It is a rainy region comparable to the Kumano region (from the southern part of Mie Prefecture to Higashimuro County, Wakayama Prefecture) and, at the same time, a typhoon Ginza (an area where typhoons frequently pass).
熊野地方（三重県南部から和歌山県東牟婁郡まで）と並ぶ多雨地帯であり、台風銀座でもある。