30361 ／ ゆあさちょう
Wakayama Prefecture 有田郡A stone bath, entered standing up.
Jinburo, former bathhouse museum01 ／ Signpost
The signpost, known locally as "Tateishi", was erected in the ninth year of Tenpo (1838) and is 2.35 m tall. It marks the start of the Kumano Kodo, which runs north to south, and of the Koya Kaido, which extends east from here toward Koyasan. Michimachi Street once had teahouses and inns for travellers.
02 ／ Daigo-ji Golden Hall
The Golden Hall of Daigo-ji is a National Treasure, a large hall seven bays by five. According to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Toyotomi Hideyoshi began its reconstruction, and in the third year of Keicho (1598) the relocation of a hall from Yuasa in Kishu began; the work was completed in the fifth year. The year the hall was built in Yuasa is unknown, and its main parts show the style of the late Heian period.
03 ／ Book wholesaler
According to the town, in the Manji era (1658-60) the first Suharaya Mohei went from Suhara in Yuasa to Edo and opened Senshobo Suharaya, later the largest book wholesaler in Edo. Prospering mainly on the bukan (directories of daimyo and shogunate officials), the branch Suharaya Ichibei shop published Sugita Genpaku's Kaitai Shinsho.
Living here
Yuasa Station on the JR Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line) is the town's only station, and the Limited Express Kuroshio stops there. From departure at Osaka Station to arrival at Yuasa Station, the fastest daily service takes 92 minutes (JR Odekake Net timetable, October 2026 issue; checked on 14 October 2026).
−8.8% since 2015
16,067 → 11,122
13.6km² of it habitable
2024
2.4 people per household
2020
13.5 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow JRおでかけネット（JR西日本の時刻検索 timetable.jr-odekake.net）の紀勢本線 区間時刻表（line-timetable/2312・2314。2026-10-14〔水〕と2026-10-17〔土〕）と列車ごとの時刻詳細ページ（運転日の欄『毎日運転』） (checked 2026-10-14). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
6.2km
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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