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Shirahama: sights

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Adventure World
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Adventure World

theme park and zoo in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

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Shirarahama
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Shirarahama

coast in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan

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Seto Marine Biological Laboratory
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Seto Marine Biological Laboratory

marine biology field station of Kyoto University, Japan

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Minakata Kumagusu Museum
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Minakata Kumagusu Museum

museum in Shirahama, Japan

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紀州博物館
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紀州博物館

museum in Japan

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Shōfuku-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Rinzai school sect dedicated to Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara in Shirahama, 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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Names of evacuation sites and hospitals are in Japanese. Please check official local information for the latest updates.

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