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Kainan / Arita / Minabe / Tanabe

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JA Arida Farmer's Market Aridakko

4.5

3 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Aridagunaridagawachou Habu 33-1

This farmer's market located on Prefectural Route 22 in Habu, Aridagawa Town, Arida County, sells agricultural produce direct from farmers. On sale are fresh vegetables, fruits, and flowers, always in season, as well as the famous Wakayama tangerines, Arida Mikan. Food fairs and food education events are also held from time to time.

柑橘系がたくさんあって、お安いものもたくさんありました。地域の農作物や加工品も色々あり、買い物が楽しかったです。
Plum Koubou Honten

3.0

1 Reviews

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Wakayama Pref. Hidakagunminabechou Oshine 1187

A souvenir shop operated by a Wakayama Nankoume pickled plum producer founded in 1906. The shop is located in Minabe Town, Hidaka County, Wakayama Prefecture. In addition to umeboshi, the shop also sells a variety of original products, including plum sweets and seasonings. Some of the shop’s most popular varieties of umeboshi include sweet umeboshi made with honey, umeboshi with kombu kelp, and old-fashioned Shiso (Japanese basil) picked plums. With an advance reservation, visitors can tour the workshop and try making umeboshi and plum juice. The shop’s second floor is a café where you can enjoy tea and umeshu plum liqueur.

うめまつりの臨時駐車場の近くにあったので立ち寄ってみました。プレミアムダイヤモンド梅という、金箔がのった一粒の梅が300円で売られていました。
Tamai Shohonpo Osakaya Sanuemon Store

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Wakayama Pref. Aridagunyuasachou Yuasa 531

Said to be the origin of soy sauce, this long-established store has been making Kishu Kinzanji Miso for over 400 years. The unchanging hand-made recipe has been passed from father to son and is famous as a local specialty of Yuasa. Kishu Kinzanji Miso is made by picking vegetables such as gourds, eggplant, ginger, and beefsteak plant in rice, soy beans, and barley malt. This is great with rice or as snacks with liquor. To locals it’s an almost indispensable side dish for the local cuisine, Kishu Tea Porridge. The nearest train station is Yuasa Station.
Meijuan

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Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Ryujinmuranishi 360-1

This local cafe is located in Ryujin Village, Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture. The owner used to work as a French chef and fell in love with the Nanko-ume plums of Wakayama, so he moved here and opened this establishment. The floor hearths and sash windows evoke a nostalgic atmosphere. There’s croque-monsieur, warm soup, salad with handmade plum dressing, and more.
Ryujin Heart

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Ryujinmuraryujin 165

This café and shop built next to the Ryujin Roadside Station in Ryujin Village, Tanabe City, Wakayama stands out for its steepled log cabin design. It is operated by a group of women with a goal of revitalizing the region and inside the shop you’ll find additive-free goods for sale made from local ingredients. Here you can find local Ryujin souvenirs such as Yuzubeshi, which is a delicacy of barley miso and peanut mixed up and stuffed inside a yuzu citrus, or karinto sweet fried snacks made from rice dregs. In the café corner enjoy a light meal with options such as Ryujin miso croquettes, yuzu citrus juice, and cakes.
Yottette Gobo Store

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Wakayama Pref. Goboushi Fujitachou Yoshida 537-1

This farmer's market located on Prefectural Route 26 in Yoshida, Fujita Town, Gobo City, sells agricultural produce direct from farmers. They sell farm products and processed food stuffs including fresh, safe, and inexpensive vegetables, fruits and flowers, such as cucumber, melon, small watermelons, and sea lavender, etc. The store aims to bring farmers and consumers together to reduce costs and make savings.
Mori-no-Panya-san

4.5

3 Reviews

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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。
Kakunaga Main Store

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Wakayama Arida-gun Yuasacho Yuasa 7
Horikawaya Nomura

4.0

1 Reviews

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Wakayama Gobo-shi Sono 743

This brewery is located a five-minute walk from Nishi-Gobo Station on the Kishu Railway. Best known for its famous Mitsuboshi Soy Sauce, it is the oldest extant brewery in Wakayama Prefecture, which is believed to be one of the places where soy sauce was first produced in Japan. The brewery continues to make its soy sauce by hand the traditional way using carefully-selected domestic ingredients without the use of any preservatives or artificial additives. Mitsuboshi Soy Sauce is a dark soy sauce with a sweetness and savoriness that can only come from domestic soybeans, a sharp flavor, and a clean aftertaste. Their popular Kinzanji Miso has little bits of gourd, eggplant, red shisho leaves, ginger, and other fresh local summer vegetables blended into the paste.

