Yuasa Town is located almost in the center of Wakayama Prefecture.
It takes about 1.5 hours to travel by limited express from Shin-Osaka Station and about 1 hour from Kansai International Airport.

The Kii Channel facing the town connects the Seto Inland Sea with the Pacific Ocean.
The coastline along the deep inlet with calm waves shows various beautiful expressions depending on the time of day.
Yuasa Town has not only flourished in the fishing industry as a good natural harbour, but has also developed into a port of call and a logistics hub for shipping since ancient times due to its topography and location.

When it comes to Yuasa, the best-known impression is probably that it is the town where soy sauce brewing originated.
Soy sauce is known around the world as the origin of Japanese food.
Its origin is Yuasa Town.

The nostalgic townscape, which flourished in the soy sauce brewing industry, was selected in 2006 as the only important traditional building preservation district in the prefecture.
In addition, the story of the birthplace of soy sauce brewing was recognized as a Japanese Heritage Site in 2017 as 'the first drop'.