[Wakayama Driving Course] A journey to fully enjoy the World Heritage Site of Mount Koya!

Wakayama Station serves as the gateway to the prefecture, and is a terminal for the Hanwa Line, Kinokuni Line, and Wakayama Line, with many people passing through.
There are several rental car offices around the station, all within walking distance. Most are open from 8:00 to 20:00, and they stock standard car models.

The Okunoin is the center of faith in Mount Koya and the sacred place where Kobo Daishi entered nirvana.
The approximately 2km approach from Ichinohashi to the shrine is lined with towering cedar trees hundreds of years old and over 200,000 gravestones, prayer monuments, and memorials for feudal lords such as Tokugawa Ieyasu and Date Masamune.

Located at an altitude of about 1000m, it is home to about 1000 rhododendrons in May, and 3500 hydrangeas in bloom from mid-July to mid-August. In autumn, the surrounding mountains are beautifully colored with autumn leaves, allowing you to enjoy the beautiful scenery of each season.

It is located at the midpoint of the Koyasan-Ryujin Skyline, on high ground overlooking the prefecture's highest peaks, Ryujindake and Gomadanyama. Local specialties such as shiitake mushroom flakes are sold here.

They sell wooden products handmade by people involved in forestry, such as key chains, name plates, zodiac animal figurines, etc. Popular souvenirs include cutting boards, drop lids, oshizushi molds, and Ryujin cedar chopsticks made from thinned wood from Ryujin Village.

It is considered one of Japan's three most beautiful hot springs, along with Yunokawa Onsen in Shimane Prefecture and Kawanaka Onsen in Gunma Prefecture. The sodium bicarbonate spring (sodium bicarbonate spring) not only leaves the skin smooth and moisturized, but also warms the skin well, making it said to be effective against poor circulation, neuralgia, and stiff shoulders.