Recommended Events in 和歌山県

Benkei Festival

Tōkeijinja Shrine, and others

10/3(Fri)～10/4(Sat)

Starlight Illusion 2025

Wakayama Marina City (west breakwater)

7/20(Sun)～9/14(Sun)

Itakiso Shrine Regular Festival

Itakiso Shrine

10/15(Wed) 10:00

Sukiyassho Kinokawa! ~ Dream Fireworks ~ Kinokawa Citizen Festival 2025

Uta Young People's Square, Kinokawa City

8/24(Sun) 16:30～20:30

33rd Furusato Kainan Festival

Around the site of the former Shopping Town Coco

8/13(Wed) 16:00～21:00

63rd Shingu Fireworks Festival

Kumano River riverbed

8/13(Wed) 19:30～20:30

Geta Market

Kuroe Kawabata Street

8/14(Thu) 17:00～21:00

Gobo City Fireworks Festival

Hidakagawa Riverbank

8/23(Sat) 20:00

Yuasa Festival Fireworks Competition

Around Yuasa Wide Port

9/27(Sat) 17:30～21:00

SHIRAHAMA2025 Fireworks Rally

Shirahama Beach

7/20(Sun)～8/17(Sun) 20:10～20:25

77th Wakayama Commerce Festival

Wakayama Big Whale

10/11(Sat)～10/12(Sun)

Nanki Shirahama Onsen 2025 Message Fireworks

Shirarahama Beach

7/5(Sat)～8/30(Sat) 20:10

KAINAN Happy Hour

West Square of JR Kainan Station

9/6(Sat) 15:30～21:00

Sano Hashiramatsu

Shingu Port Green Space Park

8/16(Sat) 18:50

Shimotsu Furusato Festival

Kainan City Shimotsu Elementary School

8/16(Sat) 17:30～20:30

Arida Kyoho Village Opening Ceremony

Arida Kyoho Village

8/17(Sun) 11:00

Traditional Festival of Miwazaki Hachiman Shrine (Miwazaki Whale Dance)

Miwazaki Hachiman Shrine

9/15(Mon)

Bon de ALEC

Aritagawa Community Exchange Center (ALEC)

8/13(Wed) 15:30～20:50

14th Kanaya Noryo Osharuki Festival

Kin-ya Cultural Health Center Special Venue

9/13(Sat) 18:00～21:00

Ōtō Earth Healthy Village 2025

Ōtō Waterfront School

9/28(Sun) 09:00～21:00

[Beach] Iso no Ura Beach

Iso no Ura Beach

7/1(Tue)～8/31(Sun)

Kumano Sansho Shrine Grand Festival

Kumano Sansho Shrine

10/16(Thu)～10/17(Fri)

16th All Meat Festival

Wakayama Castle Sand no Maru Plaza

10/18(Sat)～10/19(Sun) 10:00～21:00

[Beach] Shirarahama Beach

Shirarahama Beach

5/3(Sat)～9/15(Mon)

[Swimming] Katadō Wave Beach

Katadō Wave Beach

7/1(Tue)～8/31(Sun)

Whale Encounter Beach

Kujira-hama Beach

7/18(Fri)～8/17(Sun) 09:00～16:00

[Beach] Sanyuu Beach

Sanyuu Beach

7/12(Sat)～8/24(Sun) 09:00～17:00

[Beach] Gotsuriyama Beach

Gotsuriyama Beach

7/19(Sat)～8/31(Sun)

[Beach] Rinkaiura Beach

Rinkaiura Beach

7/19(Sat)～8/31(Sun)

Kaduta Day Market (October)

Kaduta Fish Market

10/4(Sat)

Play Soap Bubbles at Kinokawa Riverbed

Kinokawa Riverbed, East Side of Kawai Bridge

8/17(Sun) 11:00～15:00

Hinomoto Shrine Kunisuke Shrine Grand Festival

Hinomoto Shrine Kunisuke Shrine

9/26(Fri)

24th Yayoi Fire Festival

Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Hongu Taisha Daishaibara, Kumano River riverbed

10/11(Sat)

Kada Day Market (September)

Kada Osakana Souko

9/6(Sat)

Otashima Shrine Autumn Grand Festival (Sweet Sake Festival)

Otashima Shrine

10/3(Fri) 11:00

Benkei Market (August)

Oganihama Park

8/17(Sun) 08:00～11:30

Marche Morioka (October)

Morioka District Agricultural Products Direct Sales Center

10/19(Sun) 09:00～11:00

Bakusho Mondai with Titan Cinema Live (Wakayama)

Jisto Cinema Wakayama

8/22(Fri) 19:30～21:45

Benkei Market (October)

