Wakayama

Population 353,299 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Visas and entry What your passport needs for Japan
Daylight 9 h 53 in Dec, dark by 16:50 · 14 h 25 in Jun
  1. January: 10 h 06 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 57 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 55 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 01 of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 56 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 25 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 14 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 28 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 26 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 23 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 24 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 53 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

All 36 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Tanakaguchi 2.5 km, Wakayamakō 2.6 km, Higashi-Matsue 2.9 km, Miyamae 3.0 km, Nichizengū 3.3 km, Nakamatsue 3.5 km, Kōzaki 4.2 km, Hachimanmae 4.7 km, Kamayama 4.7 km, Musota 4.9 km, Wakayamadaigakumae 5.1 km, Kimiidera 5.4 km, Nishinoshō 5.7 km, Kōtsū-Center-mae 5.8 km, 紀三井寺ケーブル山麓 5.8 km, Tainose 5.9 km, 紀三井寺ケーブル山上駅 5.9 km

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