[November 2026] Trip Plan | Kansai via the Kii Peninsula

November 9th, 2026

Route map of a drive to Kansai via the Kii Peninsula

This is a two-week drive from Shimbashi in Tokyo — west through Izu and Tokai, around the Kii Peninsula into Kansai. Kobe is the turnaround; the second week heads back to Tokyo via Nagoya.

Week One: Outbound to Kobe

I’ll leave Shimbashi after work on a weekday and head first to Ito Station in Shizuoka Prefecture. The next day I’ll go south to Izukyu-Shimoda, then turn west through Shimada, Hamamatsu, and Toyokawa before reaching Kintetsu-Yokkaichi — a Tokai corridor run with a detour down to the tip of Izu.

From Yokkaichi the route drops south to Shingu Station in Wakayama Prefecture, then west along the peninsula to Kii-Tanabe. Kushimoto Station and the towns around it were on the shortlist too, but the schedule wouldn’t stretch that far this time. After clearing the peninsula I’ll enter northern Osaka on the Hankyu line — Shonai, Hattori-tenjin, Toyonaka — and finish the outbound leg at Tarumi Station in Kobe. That’s the fold: near my family home on the Kobe side.

Week Two: The Road Home

From Tarumi I’ll pass Nagaoka-Tenjin and Ishiyama Station on the Kyoto–Otsu side, then Owari-Ichinomiya and Nagoya, and back east through Mishima and Atami to Shimbashi. The return follows the Tokaido corridor again.

The Kii Peninsula coastline means long driving days. I’ll try to use the weekends well and keep the night street shoots moving.

Route Map

I've built a route planner — a tool where you can register waypoints and visualize the full route on a map. I used it again to plan the stops for this trip. You can check the route map at the link below.

新橋駅（JR） → 伊東駅 → … → 新橋駅（JR）（18経由）ドライブルート | 街撮りルートプランナー

新橋駅（JR）から新橋駅（JR）までのドライブルート（約1597.6km・約24時間57分）。経由：伊東駅、伊豆急下田駅、島田駅、浜松駅（JR）、豊川駅（JR）、近鉄四日市駅（近鉄）、新宮駅（JR）、紀伊田辺駅、庄内駅（阪急）、服部天神駅（阪急）、豊中駅（阪急）、垂水駅（JR）、長岡天神、石山駅、尾張一宮駅（JR）、名古屋駅、三島駅（JR）、熱海駅（JR）。地図で確認・GPX出力できます。

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