Oganihama Park

10/19(Sun) 08:00～11:30

The 26th Wakayama Wakanoura Manyo Fire Noh

Kataonami Park Outdoor Stage

10/5(Sun) 16:20

Ubuhidaka - Namiuchi Marche -

Sanyuu Beach Parking Lot

10/11(Sat)

Wakayama Prefectural Library "First Orchestra for Ages 0 and Up" Beautiful Blue Danube

Wakayama Prefectural Library 2nd floor Cultural Information Center Media Art Hall

8/30(Sat) 14:10～15:20

Itakiso Shrine Sacred Festival

Itakiso Shrine

10/19(Sun) 11:00

Kimiidera Lantern Offering

Kimiidera

8/15(Fri)

[Swimming] Kada Beach

Kada Beach

6/28(Sat)～8/24(Sun)

[Swimming] Hama no Miya Beach

Hama no Miya Beach

7/1(Tue)～8/31(Sun)

[Swimming] Tanabe Ougiga-hama Beach

Tanabe Ougiga-hama Beach

7/1(Tue)～8/31(Sun) 09:00～17:30

[Beach] Namihaya Beach

Namihaya Beach

7/1(Tue)～8/31(Sun)

[Swimming] Hashikui Swimming Beach

Hashikui Swimming Beach

6/28(Sat)～8/31(Sun)

Cool Breeze Kainan Wind Chime Festival

Kasuga Shrine

8/1(Fri)～8/15(Fri) 07:00～18:00

Happiness Shrine Dream Wind Chime Festival

Ugabe Shrine

8/1(Fri)～8/15(Fri)

[Flowers - Best Viewing] Reconstruction Sunflowers

Hiyashido Road, Kumano River Town

Early Sep～Mid-Sep

JAF Booth Exhibit in Shirahama Energy Land

Shirahama Energy Land

8/16(Sat)～8/17(Sun) 10:00～16:00

Kinomoto Lion Dance

Kimon Hachiman Shrine

10/18(Sat)～10/19(Sun)

Kumano Hayatama Shrine Grand Festival

Kumano Hayatama Shrine

10/15(Wed)～10/16(Thu) 11:00～16:30

Hashikui-iwa Illumination

Hashikui-iwa

10/31(Fri)～11/2(Sun) 17:30～20:30

Gobo Hidaka Expo 2025 10th anniversary "Jisseki"

Gobo City, Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture

7/19(Sat)～8/17(Sun)

Gosho Tourism Association Grape Picking

Gosho Tourism Association

8/22(Fri)～9/25(Thu)

[Beach] Blue Beach Nachi

Blue Beach Nachi Beach

7/19(Sat)～8/24(Sun) 09:00～16:30

[Sea Bathing] Tamano Ura Beach

Tamano Ura Beach

7/19(Sat)～8/24(Sun) 09:00～16:30

Special Exhibition 'The Great Presence of the Kii Tokugawa Family'

Wakayama Prefectural Museum

10/11(Sat)～11/24(Mon) 09:30～17:00

Kainan Dream Wind Chime Festival

Isebe Kakimoto Shrine

7/10(Thu)～8/17(Sun)

[Flower Blooming Season] Shirasaki Marine Park Sunflower Bed

Shirasaki Marine Park

Mid-Jul～Mid-Aug

[Swimming Beach] Tsubaki Beach

Tsubaki Beach

7/19(Sat)～8/31(Sun)

Summer Vacation Children’s Themed Exhibition 'Let's Compare! Two Paintings'

Wakayama Prefectural Museum

8/2(Sat)～9/23(Tue) 09:30～17:00

2023 Summer Special Exhibition 'Work in the Mountains at the Foot of Koyasan'

Wakayama Prefectural Kii Fudoki Hill

7/12(Sat)～9/7(Sun) 09:00～16:30

Would you like to experience the sound of shamisen at the former Nakagusuku family residence?

Former Nakagusuku Family Residence

10/25(Sat) 13:00～14:30

Yoshino Kumano National Park Partnership Event "Identification of Collected Specimens"

Furusato Nature Park Center

8/17(Sun) 09:30～16:00

Former Nakakusu Residence - Enjoy the Sound of Koto in a Traditional House

Former Nakakusu Residence

10/25(Sat) 13:00～14:30

Summer Vacation Children's Theater "Film Sumikkogurashi: The Magical Child of the Blue Moonlit Night"

Shingu City Cultural Multipurpose Facility "Dantsuru Hall"

8/30(Sat) 14:00～15:10

Yoshino Kumano National Park Partnership Event 'Let's Search for Nocturnal Insects'

Furusato Nature Park Center

9/20(Sat) 19:00～20:30

Autumn One Coin Experience Event 100 yen!

