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Where to stay in Wakayama Prefecture
This guide covers 5 destinations in Wakayama Prefecture, a first-level administrative division of Japan, with 24 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Wakayama, Tanabe and Hashimoto. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Kansai International Airport (KIX).
- Destinations in this guide
- 5
- Places to stay
- 24
- Main airport
- KIXKansai International Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Destinations
Destinations in Wakayama Prefecture
Every destination in this guide in Wakayama Prefecture, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Wakayama Prefecture
1 place to stay in Wakayama Prefecture from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Toyoko Inn JR Wakayama-eki Higashi-guchi hotel | Wakayama |
Where to stay
More hotels in Wakayama Prefecture
23 hotels in Wakayama Prefecture recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| 県民交流プラザ 和歌山ビッグ愛 | Wakayama | |
| Daiwa Roynet Hotel Wakayama | Wakayama | |
| Dormy Inn Premium Wakayama Natural Hot Spring | Wakayama | |
| Hotel & Resorts Wakayama-Minabe | Tanabe | |
| Hotel Granvia Wakayama | Wakayama | |
| Hotel Harvest Nankitanabe | Tanabe | |
| Hotel Kawakyu | Tanabe | |
| Hotel Landmark Wakayama | Wakayama | |
| Infinito HOTEL&SPA NANKI-SHIRAHAMA | Tanabe | |
| Kada Onsen Seaside Hotel Kada Kaigetsu | Wakayama | |
| Kaisyu Hotel | Tanabe | |
| Nanki Shirahama Resort Hotel | Tanabe | |
| Nanki-Shirahama Marriott Hotel | Tanabe | |
| OYO Hotel Tatsuyoshi Sennan Misakimachi | Wakayama | |
| Shirahama Coganoi Resort&Spa | Tanabe | |
| Shirahama Key Terrace Hotel Seamore | Tanabe | |
| Shiraraso Grand Hotel | Tanabe | |
| Smile Hotel Wakayama | Wakayama | |
| Souji-in | Hashimoto | |
| Wakayama Marina City Hotel | Wakayama | |
| XYZ Private Spa and Seaside Resort | Tanabe | |
| Yukai Resort Hotel Senjo | Tanabe | |
| Yukai Resort Nanki Shirahamaonsen Shirahama Gyoen〈Premium〉 | Tanabe |
When to go
Best time to visit Wakayama Prefecture
From the climate of 5 destinations in Wakayama Prefecture with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 5 | 9 °C | 51 mm |
| February | 0 of 5 | 10 °C | 67 mm |
| March | 0 of 5 | 13 °C | 115 mm |
| April | 0 of 5 | 19 °C | 136 mm |
| May | 0 of 5 | 23 °C | 165 mm |
| June | 0 of 5 | 26 °C | 233 mm |
| July | 0 of 5 | 30 °C | 206 mm |
| August | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 149 mm |
| September | 0 of 5 | 28 °C | 235 mm |
| October | 0 of 5 | 22 °C | 155 mm |
| November | 0 of 5 | 17 °C | 88 mm |
| December | 0 of 5 | 12 °C | 55 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Wakayama Prefecture
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Wakayama Prefecture name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
Good to know
Public holidays in Wakayama Prefecture, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Japan
Nearby
Regions near Wakayama Prefecture
Other regions of Japan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.