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Wakayama Hidden Gems

Berceau des sentiers sacrés du Kumano Kodo et du mont Koya, Patrimoine mondial. Des chemins de pèlerinage millénaires, le centre du bouddhisme shingon, la cascade de Nachi (la plus haute du Japon en chute unique) et les plages de Shirahama offrent un voyage de renouveau spirituel et naturel.

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La péninsule spirituelle de Kii : une cité monastique au sommet de la montagne, des chemins de pèlerinage à travers les forêts de cèdres et des sources thermales sur un littoral pacifique tempéré.

Climat et meilleure saison

L'une des zones les plus pluvieuses du Japon ; chaud et humide, avec des hivers doux sur la côte et des nuits froides au Koyasan. Le printemps et l'automne sont parfaits pour la randonnée.

Spécialités culinaires

  • Mandarines mikan
  • Umeboshi
  • Ramen de Wakayama
  • Thon (Katsuura)

Lieux emblématiques

  • Hébergement en temple au Koyasan
  • Kumano Kodo (UNESCO)
  • Cascade de Nachi
  • Plage et onsen de Shirahama
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Koyasan Temple Town — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Wakayama· Koyasan

Koyasan Temple Town

Koyasan sits at 900 meters, a temple town of 117 buildings founded in 816 by Kukai (Kobo Daishi) as Shingon Buddhism's h…

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Nachi Falls & Kumano Nachi Taisha — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Wakayama· Nachikatsuura

Nachi Falls & Kumano Nachi Taisha

Nachi Falls (那智滝, Nachi-no-Taki) is Japan's tallest single-drop waterfall, plunging 133 meters from a sheer cliff into a…

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Kumano Nachi Taisha Fire Festival — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Wakayama· Nachikatsuura

Kumano Nachi Taisha Fire Festival

The Nachi-no-Hi Matsuri (那智の火祭り, Nachi Fire Festival), held annually on July 14th, is one of Japan's three great fire fe…

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Updated Aug 2026
Kimii-dera Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Wakayama· Wakayama City

Kimii-dera Temple

Kimii-dera (紀三井寺, 'Temple of Three Wells of Kii Province') is a hilltop temple complex founded in 770 AD, famous for its…

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Kumano Hongu Taisha — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Wakayama· Tanabe

Kumano Hongu Taisha

Kumano Hongu Taisha (熊野本宮大社) is the head shrine of the Kumano Sanzan (Three Grand Shrines) and spiritual terminus of the…

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Takijiri-oji Shrine — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Wakayama· Tanabe

Takijiri-oji Shrine

Takijiri-oji (滝尻王子) is the starting point of the Nakahechi Trail, the most popular Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route, and his…

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Okunoin Cemetery Night Walk — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Wakayama· Koyasan

Okunoin Cemetery Night Walk

Okunoin (奥之院) is a 2-kilometer path through 200,000 moss-covered tombstones and memorial monuments beneath towering 500-…

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Updated Aug 2026
Kongobu-ji Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Wakayama· Koyasan

Kongobu-ji Temple

Kongobu-ji (金剛峯寺) is the head temple of Shingon Buddhism and the administrative center of Koyasan's 117 temples, founded…

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