar to the word ""cutting the piece of cloth"", which refers to the Koyaguchi District's thriving pile weave texture industry. It sells a number of textile products that make excellent presents and souvenirs including handkerchiefs made with Saiori, a Japanese Chenille fabric invented by a local weaver in the late 19th century, as well as accessory cases made with Pile Gobelins, a local brand of pile fabric. Sightseeing bicycle rentals are also available."

ひねキングカレーを探しに入って見たのですが、やはり品切れとなっていました。店員さんに聞きますと、鳥が追い付かないらしく、一週間後に入荷するかもと親切に教えてくれました。
Kasakuni

4.5

48 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 764

A Japanese sweet shop located in the Koyasan area in Koya Town, Ito County, Wakayama Prefecture. The shop is famous for its grilled rice cakes, a favorite treat for visitors to Koyasan to eat, as well as the Miroku-ishi, a renowned sweet named after the stone of the same name found on the grounds of the Okunoin Temple. The shop’s hijiri yokan jelly is made according to an ancient treasured written recipe; this historic culinary gem was once an essential part of local Buddhist vegetarian cuisine. The shop’s display shelves are also filled with a variety of other sweets popular among visitors to the area, including monaka bean jam filled wafers and senbei rice crackers branded with the local mascot character Koya-kun.

You can choose between several sweets; the price is correct (you spend almost 110/150 yen each one) and there is a beautiful space where you can eat them. NB:you can freely drink water, hot tea or...
Hamadaya

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Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 444

This famous sesame tofu restaurant on Mt. Koya, Koya Town, Ito County, Wakayama, has continued for five generations since the Meiji period. It has appeared in travel magazines and TV programs. Sesame tofu is made simply by taking the core of white sesame, and adding kuzu (arrowroot) and water, giving it a thick and slightly oily clear taste. You can take-out or eat-in and try their wasabi soy sauce or wasanbon sugar. The shop closes when it sells out.
Fuzen

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Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 712

A long-standing namafu wheat gluten block specialty shop located in the Koyasan area in Koya Town, Ito County, Wakayama Prefecture which was founded in the Edo Bunsei period. Cherished since long ago as the only namafu shop in the Koyasan area, Fuzen supplies pilgrim’s lodging facilities in the area with traditional namafu, an essential part of Buddhist vegetarian cuisine. The sasa-maki anpu, sweet strained bean paste wrapped in namafu mixed with Japanese mugwort, is a popular souvenir for tourists visiting Koyasan. The chewy texture, elegant sweetness, and invigorating aroma of mugwort and bamboo grass make this famed sweet an irresistible treat.
Shoeido

4.0

16 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 766

This is a well-established Japanese confectionery shop established in the Ansei period (1855-1860) alongside Odawara-dori Street in Koyasan, Koya Town, Ito County. They sell excellent cakes including the famous Karukaya Mochi, Sanko no Hikari, Maki no Shizuku and Maki no Hana, as well as Buddhist altar equipment. On the second floor is a teashop, and on the third is a rest area.

よもぎのやきもちを買いました。柔らかくてやさしいお味でよかったです。お粉がふってあるのかと思ったら粉砂糖でした。それもおいしかったです。
Kadohama Goma-dofu Sohompo Main Store

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Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan 230

This is a goma-dofu specialty shop in Koyasan, Koya Town, Ito County. They sell goma-dofu made with white sesame, Yoshino honkuzu (arrowroot) and water trickling from rocks deep in the mountains. As well as being supplied to Koyasan's temples including head temple Kongobu-ji, the tofu is also a popular souvenir for temple visitors. In addition, the shop has also set up a directly-operated restaurant around a two-minute walk away where one can enjoy goma-dofu cuisine.
Nanpodo

4.0

11 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Itogunkouyachou Kouyasan Daimon 807

This Japanese confectionary shop is located along the Prefectural Route 53, in Koya Town, Ito District, near Mount Koya. The shop sells confectionaries such as homemade saka-manju, mochi and dango. Inside the shop, customers can take a break and drink some tea, so many pilgrims to Mount Koya also rest here.

