Access Information and Convenient Parking Available
Access to Kumano Nachi Taisha can be easily done by both public transportation and car. If using public transportation, the nearest station is Kii-Katsuura Station on the JR Kisei Main Line. From there, take the Kumano Mie Bus to the "Nachisan" bus stop, which takes about 30 minutes. If traveling by car from Osaka, take National Route 168 and National Route 42 to Nachikatsuura Town. The journey takes about 5 hours. There is also a route that passes through the Hanwa Expressway and the Kisei Expressway, and if you take National Route 42 from the Susami-Minami Interchange, you can arrive in Nachikatsuura Town in about 4 hours. From Nagoya, take the Tomei Expressway, Ise Expressway, Kisei Expressway, and enter National Route 42 via the Kumano Owase Road and the Kumano Otsu Interchange to head to Nachikatsuura Town. The journey takes about 4 hours. From Nachikatsuura Town, it takes about 20 minutes to reach the waterfall. At Nachi Falls, there is a shrine parking lot with up to 30 parking spaces available. A toll of 800 yen is required for the shrine disaster prevention road, but it is a convenient option for elderly people and families with children as it is accessible by car.