
Wakayama
Wakayama is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region. It lies at the mouth of the Kinokawa River on the northwestern Kii Peninsula, facing the Kii Channel. The city grew as the castle town of the Kii Domain, ruled by the Kii branch of the Tokugawa from 1619. Wakayama City was established in 1889 and was heavily damaged by air raids in 1945 before rebuilding as a regional center. Wakayama Castle, originally built in 1585 by Toyotomi Hidenaga and now reconstructed, anchors a hilltop park with a small history museum. Kimii-dera temple, a stop on the Saigoku Kannon pilgrimage, is noted for early cherry blossoms. The Wakanoura area is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty. Wakayama Port runs ferries to Tokushima, and Nankai Electric Railway links the city to Osa...
Temples et Sanctuaires à Wakayama

Kumagawa
Sanctuaire Shinto
Kimii-dera
Temple Bouddhiste
Huit cent huit marches en pierre mènent du pied de la montagne au hall principal. Texte à traduire : Kumano Nachi Taisha
Temple BouddhisteKumano Nachi Taisha, un sanctuaire Kumano Sanzan, est un sanctuaire shinto orange et blanc situé sur le mont Nachi. Il abrite les 12 divinités de Kumano ainsi que la divinité des chutes de Nachi, en faisant une destination clé pour les pèlerins sur le chemin historique de pèlerinage Kumano Kodo.





