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Our guide
Yuasa is a small port town on the Wakayama coast that is said to be where soy sauce was first made in Japan. Brewing flourished under the protection of the Kishū domain, and the streets of old soy-sauce breweries in the Yuasa district are now a nationally Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. The town is also known for Yuasa tamari, a rich tamari-style soy sauce.
Yuasa Station on the Kisei Main Line is about 1 km away in a straight line. We have not checked which breweries take visitors.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
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- 湯浅 - panoramio — shikabane taro · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
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- 湯浅 - panoramio (1) — 福原邦展 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 湯浅 - panoramio (2) — 福原邦展 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 湯浅 - panoramio (3) — 福原邦展 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 湯浅 - panoramio (4) — 福原邦展 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 湯浅 - panoramio (6) — 福原邦展 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Yuasa, a small port town on the coast of Wakayama Prefecture, is said to be where soy sauce was first made in Japan. Brewing flourished under the protection of the Kishū domain, and the streets of old soy sauce breweries in the district of Yuasa are selected as a nationally Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. The town is also known for Yuasa tamari, a rich tamari-style soy sauce.
Background text translated from Japanese Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Nearby station
Nearby station: Yuasa (Kisei Main Line), about 1.0 km from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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