# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Koyasan Okunoin](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/koyasan-okunoin): Wakayama, Temple. The most sacred site on Mount Koya, featuring Japan's largest cemetery along a mystical forest path to Kobo Daishi's mausoleum.
- [Kumano Nachi Taisha](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kumano-nachi-taisha): Wakayama, Shrine. One of the three Kumano Grand Shrines, perched on a mountainside next to Nachi Falls and Seiganto-ji's three-story pagoda, the most photographed view in the Kumano region.
- [Porto Europa](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/porto-europa): Wakayama, Theme park. A theme park on the man-made island of Wakayama Marina City built to look like a Mediterranean port town, with rides, seasonal illuminations and free admission to the streets themselves.
- [Kumano Kodo](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kumano-kodo): Wakayama, Attraction. UNESCO-listed ancient pilgrimage trails through sacred mountains, linking grand shrines of the Kii Peninsula.
- [Tore Tore Market](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tore-tore-market): Wakayama, Market. One of western Japan's largest seafood markets where visitors can buy fresh fish, dine at seafood restaurants, and enjoy barbecue.
- [Engetsuto](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/engetsuto): Wakayama, Landmark. A small island in Shirahama Bay with a wave-carved hole through its center. During equinoxes, the sun sets directly through the arch.
- [Kumano Hongu Taisha](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kumano-hongu-taisha): Wakayama, Shrine. The head shrine of over 3,000 Kumano shrines across Japan, serving as the spiritual endpoint of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails.
- [Wakayama Marina City](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/wakayama-marina-city): Wakayama, Attraction. An artificial island resort featuring the Mediterranean-themed Porto Europa park, Kuroshio Market fish market, and onsen facilities.
- [Shirahama Beach](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shirahama-beach): Wakayama, Beach. One of Japan's most famous beaches, known for its pristine white sand and crystal clear waters on the Kii Peninsula.
- [Nachi Falls](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nachi-falls): Wakayama, Attraction. Japan's tallest single-drop waterfall at 133 meters, a sacred site of the Kumano pilgrimage for over a thousand years.
- [Sandanbeki](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sandanbeki): Wakayama, Attraction. Towering 50-meter sea cliffs along the Shirahama coast with an elevator descending to a cave once used by Kumano pirates.
- [Ryujin Onsen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ryujin-onsen): Wakayama, Onsen. A mountain hot spring town in the former Ryujin village of Tanabe, counted among Japan's three beauty waters for its smooth sodium bicarbonate spring.
- [Tomogashima](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tomogashima): Wakayama, Island. A cluster of uninhabited islands in the Kitan Strait off Wakayama, where overgrown Meiji-era gun batteries and brick tunnels swallowed by forest have earned it the nickname 'the Castle in the Sky island.' Reached by ferry from Kada Port, with a 2.5 to 4 hour hiking loop past the famous No. 3 Battery ruins and a white Western-style lighthouse.
- [Awashima Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/awashima-shrine): Wakayama, Shrine. A seaside shrine in Kada dedicated to Sukunahikona, associated with women's health and known for the thousands of dolls left here for memorial services.
- [Wakayama Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/wakayama-castle): Wakayama, Castle. A reconstructed hilltop castle originally built in 1585, offering panoramic views over Wakayama city and surrounding mountains.

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Last updated: 2026-10-26