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Shirahama

Category

Adventure World

4.0

23 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou Katata 2399

This entertainment complex opened in 1978 focusing on the theme of interaction between people, animals, and nature includes a theme park, aquarium, and zoo. The zoo has succeeded in breading a total of 12 pandas, the greatest number outside China itself. In the popular Panda Love exhibit, daily backyard tours are held (advance reservation required). In the Safari World, visitors can view the animals up close in environments close to their natural habitats from vehicles such as a special bus. There are also walkable areas to stroll through. During the summer break period, the park remains open in the evening as well.

リブロースステーキセット、あらびきハンバーグセット、ライオンポテト、生ビール（大）コーラ、で￥６５００ほどでした。ファミレスで言うならロイホっぽい価格帯。味は悪くなくごはんの炊き具合も良かったです。テーブルクロスが塗り絵になっているのですが、色鉛筆が尖っていないタイプなので色鉛筆を持ち込むとよりお子さんも喜ぶと思います。
Shirahama Aquarium, Kyoto University

4.0

129 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 459

This aquarium is annexed to the Kyoto University marine laboratory, and it’s open to the public for a fee. There are four different exhibits, with sharks, rays, large migratory fish, species from the neighboring waters, freshwater fish, and more on display. It also has one of the country’s best collections of invertebrates, including sea anemones, sea cucumbers, and more. There’s a 250-ton tank as well, making this a popular tourist spot. It’s also great for academic study.

This is an aquarium located in the marine station of Kyoto University. Its small, but highly educational. Professors take time to curate maybe during weekdays. Entrance fee is only 600¥, free for...
Shirahama Energy Land

3.5

113 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 3083

Come experience this mystery filled theme park centered around ''People and Natural Energy!'' Try a variety challenges to overcome including The Maze, or Solar Town where you can learn all about renewable energy. Check out the mysterious pictures that fool your eyes with optical illusions in the Trick Art House. With these and many more there are a lot of ways to have fun while learning!

以前から気にはなってましたので、行程の都合上パンダの前に寄ってみました。中はエンタメに振ってる行政がやってそうな科学館みたいな感じですが、入場料は行政ぽくありません（汗）子供はミステリーハウスではしゃいでました。小学生くらいの家族連れは結構見ましたが、子供はみんな楽しそうでした。大人はめまいする…とか言ってる人もいました。うちの子供は360°立体シアターの方を気に入って2種類見てました。ロ...
Nanki Shirahama Toretore Market

Shopping

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou Katata 2521

Located in Shirahama Town, Nishimuro County, Wakayama Prefecture, Toretore Market is one of the largest seafood markets in western Japan and is operated by the local Katata Fishery Cooperative. Boasting grounds some 50 thousand square meters in size, the market is filled with fresh seafood not only from Wakayama but around the country. A diverse array of processed goods, meats, vegetables, and even Wakayama souvenirs are sold here, and the market bustles constantly with visitors. Market highlights include the giant tanks filled with fish swimming around while waiting to be sold and the popular tuna butchering shows. Visitors can eat sushi and seafood rice bowls at Toretore Yokocho; the market’s seafood barbecue is also popular.
Sandanbeki Cave

4.0

54 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 2927-52

This is a cave formed by years of sea erosion and is set into one of the famous sheer cliffs of Japan, the Sandanbeki cliff. It is a spot for invaluable study of fossilized ripples of stone caused by waves and currents, and rock crevasses surging with the tide. It is said that this cave was the hideout for the Kumano navy ships in the Genpei War during the Heian Period. Inside the cave is a restored Kumano navy barrack, and it enshrines Japan’s largest bronze benzaiten deity of water, the Muro-dai-benzaiten.

This cave is a bit scary but interesting place. Entrance fee is ¥1300. 夜の観光も行っている日がありました。足湯はやっていませんでした(ご時世？)。千畳敷から徒歩20分程です。エレベーターで洞窟まで降りるのですが、中は滑りやすいため注意して歩きました。
Minakata Kumagusu Museum

4.5

86 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 3601-1

This museum uses written and other materials to present the achievements of Kumagusu Minakata, natural historian and folklorist from Wakayama Prefecture. The museum displays over 700 items, including his beloved glasses, research equipment, and samples of plants collected overseas. There is also an exhibit where visitors can view via microscope the slime mold Minakata gave a lecture on to Emperor Hirohito. Located on the tip of a peninsula, the 360-degree panoramic view from the museum’s roof is stunning. (Note: The museum is currently closes for construction. The main and new buildings are scheduled to open March 19, 2017.)