Wakayama Prefectural Hashimoto Gymnasium

9/25(Thu) 10:00～12:00

Family Sports Class Free Trial Event

Wakayama Prefectural Hashimoto Gymnasium Budo Room

9/18(Thu) 09:30～10:30

The 24th Former Nakakusugi Family Variety Show

Former Nakakusugi Family Residence

10/18(Sat) 13:30～15:30

Making Takatsukoyama a Mountain of Cherry Blossoms (September)

Near Takatsukoyama Motoparking (Meeting Point)

9/14(Sun) 09:30～15:00

Yoshino Kumano National Park Partnership Event "Summer Constellations"

Furusato Nature Park Center

9/27(Sat) 19:30～21:00

Tetokoto Market (September)

Honmachi Park

9/14(Sun) 11:00～16:00

JAZZ LIVE 2025 Wakayama Nankitanabe

RaRa Locale

9/27(Sat) 15:00～17:00

Traveling Exhibition 'Revival!! Wakayama Soryu' (Nanki Kumano Geopark Center)

Nanki Kumano Geopark Center

7/25(Fri)～9/15(Mon) 09:00～17:00

Exhibition 'Wakayama Railway Story'

Wakayama City Museum

7/19(Sat)～9/23(Tue) 09:00～17:00

Arida Kyoho Village Grape Picking

Arida Kyoho Village

Early Aug～Late Sep 08:00～18:00

Sunshine Ranch Fruit Orchard Grape Picking

Sunshine Ranch Fruit Orchard

Early Aug～Late Sep 09:00～17:00

[Swimming] Tawara Beach

Tawara Beach

6/28(Sat)～8/31(Sun)

Beach Yoga Experience at Shirahama Beach (October)

Shirahama Beach

10/12(Sun)～10/26(Sun) 07:00～08:00

Insect Observation Event: Learning Biodiversity at the Nanko Kumagusu Memorial Museum

Nanko Kumagusu Memorial Museum

8/17(Sun)～8/24(Sun) 09:30～12:00

Biodiversity Learning Walk in the Guardian Forest at the Nankai Kumagusu Memorial Museum

Nankai Kumagusu Memorial Museum

10/12(Sun)～11/30(Sun) 09:30～12:30

Learning about Biodiversity at the Nankai Kumagusu Memorial Museum - Banjoshan Walk

Nankai Kumagusu Memorial Museum

9/21(Sun)～10/26(Sun) 09:30～12:30

Biodiversity Observation of Slime Molds at the Nankai Kumanotsu Memorial Museum

Nankai Kumanotsu Memorial Museum

6/15(Sun)～9/7(Sun) 13:00～16:00

Beach Yoga Experience at Shirarahama (September)

Shirarahama

9/14(Sun)～9/28(Sun) 07:00～08:00

Noh Workshop

Wakayama Castle Hall, 4th Floor, Japanese Room

8/9(Sat)～10/5(Sun) 14:00～16:00

Taiko Workshop

Wakayama Castle Hall, 3rd Floor, Practice Room 4 and others

8/16(Sat)～10/5(Sun) 10:00～12:00

MOMAW Collection: Contemporary Art

Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art

7/26(Sat)～9/7(Sun) 09:30～17:00

Kyoto University Shirahama Aquarium Researcher and Keeper's Commitment Explanation Tour

Kyoto University Shirahama Aquarium

7/19(Sat)～8/31(Sun) 10:45～11:15

Puzzle Treasure Hunt: Find the Treasures Left by the Kumano Navy!!

Sandanbaku Cave

7/19(Sat)～8/31(Sun) 08:00～17:00

Kyoto University Shirahama Aquarium Backyard Tour

Kyoto University Shirahama Aquarium

7/19(Sat)～8/31(Sun) 11:15～11:45

Wakayama Castle Main Keep - Summer Corner Exhibition - The Moat and Stone Walls of Wakayama Castle

Wakayama Castle Main Keep - Tamon Exhibition Corner

7/19(Sat)～8/31(Sun) 09:00～17:30

Small Fossil Exhibition

Michi-no-Eki Mikage Furusato-kan

7/18(Fri)～8/31(Sun) 09:00～18:00

Tai Chi Basic Class

Wakayama Prefectural Hashimoto Gymnasium

7/2(Wed)～9/17(Wed) 13:00～13:30

Immune Boosting Exercise Class - Summer

Wakayama Prefectural Hashimoto Gymnasium

7/3(Thu)～9/11(Thu) 11:00～12:00

Localism and Modernism in Wakayama

Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art

7/12(Sat)～9/15(Mon) 09:30～17:00