Koyasan Kongobuji, the Kumano Kodo and Shirahama: pilgrim walks through Wakayama

About Wakayama

Wakayama covers the southern Kii Peninsula with Wakayama City as its capital, known for mandarins, plums and the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes.

Main walking areas in Wakayama

Here are some of the prefecture’s most popular places to walk, where public smoking spots and facilities with smoking rooms tend to be available nearby.

• Wakayama City (Wakayama Castle)
• Mt. Koya (Kongobuji)
• Kumano Kodo
• Shirahama (Shirarahama, Sandanbeki coastal cliffs)

Wakayama trivia

The Kumano Kodo are pilgrim routes in the Kii Mountain Range, inscribed as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site under the “Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.”

Tips for finding smoking areas in Wakayama

• Use designated smoking spots in areas with no-smoking-on-the-street ordinances
• Stations, large commercial complexes and tourist information centres are good starting points
• Heated-tobacco-only rooms are growing — switch the tobacco-type filter to match your device
• Use a portable ashtray or the ashtray in the smoking area — good etiquette helps keep these spots open for everyone

Find efficiently with Mottosuitai

Allow location access on the Mottosuitai map to see smoking areas within 2 km of you. To browse by region, visit /search/?prefecture=wakayama for the Wakayama list.