Map of places to visit around Wakayama On day three ... home to several temple buildings and the 49m tall Great Pagoda. Nearby, Kongobu-ji Head Temple houses a collection of priceless fusuma ...

The pagoda at Nachisan Seiganto-ji Temple and Nachi ... with the 133m Nachi Waterfall as its backdrop – a classic Wakayama view with which to end a laidback mini pilgrimage to the Kumano Sanzan.

Koyasan, in the mountains of Wakayama Prefecture ... and the Konpon Daito pagoda—a symbol of Koyasan. Okunoin is home to the mausoleum of Kukai. 200,000 memorial towers for noted warlords ...

WAKAYAMA—Wakayama prefectural police announced on Nov. 5 that a body found off the coast of the Kada district in Wakayama has been identified as missing 21-year-old German student Claudio Worm ...