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Wakayama (prefecture)
Wakayama prefecture (和歌山県 Wakayama-ken) is in the western Kansai region of the main Japanese island Honshu.
Understand
Cities
Other destinations
- Mount Koya - mountaintop monastery town, the stronghold of mystical Shingon Buddhism and the site of Japan's strangest graveyard
Talk
Get in
By plane
By train
The main train hub is Wakayama, about one hour south of Osaka, or two hours to Kyoto on the Ocean Arrows limited express.
By bus
Get around
By train
A train line runs around the southern coastline. Other train services are sparse.
See
Shirahama beach is crowded with tourists every summer. The water is clear and there are lots of hotels near the beach.
The three shrines of Kumanokodo, namely Kumanohayatama, Kumanonachi and Kumanonimasu, have been named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Eat
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Get out
- Ise - small town in Mie prefecture with its famous shrines, can be reached by train
This page was last edited at 10:41, on 29 July 2008 by Wikitravel user Lit1981. Based on work by Jani Patokallio, Bujdosó Attila and Simone Bravo, Wikitravel user(s) Episteme, Shoestring and Kohhei and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.