御坊にある醤油と金山寺味噌のお店。和歌山では湯浅の角長とここが老舗の双璧なんだそうです。若いご主人がもとは回船問屋だったが、片手間で作っていた醤油と金山寺味噌が本業になりましたと説明してくれました。
Amadaya

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Wakayama Gobo-shi Yukawacho Takara 664-6

This venerable miso paste manufacturer is located a five-minute drive from Gakumon Station on the Kishu Railway. Established in 1808, the company makes and sells the Kishu Kinzanji Miso brand of handcrafted additive-free miso. Kinzanji Miso is made using traditional methods by inoculating domestic rice, barley, and soybeans with Aspergillus oryzae mold to create a koji fermentation starter, adding gourd, eggplant, ginger, and shiso leaf, and then fermenting the mixture with salt and sugar. The all-natural, artificial flavoring and additive-free miso makes it an excellent topping for a bowl of rice or ochazuke (tea and rice soup). We also recommend their barley miso, which combines the mild sweetness produced by the koji with the rich aroma of barley, as well as their white miso, which has a light and sweet flavor.
Farmers' Market Yottette, Inari Main Building

4.5

4 Reviews

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Wakayama Tanabe-shi Inaricho 270-1

"This farmer's makert is located five minutes from the Nanki Tanabe Interchange on the Hanwa Expressway via National Route 42. Producers sell not only their best fresh vegetables but also various citrus fruits throughout the year in this farmers' and fishers' market whose motto is ""Fresh, Reliable, Cheap."" Especially popular is the Fish Products Section, where customers can obtain fresh fish sent directly from the fishers who caught them, as well as homemade cakes sweets, and other processed foods made by local producers. On the second floor is the casual Yottette Cafe, along with a section that sells dried plums, plum wine, and other products derived from plums. On the same property is the farm-to-table buffet restaurant Hachijuhachiya."

観光客向けのお土産屋さんを想像していったら、観光客だけでなく地元の人と思われる人たちも買い物に来ていました。新鮮な野菜や果物、地元の味が一か所で手に入るからでしょうか。果物や野菜のコーナーがかなり広く、たくさんの種類を見ながら選べるのが良かったです。ほとんどの人が１階だけを利用しているようですが、２階にもお土産屋さんとフルーツパーラ―、３階にも簡単な休憩コーナーがあり、施設が充実していました。
Tanaume Main Store

4.0

1 Reviews

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Wakayama Tanabe-shi Fukuromachi 39

Located about a ten-minute drive from the Nanki Tanabe Interchange on the Hanwa Expressway via National Route 42, near the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route, this is a venerable shop, founded in 1865, that sells Kamaboko (ready-to-eat processed seafood maintaining the taste and amount of protein of the fish). The shop's methods for making Kamaboko have remained unchanged since its founding, and each day begins with cutting fish into three slices by hand. The famous local specialty Nanbayaki is made by minced white croaker and shaping it into squares before roasting. The popular Gobomaki is made by mixing ground fish with lightly simmered burdock root, wrapping it in fish skin, and roasting it. Freshly made Kamaboko can be purchased in the shop, although the exact varieties may vary from day to day.

田辺市内にある老舗の天ぷら屋さん。お店の構えからして、見るからに雰囲気があります。いただいた丸天がめちゃめちゃおいしい。少し甘さがあるような柔らかさもちょうどいい。私の中では最高峰の天ぷらだと思います。
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.
Ki no Sato

4.0

2 Reviews

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Wakayama Tanabe-shi Hongucho Hongu 228-1

This is a large souvenir shop located next to Kumano Hongu Shrine. It stocks things such as pickled plums, products made from unique local citrus fruits, Kisei plum wine, local sake, and other souvenirs of the Kumano area. Light meals are available inside, and since the interior is large, visitors can take their time looking over the merchandise. The shop is equipped with a parking lot that accommodates eight buses and 60 cars, and walking a bit from the parking lot and going up the stairs brings one to Kumano Hongu Shrine.

