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The Seiganto-ji pagoda beside Nachi Falls in Kumano, Wakayama

Wakayama Prefecture · 和歌山県

Buy a House in Wakayama, Japan

Wakayama is the spiritual, scenic tip of the Kansai region: Mount Koya’s temples, the Kumano pilgrimage trails, hot-spring beaches, and some of the most affordable property in the country. Foreigners can buy here with no visa required. See what your budget can buy.

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¥8.0M

US$51K

median Wakayama listing price, Q1 2026

UNESCO

sacred sites of Koyasan and the Kumano Kodo

Pacific

beaches, hot springs, and a mild southern coast

~1 hr

from Wakayama City to Osaka by train

Current asking prices across Japan, shown in yen and USD. USD amounts use the November 2, 2026 reference rate of ¥157.64 per US$1.

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Sacred mountains, a wild coast, and Japan’s lowest prices

Wakayama is the spiritual, scenic tip of the Kansai region: Mount Koya’s temples, the Kumano pilgrimage trails, hot-spring beaches, and some of the most affordable property in the country.

Among Japan’s most affordable

Wakayama’s Q1 2026 median is just ¥8.0M (about US$51K), among the lowest of any prefecture. Akiya along the coast and in the mountains can cost very little.

Sacred Koyasan

Mount Koya is the 1,200-year-old center of Shingon Buddhism, a UNESCO temple town where you can stay, and live, among working monasteries.

The Kumano Kodo

Wakayama holds most of the Kumano Kodo, the UNESCO pilgrimage routes that wind through deep forest to the grand shrines and Nachi Falls.

A mild Pacific coast

Shirahama’s white-sand beach and hot springs, the cliffs of Sandanbeki, and a warm Kuroshio climate make the coast a year-round draw.

Closer to Osaka than it looks

Wakayama City is about an hour from Osaka, so the prefecture combines remote scenery with surprisingly real access to a major metro.

Space, nature, and akiya

Fishing villages, citrus farms, and mountain hamlets across Wakayama offer abundant, very affordable akiya for buyers who want room and quiet.

From sacred Koyasan to the Kumano coast

Wakayama is mountain-temple and wild-coast country at standout prices. Here are a few of the areas buyers ask us about most.

The Konpon Daito pagoda in the Garan complex on Mount Koya, Wakayama

Sacred mountain

Koyasan

A 1,200-year-old Buddhist temple town high in the mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage site where monasteries, cedar forests, and pilgrim lodgings set a uniquely serene pace.

The Seiganto-ji pagoda and Nachi Falls in the Kumano region, Wakayama

Pilgrimage coast

Kumano & Nachi

The southern Kumano region, home to the grand shrines, Nachi Falls, the Kumano Kodo trails, and hot-spring fishing towns along a dramatic Pacific coast.

Wakayama Castle and its garden in Wakayama City

Capital & Osaka access

Wakayama City

The castle-town capital in the north, the prefecture’s urban hub with city amenities and the easiest access to Osaka, roughly an hour away by train.

The giant Oyunohara torii at Kumano Hongu Taisha, Wakayama

Pilgrimage

Hongu & the Kumano Kodo

The spiritual heart of the Kumano region, where Japan’s largest torii marks the old Hongu shrine site, surrounded by forest trails and riverside hot springs.

The white sand of Shirarahama Beach in Shirahama, Wakayama

Beach resort

Shirahama

Wakayama’s famous beach resort, with white sand, seaside hot springs, and a warm climate, a longtime summer escape for the Kansai region.

The Hashigui-iwa rock formation reaching into the sea at Kushimoto, Wakayama

Southern cape

Kushimoto & Hashigui-iwa

Honshu’s southern tip at Kushimoto, where the row of Hashigui-iwa rocks marches into the sea, with diving, coral, and dramatic Pacific scenery.

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The Seiganto-ji pagoda beside Nachi Falls in Kumano, Wakayama

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Foreign buyers can own land, houses, and condominiums in Wakayama, with or without residency.

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7 photographs from Wikimedia Commons, used under their respective licences.