2026 Shiki-no-Sato Park Roadside Station, Shiki-no-Ogawa Stream: Full-Day Course

This course spends a full day in and around Shiki-no-Ogawa Stream (Shiki-no-Hiroba Plaza) at Shiki-no-Sato Park Roadside Station in Wakayama City. Running through the middle of the plaza is a shallow man-made stream, which the City of Wakayama introduces by saying that the Shiki-no-Ogawa stream flowing through the center lets you enjoy the waterside in every season. You can also observe medaka rice fish, dragonflies and aquatic insects, so the appeal is enjoying water play and creature hunting at the same time. The water-play season has not been officially announced, but the stream flows year-round and the park itself is open 24 hours. Admission and parking are both free; barbecues, the hands-on farm and similar activities cost extra. The grounds hold a zip line, bouldering wall and slide on Miharashi-no-Oka hill, the Tsukiyama play area with equipment for younger children, the Mizu-no-Ichiba farm produce market, the Hi-no-Shokudo restaurant, the Honoo-no-Irori barbecue area, a rose greenhouse and even a dog park, so a whole day here never gets dull. In the morning, visit Itakiso Shrine, dedicated to the deity of trees, and Kii Fudoki-no-Oka Prefectural Park and Museum, dotted with burial mounds. Lunch is at Hi-no-Shokudo inside the park, and the afternoon is given over to plenty of water play in the stream.