Hit the beach and unwind in hot springs in two of Japan's seaside towns, Shirahama and Kushimoto. The small towns of Shirahama and Kushimoto, 50km apart on the coast of Wakayama Prefecture ...

In the town of Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, the southernmost part of Honshu, the flowers of Japanese radish that grow wild on the seaside bloom, giving a full-fledged sense of spring.

Wakayama Prefecture is a historic sanctuary on a peninsula near Osaka Prefecture, with hot springs, beaches and a proud ... is to present a new form of Japanese cuisine that preserves tradition ...

Following the earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency ... Shirahama town in Wakayama Prefecture has closed four beaches. Officials explained that the closure was due to safety considerations.