みなかたくまくす、というのは本名。明治時代の日本人に海外の著名な学者たちと交流のあったひとがいたとは驚きです。幼少のおりから人並外れた才能の持ち主で上京後、さらに米国と英国に行き粘菌をはじめとした植物学を極めたうえその知的欲求は民俗学にまで及んだという知の巨人です。館内にはこのひとが残した書き物や私物が綺麗に展示されています。白浜温泉街の中心部からはやや離れたところにある岬のうえにあり、記念館に...
Fisherman’s Wharf Shirahama

4.0

51 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 1667-22

This leisure and resort area in Shirahama Town, Nishimuro County of Wakayama Prefecture has a fresh seafood market operated by local fishers, a restaurant, and a diving base. Visitors enjoy eating the freshly caught fish and shellfish, displayed on the stalls, right there on the spot. One can enjoy Japanese food, Italian, or seafood barbecue from the four restaurant shops on the wharf. Divers can choose from various course levels; from a easy diving encounter, up to boat diving for more experienced divers. Even beginners can safely try diving here at the Nanki Shirahama waters.

This spot is next to the beach and relatively easy to find. It serves good seafood dons. So if you are around, it is a good lunch spot. Seafood was fresh and reasonable price.
Shirahama Onsen Tore Tore no Yu

4.0

27 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou Katata 2508

A day trip hot spring bath facility located in front of Tore Tore Market in Shirahama Town, Nishimuro County, Wakayama Prefecture. Here visitors can enjoy the waters of the Shirahama Onsen hot spring, considered one of the three oldest in Japan. The facility offers an abundant variety of baths and other facilities, including an open air bath overlooking the Pacific Ocean, a rock bath, high grade ubame oak charcoal bath, and bath designed to accommodate a fully reclined position. The facility also has a spacious indoor bath, carbonated bath, and stone sauna, and customers can enjoy slowly trying out each one. The facility has a restaurant serving mainly Japanese food and a rest area with tatami mats as well.

A fabulous half day spa experience after walking the Kumano Kodo. Easy to get to by public transport. Bus stop is a 2 minute walk away. I spent hours here in the selection of indoor and outdoor hot...
Shirarahama Beach

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou

A beautiful swimming beach considered one of the best of the Kinki region whose white sands stretch for 640 meters. Generally opened to the public around May 3 each year, the earliest on the main island of Honshu, the beach is popular for its equatorial beach resort-like atmosphere. In addition, Shirasuna, a large, pool-like mixed sex open-air bath (bathing suit required) is open year-round and can be used as a foot bath in winter.
Chosei no Yu

4.5

24 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou

This daytrip hot spring facility is located in Shirahama Town, Nishimuro County, Wakayama Prefecture, and its charmingly plain appearance reflects the old wooden warehouse it was built in. There are two open-air baths as well as an indoor bath with a Showa-period ambience where you can stretch your legs and relax. The open-air baths are surrounded by trees that are beautiful in all seasons, with cherry blossoms in spring and rich foliage in autumn. They sell “hot spring eggs” at the front, and there’s a Wakayama ramen shop too.

南紀白浜の中心部へ行く途中で寄ったが、海に近いのに露天風呂の周囲は木々が多く、山の中にいるようでゆっくり入れる。お湯は塩分が高いがぬるぬる感がある。クセは強くないが良い泉質。贅沢感はないが、お湯を楽しむ立ち寄り湯。
Roadside Station Tsubaki Hana no yu

4.0

18 Reviews

Transportation

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou Tsubaki 1058-1

This roadside station is on National Route 42 approximately five minutes by car from JR Tsubaki Station. Shirahama Town's Tsubaki area is famous for its natural hot springs that are said to be great for the skin. While it has the regular roadside station services like tourist information and special products, it also has a footbath and a public bath where you can enjoy their free-flowing hot spring water. Their family bath is a nice way to have a soak together. Buying a book of entry tickets will provide you a discount on each bath. They have a vending machine where you can purchase hot spring hot water too. Their eatery serves such regular dishes as set meals and rice bowls.

道の駅というよりは小さな入浴施設に軽食コーナーが併設されているという感じです。温泉はアルカリ性（pH 9.9）の単純硫黄温泉で肌がツルツルとなります。一人用の檜風呂は35℃ほどの源泉のまま、メイン浴槽は41℃ほどの適温に加温しているようです。日曜日でしたが混雑していませんでした。入浴料は600円ですがJAF優待で100円引きになります。
Sandanbeki

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou

Extending out for about two kilometers, Sandanbeki features 50-meter tall large rock walls comprised of columnar joints and is a Place of Scenic Beauty for its precipitous cliffs. On top of the cliffs is a viewing platform which allows visitors to gaze out at the scenery of the magnificent Pacific Ocean. Also close to the viewing platform is a cave that, according to legend, is where Kumano pirates (and later Kumano navy members) hid their boats during the Genji and Heike battle. Inside the cave is Japan’s largest bronze statue of the goddess Benzaiten, and it is possible to ride an elevator down into the cave from the top of the cliffs.
Shirarayu

4.0

22 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou Shirahama 3313-1

A hot spring which retains an old fashioned public bath house feel located along the popular Shirarahama Beach. An old fashioned attendant’s booth stands at the entrance. Bathers can look out over the white sands and blue ocean nearby from spacious windows, giving the baths an airy, open feel. In summer, the bath house bustles with swimmers from the beach cleaning up before heading home.