高野山の西側、大門の近くにある和菓子屋です。昔ながらの造りのお店で、高野山らしい、いい趣きがありました。大門力餅ややき餅、酒饅頭などがあります。お茶をサービスしてくれて、店内で草餅のやき餅をいただきました。あんこがたっぷり、よもぎのいい香りもして美味しかったです。
Kadohama Gomatofu Sohonpo, Main Store

5.0

16 Reviews

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Wakayama Ito-gun Koyacho Koyasan 262

こちら『角濱ごま豆腐』のごま豆腐は、弘法大師様のお膳に上がる事や、お寺などに納められている事で有名です。『製造所売店』と『飲食部』とが有ります。飲食部でも販売はされておりますが、知らなかった事から、この製造所のお店で買ってきました。工場はすぐ分かりますが、売店の入り口が分からなく、工場をほんの少し通り過ぎたところにありました。明るいとてもきれいなお店です。
"Shiga Fureai no Sato ""Arigato no Mise"""

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Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Shiga 1348-2

This farmer's market is located along National Route 480, which connects Katsuragi Town to Koyasan. Customers can feel the warmth of being welcomed by the elderly people who work in the region. The market offers local seasonal vegetables and processed products such as miso paste, rice cake, and pickles at reasonable prices. The Makuni River that flows nearby is a firefly habitat, making the area a major sightseeing destination in the summer. The market's large parking lot makes it a convenient hub for sightseeing by car.
Kaki no Chaya Yorimichi

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Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Nishiiburi 612-1

This farmer's market is located on a farm road that runs along the Bentendani River a 10-minute walk from JR Nakaiburi Station. It sells locally-grown seasonal fruits and vegetables, processed products, and other items. Katsuragi is a major fruit producing town, so the market has an especially repertoire of fruit varieties. An attached cafe serves fresh strawberry juice, peach smoothies, and other drinks made with fresh fruit. The cafe also offers a number of popular items that incorporate local flavors such as yakitori-don (grilled chicken on rice) made with Kishu Umedori chicken. The lively market also regularly serves as a venue for town events and fairs.
Shibuta no Sho Ikeki

Shopping

Wakayama Ito-gun Katsuragicho Higashishibuta 336-1

This farmer's market is located on National Route 480 heading from JR Kaseda Station to Koyasan. It sells fruit from local orchards, local specialties, and other products. The market is notable for having its own plum orchard and chestnut farm. In the spring the market sells umeshu (plum wine) and umeboshi (pickled plums). In the fall, visitors can enjoy harvesting and roasting chestnuts. The farm grows an especially wide range of plums in the spring including Koume, Kojiroume, and Nankobai plums. Jams and other processed products made with the fruit grown on the farm make great souvenirs.
Kamikishiya (Hanasaka Store)

Shopping

Wakayama Ito-gun Koyacho Hana Saka 753-1

"This venerable yakimochi (grilled rice cake) shop that has been in business for more than three centuries is located on National Route 480, which runs through the foothills of Mt. Koya. Their yakimochi are made with locally-grown glutinous rice and adzuki beans and have just the right amount of sweetness. The shop's plain and mugwort-flavored roasted rice cakes are also very popular as souvenirs. The first yakimochi is said to have been made by an old woman in 816, the same year that the monk Kukai first settled Mt. Koya. Her salt-flavored grilled rice cakes would quickly become famous as ""Hanasaka no yakimochi"" for their unique flavor. Hanasaka yakimochi would later be flavored with sugar starting in the Kamakura period. This shop carries on the more than 1,200 year-old tradition of Hanasaka yakimochi."
JA Kinosato Farmer's Market OINACITY

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Wakayama Iwade-shi Ibaramoto 20

"This farmer's market is located about a 20-minute walk from Iwade Station on the JR Wakayama Line. It is the sister store of the Mekkemon Hiroba farmer's market, which is also operated by JA Kinosato. The market, which opened in 2013, offers locally-harvested fresh fruits and vegetables, rice, and other agricultural products at reasonable prices. Other popular offerings include bento boxes and side dishes made with seasonal ingredients. Every Saturday there is a morning market called ""OINA Utagoe Marche"" where producers sell their products face-to-face with customers."
SUPER Ever Green (Iwade Takatsuka Store)

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Wakayama Iwade-shi Takatsuka 188-1 Super Ever Green Plaza Iwade Takatsuka

This farmer's market is located about a five-minute walk from JR Wakayama Line Iwade Station. It offers locally-sourced fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood, and other products at reasonable prices. The market's biggest attraction is its diverse selection, which is made possible by the one of the biggest shopping floors in the region. The market also features a pharmacy and is open from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, making it a convenient place to shop after work.

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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.