Temple of the root

A roadside station adjacent to the former Wakayama Prefectural Capitol of the National Designated Important Cultural Property. At the store "Hanasumi-kan", there are souvenirs from Wakayama Prefecture, including Negoro-kon. The restaurant "Negoroan" offers noodles, rice bowls, and set meals. Daily set meals are popular. In addition to the roadside station memorial ticket, the "Goen Shuppyoshiya" sells local sake and souvenirs such as umeboshi.

A museum that introduces the history, culture, and climate of Iwade, and the transition of people's lives, including Negoro-ji. There are permanent exhibitions that use images, dioramas and computers on the theme of life, and annual autumn planning exhibitions. At Negoro Coating Studio, you can tour the production process on Wednesday and Saturday. There are also public lectures. Negoro began when a monk from Negoro-ji made tableware, furniture, and Buddhist utensils. There is no pattern, and it is characterized by black lacquer looking under vermilion. It was revived, though it had long been cut off by the disappearance caused by the attack on Negoro. Take 30 minutes.

A garden consisting of the Okusu-in garden facing the Nagusa palace in the area related to the Kishu Tokugawa family, and a garden consisting of the Holy Tenten Pond, among others. It has been designated as a national winner. The Okakuin Garden is a sophisticated Jiquan-style Penglai Garden [Chisenshiki Horaraiteien]. It uses the slopes of the mountainside to drop a three-step waterfall, and in the pond it builds two islands, large and small, to pass a stone bridge. The garden, which faces south to Okuin-in, is in the Karesansui style. All of them are cultivated gardens from the Edo period. Nakajima, which enshrines the King of Good Lady, floats in the Holy Tian Pond.