Kishu Tanabe is blessed bountiful marine and mountain products thanks to a warm climate. We offer a wide variety of Honmamon local specialties and products including processed foods made with fresh seafood caught in the local fishing port and produce such as ume (Japanese apricots) and mikan (mandarin oranges) for which we boast among the highest production volume in Japan!
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Kishu ume created from the lush natural environment and optimal climate are the best ume in Japan. The best ume in Japan are created through the human touch.
Among the highest production volume of mikan (mandarin oranges) and ume (Japanese apricots) in Japan. In addition to quantity, the taste is also a source of pride.
The warm climate nurtures a variety of agricultural produce, the local brand of beef, Kumano-gyu, and numerous types of forestry products deep in the Kumano mountains.
Grilled Namba-yaki fish cakes are a specialty of Tanabe. Burdock root rolls wrapped in a fish skin are aromatic and have a deep flavor.
The warm Kuroshio Current flows over the shore and has a tributary that flows into Tanabe Bay. A wide variety of fish from pelagic fish to shirasu whitebait in the bay and processed food products.
Miso and soy sauce with a simple taste that has been made by hand since long ago at small breweries.
Flavor and techniques that have been passed down over generations in Tanabe as a castle town. Delicious traditional flavor that continues today after a century-long history.
Selection of excellent products with a simple and soothing beauty and the warmth of nature.
Sushi made with a wide variety of seafood, meharizushi (rice balls wrapped in pickled leaf mustard greens) that has been eaten in the mountains for years, and noodles that have been eaten by locals since long ago.
About Tanabe
Tanabe is in the south of Wakayama Prefecture on the southwest side of the Kii Peninsula and neighbors Shingu City, the towns of Minabe, Inami, Hidakagawa, Aridagawa, Kozagawa, Kamitonda, and Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the villages of Nosegawa and Totsukawa in Nara Prefecture.
It is a vast area that has developed urban areas along the coast from the West, has a wide, mostly forested mountainous region, and has four primary water systems: the Hidaka River system, Tonda River system, Hiki River system, and Kumano River system.
The climate varies widely, from a warm and rainy Pacific climate along the coast to an inland climate in the mountainous region.
Tanabe City website
Links to tourist information
- Tanabe City Kumano Tourism Bureau
- Tanabe Tourism Association
- Ryujin Tourism Association
- Oto Tourism Association
- Nakahechi Tourism Association
- Kumano Hongu Tourist Association
