Wakayama, Wakayama

Wakayama (Japanese和 歌 山 市, -shi) is a city and the administrative center of Wakayama Prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan and is located on the Kii Channel.

Wakayama is located at the mouth of the river Kinokawa.

Wakayama has a University and a medical college. In addition to mechanical engineering there are cotton, leather and pharmaceutical industries.

Attractions

  • Wakayama Castle (和 歌 山城Wakayama - jo )
  • Prefectural Museum (和 歌 山 県 立 博物馆Wakayama kenritsu Hakubutsukan )
  • Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (和 歌 山 県 立 近代 美术馆Wakayama kenritsu kindai Bijutsukan )
  • The Kimii -dera (纪 三井 寺), a temple of Saigoku - pilgrimage

Twinning

Personalities

  • Sawako Ariyoshi (1931-1984), writer
  • Hyde (born 1969 ), singer
  • Katsuyuki Konishi (born 1973 ), voice actor
  • Shinkei (1406-1475), a Buddhist priest and poet
  • Shoko Sugitani ( b. 1943 ), pianist
  • Masato Tanaka (born 1973 ), wrestler
  • Nami Tamaki (* 1988), singer
  • Nobuaki Kobayashi ( b. 1942 ) multiple billiards champion

Traffic

  • Street: Hanwa highway
  • National road 24, 26, 42

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Kinokawa
  • Kainan
  • Iwade
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