Other Sightseeing Spot Spots in Kainan / Arita / Minabe / Tanabe Area

  • Kotonoura Onzan Souen
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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。

  • 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.
  • 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."
  • Kiminomerodeirodo
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    Wakayama Prefecture seaweed KoriOsamu Kimino-cho
  • Melody-Road
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    Wakayama Kaiso-gun Kiminocho Akagi
  • Miroku Bezaitenshashakusamura
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    Wakayama Pref. Kaisougunkiminochou Miroku
  • Kamishimanodanchiseishokubutu
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    Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture in Tanabewan
  • Yunominekida Jiseichi
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    Wakayama Pref. Tanabeshi Honguchouyunomine
  • Santai Tsuki
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    Wakayama Tanabe-shi Nakahechicho Chikatsuyu
  • Kaeru Bridge
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    Wakayama Hidaka-gun Inami Cho Inami
  • Tsubayama Lake Bridge
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    Wakayama Hidaka-gun Hidakagawacho Ubuyugawa

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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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