Getting to Wakanoura
JR Wakayama Station is the best place to get off the train if you plan to explore the area by rail. For the Kuroe area, get off at JR Kainan Station. If you plan to travel by car, you can enjoy lots of ocean views.
Rail
From Osaka
Shin Osaka Station
About 1 hr. via limited express service on the JR Hanwa Line
Wakayama Station
About 10 min. via limited express service on the JR Kisei Line
Kainan Station
Namba Station
About 1 hr. via limited express service on the Nankai Line
Wakayamashi Station
Kansai International Airport
About 45 min. via the JR Kansai-airport Line and Hanwa Line (change trains at Hineno Station) About 40 min. via shuttle bus
Wakayama Station
Kansai International Airport
About 40 min. via the Nankai Airport Line and Nankai Line (change trains at Izumisano Station)
Wakayamashi Station
From Nara
Nara Station
About 1 hr. 30 min. via limited express service on the JR Yamatoji Line and Hanwa Line
Wakayama Station
From major sightseeing destinations in Wakayama Prefecture
Shingu Station
About 1 hr. 50 min. via limited express service on the JR Kisei Line
Shirahama Station
About 1 hr. 20 min. via limited express service on the JR Kisei Line
Kainan Station
About 10 min. via limited express service on the JR Kisei Line
Wakayama Station
- JR West:
- 0570-00-2486
- JR Central:
- 050-3772-3910
From JR Wakayama Station, Nankai Wakayamashi Station
- Wakayama Bus:
- http://transfer.navitime.biz/wakayamabus/pc/map/Top
By car
From Kyoto
Kyoto-minami IC
About 30 km. (about 20 min.) via the Meishin Expressway
Suita JCT
About 28 km. (about 30 min.) via the Kinki Expressway
Matsubara JCT
About 60 km. (about 40 min.) via the Hanwa Expressway
From Nara
Koriyama IC
About 76 km. (about 75 min.) via the Nishi-Meihan Expressway, Keinawa Expressway, and National Route 24
Wakayama JCT
About 5 km. (about 4 min.) via the Hanwa Expressway
Wakayama IC
About 13 km. (about 10 min.) via the Hanwa Expressway
Kainan IC
About 2 km. (about 5 min.) via the Hanwa Expressway
Shimotsu IC
- West Nippon Expressway Company:
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- 0120-924-863
- 06-6876-9031
- Central Nippon Expressway Company:
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- 0120-922-229
- 052-223-0333
- Japan Road Traffic Information Center
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- Wakayama information:
- 050-3369-6630
- Nankai Bus Nankai Express Bus Center:
- 050-3369-6768
Overnight long-distance bus
- Route
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- Tokyo (Shinjuku/Tokyo Station) to Wakayama (JR Wakayama Station/Nankai Wakayamashi Station)
- Kaihinmakuhari/ Yokohama to Wakayama
- Operator
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- Nankai Bus, Gobo Nankai Bus, etc.
- Wakayama Bus, etc.
- Travel time
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- 9 hr. 30 min. to 10 hr.
- 9 hr. 25 min. to 11 hr. 20 min.
- Nankai Bus
- Nankai Bus Nankai Express Bus Center:
- 06-6643-1007
- Gobo Nankai Bus:
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- 0738-22-1020
- Wakayama Bus
- Wakayama Office:
- 073-445-3131
Ferry
- Route
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- Tokushima Port to Wakayama Port
- Operator
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- Nankai Ferry
- Travel time
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- 2 hr. to 2 hr. 15 min.