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  • Kotonoura Onzan Souen
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
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    Wakayama Pref. Kainanshi Funo 370
    This cottage garden was erected by Chojiro Nitta, the founder of Nitta Corporation, from the start of the Taisho period until the start of the Showa period. Located in Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture, it is the largest personal garden in Japan. The water levels of the three ponds, which draw water from the sea, change according to the tides, a rare design. There are pine trees and garden stones, and the beautiful layout is dotted with a teahouse with a thatched roof, a tatami room, and more. It has even been designated a “place of scenic beauty,” and the buildings are Important Cultural Properties.

    西宮にある素晴らしい洋館、旧新田邸をつくった、ニッタの創業者の別荘。大正から昭和初期にかけて造園された庭園は、大名庭園にも匹敵する素晴らしい庭園です。今は埋めたてられて海はのぞめませんが、当時は海ものぞめた名勝の地にあります。庭園内の主屋や茶室など建物は国の重要文化財指定で、娘婿の木子七郎の設計。主屋や茶室、浜座敷の内部も欄間や天井板、金具など細かいところまで見所が多いです。

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  • Washigamine Cosmos Park
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    4.5
    11 Reviews
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    Wakayama Pref. Aridagunaridagawachou Nagatani 244-2
    "Located about a 30-minute drive from the Arita Interchange, this park stands at the summit of Washigamine Peak with an altitude of 586 meters. As its name suggests, its most distinctive feature is that it is covered by an expanse of cosmos flowers, an incredible sight from late September to early October. It is also known as a prime flower-viewing site from early to mid May when the azaleas are in full bloom. Since the park is on top of a mountain, visitors can see as far as Awajishima island or Shikoku on clear days. Within the park is a building designed to suggest a soaring eagle, called "" Cosmos-to-Kaze-no-Yakata,"" which contains a rest area where visitors can watch the scenery as they eat packed lunches they have brought."

    昨年は、アプリのマップを頼りrに向かいましたが、みかん畑の細い道に迷い込み断念しました。今年は、道路脇の標識を便りに向かいました。途中、この道であっているのか不安になりながら、対向車と道を譲り合いながら、ようやく山頂に到着しました。和歌山や有田川の景色が一望できます。

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  • Aragijima Observatory
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    Wakayama Pref. Aridagunaridagawachou Mita196
    Knowns as the terraced rice fields of Aridagawacho, the beauty of the rice fields spreading out in a fan-shape led to it being chosen as one of “Japan’s Top Hundred Rice Fields.” A viewing platform has been constructed on the opposite shore of the Aritagawa River allowing you to enjoy the view of the rice fields through the changing seasons.
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  • Domekikyo Gorge
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    Wakayama Tanabe-shi Inaricho
    This is located a ten-minute drive from the Tanabe Interchange on the Hanwa Expressway. Lined with rocks that resemble toads, it is a scenic area in Hikiiwagun National Recreation Area. Nearly 300 Somei Yoshino and Yamazakura cherry trees have been planted there, so large numbers of people visit during the cherry blossom season from late March to early April. The Domeki Gorge Cherry Blossom Festival, during which the stands of trees are illuminated at night, is held during the blossoming season and attracts visitors who enjoy this unique method of seeing the blossoms. A walking path has been set up to a point among the rocks that offers an overview of the city of Tanabe. It is an ideal place for nature walks and hiking in every season of the year.
  • Nanakoshi-mine Peak
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    Wakayama Tanabe-shi Hongucho Takayama
    This peak is a 60-minute drive from the Kamitonda Interchange on the Kisei Expressway via National Routes 42 and 311. It stands to the east of Kumano Hongu Shrine and at the southern edge of the Omine Mountain Range. It is one of the Eight Scenes of Kumano Hongu, and it affords a view of Kumano Hongu Shrine and the old shrine site Oyu-no-Hara, the largest tori (shrine gate) in Japan and the village around the shrine. Nankoshi-no-mine Forest Park on the 260-meter peak boasts nearly 2000 cherry trees of different varieties, so it is a popular spot for people to view the spring blossoms. At the summit of the mountain, which enshrines the bodhisattava Enmei Jizo, is a stele featuring a poem by the 12th-century priest and poet Saigyo Hoshi.
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  • Yatagarasu Post Box
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    Wakayama Tanabe-shi Hongucho Hongu 1110 Kumano Hongu Taisha
    "This is located a 60-minute drive from the Kumano-Odamari Interchange on the Kisei Expressway via National Routes 42 311 and 168. It is a black post box set up under the sacred tree, Tarayo, of Kumano Hongu Shrine. Black is a sacred color, the sum of all colors, the color of Yatagarasu, the big legendary crow with three legs, said to be the incarnation and messenger of the god, and the color that symbolizes the ground that the shrine stands. The Japanese word for ""postcard"" (""hagaki"") means ""leaf writing,"" and it comes from the idea that people wrote on the underside of the leaves of Tarayo with their fingernails. The shrine office sells Yatagarasu Post votive plaques that can be sent through the mail as postcards and will provide commemorative stamps for travelers' albums."
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  • Kiminomerodeirodo
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    Wakayama Prefecture seaweed KoriOsamu Kimino-cho
  • Otaki Kawa Shinrinkoen
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    Wakayama Hidaka-gun Hidakagawacho Sanya
  • Kame Ike Park no Sakura
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    Wakayama Kainan-shi Sakai
  • Melody-Road
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    Wakayama Kaiso-gun Kiminocho Akagi
  • Miroku Bezaitenshashakusamura
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    Wakayama Pref. Kaisougunkiminochou Miroku
  • Kumano Shrine Noshirakashinorotaijugun
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    Wakayama Pref. Kaisougunkiminochou Ta 22
  • Zempukujino Kaya
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    Wakayama Pref. Kaisougunkiminochou Kachiya 243
  • Hinoshita No Ed Higanzakura
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    Wakayama Pref. Kaisougunkiminochou Hinoshita
  • Ueno Park no Sakura
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    Wakayama Arida-shi Miyazakicho 1166-1
  • Semuiji Temple no Sakura
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    Wakayama Arida-gun Yuasacho Suhara 1465
  • Futagawa Dam Kohan
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    Wakayama Arida-gun Aridagawacho Futagawa
  • Nu no Ike no Water Iris
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    Wakayama Arida-gun Aridagawacho Hikogase
  • Squirrel Nogunsei
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    Wakayama Pref. Goboushi Shioyachou Kitashioya
  • Tamakikano Camphor tree
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    Wakayama Pref. Hidakagunhidakachou Taie
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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.

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