Tanabe: sights | Kansai Travel Guide

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Kumano Hongū Taisha

Shinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

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Tanabe City Museum of Art

museum in Japan

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Minakata Kumagusu Archives

museum in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan

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Shinjō Park

park in Tanabe, Japan

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Tōkō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect dedicated to Bhaiṣajyaguru Buddha in Tanabe, Japan

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Kumanokodo Nakahechi Museum of Art

museum in Japan

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Roadside station Tanabe Ryujin Gomasan sky tower

roadside station in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan

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Tōkei Shrine

Shinto shrine in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

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Mount Ōtō

mountain in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

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Mount Takao

mountain in Nakahechi-chō, Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan

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Hōshi-yama

mountain in Japan

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Handa-mine

mountain in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan

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Kōzan-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Tanabe, Japan

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🛟Travel safety

🚑 Ambulance / fire: 119. Police: 110. For help in English, Chinese or Korean, call the JNTO Japan Visitor Hotline: 050-3816-2787 (24 hours).

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