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Tanabe City
Wakayama Prefecture · City
Official websiteWakayama Prefecture page
Tanabe City is the "Kuchi-Kumano," the entrance to Kumano, where the Nakahechi and Ohechi routes of the Kumano Kodo split, and it has the largest area of any municipality in Kinki. It has the World Heritage Kumano Hongu Taisha and Yunomine Onsen, Tokei Shrine, connected with Benkei, and Kashima Island in Tanabe Bay, protected by Minakata Kumagusu; the history of sea and mountains overlaps here.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
Shinto shrineKumano Hongu TaishaShinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Hot spring (onsen)Yunomine OnsenThermal spring system and resort town
Shinto shrineTokei ShrineShinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
World Heritage SiteNakahechi
Hot spring (onsen)Ryujin Onsenbuilding in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
IslandKashimaisland in Kii Chanel at Wakayama, Japan
CastleTanabe Castle
World Heritage SiteSonaezaki Sutra Mounds
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Tanabe Ryujin Gomasan sky towerroadside station in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Ryujinroadside station in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kumanokodo Nakahechiroadside station in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Oku-kumanokodo Honguroadside station in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Kshu-Binchotan-kinenkoenroadside station in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Mizu-no-sato Hidakagawa-Ryuyuroadside station in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Furusato-Center Otoroadside station in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japn
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
National parks in this city
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Wakayama Prefecture
The description was written for this site, picking out representative features.