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Wakayama Prefecture

Wakayama Prefecture 

Kii Oshima Island: Kansai’s Southernmost Island

June 6, 2020March 28, 2022 KansaiOdyssey Hiking, Nature, South Wakayama

 Just off the tip of the Kii Peninsula, near the small town of Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture is Kii Oshima

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Wakayama Prefecture 

Kashinozaki Lighthouse and the Friendship of Japan and Turkey

June 1, 2020July 8, 2020 KansaiOdyssey Japanese History, South Wakayama

Some of Japan’s best known and closest international relationships are with China, Korea, and America among others. But one of

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Wakayama Prefecture 

Seiganto-ji Temple, First of the Saigoku Pilgrimage

February 22, 2020June 8, 2020 KansaiOdyssey Saigoku Kannon, Temples, South Wakayama

Resting at the tip of the Kii Penisula, far away from any nearby cities, is the first, and oldest temple

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Wakayama Prefecture 

Kumano Nachi Taisha: Sacred Kumano

January 25, 2020June 8, 2020 KansaiOdyssey Nature, Shrines, South Wakayama

Three hours south from Osaka will take you to Kii-Katsuura. Often over-looked by foreign tourists i a an area famous

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Wakayama Prefecture 

Mehari-zushi: Wakayama’s Traditional Wide-Eye Sushi

January 20, 2020June 8, 2020 KansaiOdyssey Traditional Food, South Wakayama

Wakayama Prefecture has a wealth of  traditional local foods, hands down one of the more popular dishes is mehari-zushi. Though

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Wakayama Prefecture 

Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Sacred Gotobiki Iwa

January 18, 2020January 23, 2022 KansaiOdyssey Shrines, South Wakayama

The most sacred pilgrimage in West Japan is the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, but  even more popular is the Kumano Sanzan. 

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Wakayama Prefecture 

Kumano Hongu Taisha, the Shrine of Yatagarasu

January 11, 2020June 8, 2020 KansaiOdyssey Shrines, South Wakayama

Deep within the forested mountains of the Kii Peninsula is Kumano Hongu Taisha [熊野本宮大社], one of the most famous shrines

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