ただ単純に温泉を堪能するだけの温泉でした。お湯は塩分強めですがベタつきはなく、体が温まりました。炭酸温泉とか、サウナが無いのは全然いいのですが、露天風呂はほしかったなーという個人的な感想です。
Senjojiki

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou

Facing the ocean from the tip of Setozaki Cape, Senjojiki is a vast bedrock formation that looks as though countless tatami mats were spread out along the shore. The formation is composed of soft white sandstone, and the magnificent scenery formed by waves hitting the shore over many years is truly overwhelming. This is also a popular spot to watch the sunset.
Rivage Spa Hikigawa Nagisanoyu

4.5

12 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou Hiki 1013-25

This hot spring inn is approximately 20 minutes by car from Nanki Shirahama Airport. It's near Bear's Rock on the Shihara Coast that's said to look like the face of a bear. Facing the ocean off Shirahama, staying over provides the chance to see the fantastic sight of the lights from squid boats floating on the pitch-black sea. It's Nagisanoyu is a strongly alkaline simple hot spring with a pH of 10.1. Available for day use as well as overnight stays, the water is known for beautifying effects on the skin like easing callus removal. You can enjoy this hot spring water in their open-air bath, their large public bath, and their foot bath.

PH10.1以上の圧倒的「湯ジカラ」の「うたい文句」に引かれて、宿泊に伺いました。夕食の前に一風呂-と思い入浴。確かにお湯は「トロトロ」まるでアロエの薄めた液が肌にまとわり付く感じです。夜５時近くなのに結構な入浴客です。後で知りましたが、此処のホテルは「日帰り入浴客」がam11-pm9迄入浴出来る普通の温泉ホテルでは考えられないシステム、日帰り客優先の様なシステム？になっていて、宿泊客はpm９時...
Engetsu Island (Takashima)

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou

Engetsu Island, officially named “Takashima” and locally seen as a symbol of Shirahama, is a small island floating off Rinkaiura Beach. The island is 130 meters long north to south, 35 meters east to west, and is 25 meters tall at its highest point. The island has come to be known as Engetsu, meaning “full moon,” due to the round, full moon-like hole in the center of the island which has formed due to marine erosion. Also a well-known the beauty of its sunset, the island as been selected as having one of the 100 best sunsets in Wakayama Prefecture. Sunset occurs around 6:30 pm in summer and 4:30 pm in winter. During the spring and autumn equinox, visitors can enjoy the site of the setting sun passing perfectly through the island’s hole.
Saki-no-yu Hot Spring

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 1668

Together with Arima Onsen and Dogo Onsen, Shirahama Onsen is considered one of the best hot spring areas in Japan, and this particularly hot spring bathing facility boasts 1,350 years of history. Saki-noyu Hot Spring even appears in the Nihon Shoki and the Man’yoshu, Japan’s two oldest collections of poetry. It is recorded that the hot spring was frequented by emperors and the nobility. The open-air bath has been considered one of the seven great hot spring baths in the area since ancient times. Located so close to the sea you can get sprayed by the crashing waves, bathers can enjoy the hot waters while gazing out over the majestic Pacific Ocean.
Heisogen Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 2054-1

Heisogen Park offers a panoramic view of the town of Nanki Shirahama. There are approximately 2,000 cherry trees in the park, and during blooming season, the park is filled with visitors enjoying the blossoms day after day. The two-kilometer perimeter of the park has been set up as a field athletic course that is popular with families.
Sukumadani Kannon Temple

4.0

8 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunkamitondachou Ikuma 313

This temple with a roughly 1,300-year history is about 25 minutes by car from the spa town of Nanki-Shirahama Onsen. It was established by En-no-Gyoja, the founder of the mountain ascetic practice known as Shugendo. The temple's principal object of worship is Bato Kanzeon Bosatsu. It is said to be the oldest and largest sacred spot for better fortune and warding off evil in southern Wakayama Prefecture, and can accommodate whatever wish you may have. It is also known for its cherry blossoms, hydrangeas, and autumn leaves. In addition to monthly Goma fire rituals, their prayer and memorial services held throughout the year are open to all.

１月の三連休であったので初詣客でにぎわっていました。たまたま、秘仏御開帳が行われていて、新年からラッキーでした。
Shirasuna

4.0

6 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Wakayama Pref. Nishimurogunshirahamachou 864

An outdoor bath constantly filled from a natural hot spring located next to Shirarahama Beach, popular for its white sands and equatorial resort-like atmosphere. Spacious and pool-like in design, you can enjoy a dip while still in your bathing suit after a swim in the sea. In winter, the bath is kept at 43 degrees and benches are provided so visitors can use it as a foot bath.

白良浜にあります。海水浴後に利用。夏季期間は有料です。砂を落として入りました。気軽に利用できるのでおすすめです。

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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.