熊野本宮大社のお参り後に訪れました。迷ったあげく、レモンシャーベットを頂きましたが、みかんアイスバーにすれば良かったです。
Hachiya

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Wakayama Tanabe-shi Hongucho Hongu 471-1

This is a grocer's shop located a ten-minute walk from Kumano Hongu Shrine. It specializes in Kumano beef, Wakayama's specialty Wagyu and offers whichever cuts of meats most suitable for the dish such as steak, sukiyaki, shabushabu (do-it-yourself beef stew), or yakiniku (grilled meat),. The finest meat for barbecuing comes highly recommended due to its perfect balance between red meat and marbling. The products it handles include vegetables and fish, so the shop attracts a wide variety of customers, from local residents to tourists visiting the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route. English-speaking employees can easily accept foreign visitors.
Ryujin Jigama Tofu Kobo Loin

3.5

2 Reviews

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Wakayama Tanabe-shi Ryujinmura Komatagawa 259

This tofu shop and cafe is located about a five-minute drive from Ryujin Onsen or a short walk from Komatagawa Onsen. The tofu shop closes as soon as it sells out of its firm “Jigama Tofu,” which is made in a traditional cauldron. It can also be purchased on an old-fashioned bamboo strainer. They also sell products that offer up novel ways to eat such as Jigama Tofu bottled in olive oil. The cafe, which is only open on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, serves lunches, sweets made from fresh soy milk and their weekend-only tofu donuts and tofu pudding, and more.

有名な龍神のとうふ料理店。よく聞くので大変おいしいんだろうと期待しましたが・・。やっぱり豆腐は豆腐で、私の口にはあまり・・って感じでした。料理も中心はやっぱり豆腐なのでちょっと薄めのお味な気が・・。身内にきくと、「おからのほうがおいしいよ」という話だったので、おからを買ってくればよかったと思いました。雰囲気はいいです。
Ume Ichiban (Minabe Store)

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Wakayama Hidaka-gun Minabecho Haneta 1540

Situated along National Route 42 in a residential neighborhood on the south side of Minabe Town near Kashima Island, this shop sells umeboshi pickled plums and other products made with Japanese plums. In addition to umeboshi such as the shop's signature Ogonzuke umeboshi pickled with honey, a style of umeboshi the Ume Ichiban company invented; the establishment also sells other foods made with Japanese plums, umeshu plum liqueur, and original Japanese knickknacks. The shop's selection includes products sold no place else. In the shop's adjoining cafe area, you can have coffee, matcha green tea, and desserts, as well as confections made by the Ume Ichiban company.
Yamasaki Shuhoen

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Wakayama Hidaka-gun Minabecho Kitado 222

"This shop, located a short distance north of JR Minabe Station, has been making and selling various foods using Japanese plums exclusively from Wakayama since 1855. Particularly recommended is the shop's signature Fujiume, which is also a registered trademark of the shop. The product's name literally means ""Forbidden Plums,"" and is derived from the fact that when it was presented to a lord as a present, he praised it and ordered more to be made yet also forbade the commoners from making it for themselves. Producing this exquisite food is labor-intensive: Japanese plums are pickled in salt and further marinated in sugar, then wrapped in shiso leaves and pickled again for an additional three months. The shop can export its goods internationally for people living overseas. Some of the other products the shop sells include umeboshi pickled plums as well as plum extract and garlic marinated with plum paste and dried bonito flakes."
Hanamitsu (Minabe Store)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Hidaka-gun Minabecho Kitado 236

This longstanding Japanese confectionary company shop is located a short distance north of Minabe Station. Established around 1895, the company has even received an award from the prefectural government given to businesses which have been operating in Wakayama for a century or more. The company is particularly famous for its Kokyu Mikasa, a type of dorayaki pancake sandwich which is very popular and which is stuffed with sweet, high quality Tanba dainagon adzuki beans grown in Tokachi, and a heaping helping of whipped cream mixed with bean paste and honey. The company also offers a seasonal strawberry version in summer and a chestnut one in autumn. Another popular product is the daifuku rice cakes stuffed with Hassaku orange. The shop only normally closes on New Year's Day.

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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.