WakayamaShrines & TemplesWakayama
Awashima Shrine
A shrine at Kada in Wakayama City, its grounds filled with dolls sent from all over Japan.
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WakayamaShrines & TemplesWakayama
Saki-no-Yu
An open-air bath at Shirahama, a rock tub facing the sea, said to date from the age of the Man'yoshu.
Wakayama
Important Traditional Buildings Preservation District
A townscape in Yuasa, the only preservation district of traditional buildings in the prefecture, and a soy-sauce brewing town.
WakayamaArchitectureShingu
Kamikura Shrine
A shrine partway up Mount Kamikura in Shingu, held to be where the Kumano deity first descended, at the top of 538 stone steps.
Kainan
Kuroe Townscape
A townscape at Kuroe in Kainan. In this Kishu lacquerware district the houses stand in a sawtooth line.
WakayamaShrines & TemplesWakayama
Kishu Toshogu Shrine
A shrine founded in 1621, honouring Tokugawa Ieyasu and the first lord of the Kishu domain. Its main hall is an important cultural property.
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Kokokuji Temple
A temple in Yura, built in 1227 for the repose of Minamoto no Sanetomo.
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Shionomisaki Lighthouse
A lighthouse at the southern tip of Honshu, first lit in 1873.
WakayamaArt & CraftsShingu
Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine
One of the three Kumano shrines, with vermilion halls; part of the World Heritage property.
WakayamaArt & CraftsHidakagawa
Dojoji Temple
A temple in Hidakagawa, said to date from 701, the setting of the legend of Anchin and Kiyohime.
Wakayama
Negoro-ji Temple
Head temple of Shingi Shingon in Iwade, about 900 years old, with a great pagoda that is a national treasure.
WakayamaArchitectureKatsuragi
Niutsuhime Shrine
A shrine in the Amano basin in Katsuragi, said to be over 1,700 years old; part of the World Heritage property.
Wakayama
Nachi-san Seiganto-ji Temple
A temple on Mount Nachi, the first stop of the Saigoku 33 pilgrimage, with Nachi Falls seen past its three-storey pagoda.
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Kumano Kodo Daimon-zaka
About 500 metres of stone-paved slope on the Kumano Kodo toward Nachi Taisha, lined with cedars.
WakayamaCulture & History
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Michino-eki Ryujin Gomadanzan Sky Tower
A roadside station midway along the Koya-Ryujin Skyline, with a 33-metre viewing tower.
WakayamaCulture & HistoryWakayama
Wakaura Tenmangu Shrine
A shrine in Wakayama City honouring Sugawara no Michizane, counted among Japan's three great Tenjin shrines.
TottoriShrines & TemplesTottori
Hakuto Shrine
A shrine in Tottori City, tied to the myth of the white hare of Inaba and revered for matchmaking.
TottoriCulture & HistoryChizu
Chizu-juku
A post town in Chizu, keeping the streets of what was the largest such town in the prefecture in the Edo period.
TottoriCulture & HistoryWakasa
Fudo-in Iwayado
A temple hall in Wakasa, built on a stage inside a natural rock cave; an important cultural property.
TottoriShrines & TemplesTottori
Ube Shrine
The first shrine of Inaba province, in Tottori City, once used in the design of a banknote.