Susami Town

Taking from it is said to bring woe.

Inazumi Island

Photo by ブルーノ・プラス (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Ship votive plaques

Over 30 ship votive plaques hint ata way-station port on the Naniwa-Edo route.

Susami Oji Shrine holds dozens of votive plaques (ema). From the 30-odd ship plaques, the town writes, one can glimpse how Susami Port, with Inazumi Island floating off it, flourished as a stopover and refuge port on the Naniwa-Edo sea route. The prefecture has designated 52 of the shrine's plaques as Tangible Folk Cultural Properties.

30-odd ship plaques
Prefectural designation, 52 items
Designated 15 March 2016

02 ／ Kamiyama Kofun

The burial chamber is nearly square,and slabs divide it into three sections.

Thought to be a round mound of the early 6th century, with a chamber 2.3 m long and 2.1 m wide. The Wakayama Kofun Guide notes a suggested link with stone chambers of the Higo region, from the chamber's shape. Jasper and crystal beads are of stone found on the Sea of Japan side, and the amber is thought to have been carried from Iwate or Chiba. The mound is undesignated, but its 392 excavated items are prefecturally designated.

Early 6th century
Chamber 2.3 m by 2.1 m
392 excavated items, prefectural designation

03 ／ Esuzaki

The whole island is a shrine forest,with striking giant woody vines.

Esuzaki is an island of about 2 km in circumference, joined to the land, and was designated a National Natural Monument in 1953. The national commentary says the whole island is the forest of Kasuga Shrine, remarkable for its many giant woody vines such as hakamakazura, sakakikazura and nashikazura. The town writes that the big hakamakazura in the precinct withered in recent years.

National Natural Monument, 1953
About 2 km around, joined to land
Giant woody vines

Living here

166 minutes from Osaka by Limited Express Kuroshio.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

The town has three JR Kisei Main Line stations: Susami, Mirozu and Esumi. The Limited Express Kuroshio stops only at Susami. From departure at Osaka Station to arrival at Susami Station, the fastest daily service takes 166 minutes (October 2026 timetable; Kuroshio No. 17).

People living here: 3,685people
Area: 174.45km²
Households: 1,790households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 5 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —2 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Susami Town in Japan33.550°N 135.497°E

to OsakaLtd. exp. Kuroshio166min

Travel times follow JR西日本『JRおでかけネット』（timetable.jr-odekake.net。JR時刻表2026年10月号に基づく）の区間時刻表『きのくに線（紀勢本線）（京都／天王寺～新宮）』と『（新宮～天王寺／京都）』の2026-10-14・10-17・10-18・10-12 の4日分、と列車ごとの詳細ページ (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Territory of Susami Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

15.5km

白浜町, 串本町, 古座川町

Susami Town isthis kind of town.

01Inazumi Island is a roughly 4 ha islet in the middle of Susami Bay, a National Natural Monument joined to land by a breakwater; it is said that taking its stones or plants brings misfortune, and the national commentary says the once-native bird's-nest fern (ootaniwatari) vanished after the war, while the town writes that replanting is under way
02The 52 ema of Susami Oji Shrine are a Prefectural Tangible Folk Cultural Property hinting that Susami Port was a stopover and refuge port on the Naniwa-Edo route, and the early 6th-century Kamiyama Kofun is undesignated but its 392 excavated items are prefecturally designated
03Esuzaki, a National Natural Monument, is a shrine forest throughout; Sobieto at Okinokuroshima is one of the islets whose names the Cabinet Office records on maps and charts; and the town writes that the fishery has been one of the country's leading bases for "Kenken" boats since the Meiji era

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Susami Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