Wakayama Prefecture

The Wakayama Prefecture (Japanese和歌山県, Wakayama - ken) is a prefecture of Japan. It is located in the Kinki region on Honshu island. My office is located in Wakayama.

Geography

The Wakayama Prefecture is located on the southwest side of the Kii Peninsula. Thus, borders a large part of their approximately 600 km long coastline on the Seto Inland Sea. To the north is the Osaka Prefecture and northeastern prefectures Nara and Mie. On the border of these two prefectures are also two enclaves: a district of Shingu and the entire community Kitayama, as the only municipality of Japan.

Determine how around the Kii peninsula also mountains and nature, the landscape, the larger cities are situated along the coast. Due to its somewhat remote location, the population is lower here than in the rest of Kansai, more than a third of all residents of the prefecture live alone in the eponymous capital of Wakayama.

Policy

LDP: 28
Kaishin Club: 5
JCP: 4
Kōmeitō: 3

Governor of Wakayama is since 2006 the former central government officials Yoshinobu Nisaka, who was elected with the support of center-right parties and was confirmed in the gubernatorial election in 2010 against a center-left candidate by a two -thirds majority in office. In Parliament, the Liberal Democratic Party won an absolute majority with 26 of the 42 seats in the elections in April 2011.

The three constituencies Wakayamas for the lower house of the national parliament won in the last elections in 2012, two Liberal Democrats and one Democrat, House of Lords, in the Wakayama one delegate per election sent, represented since the founding of the Liberal Democratic Party in 1955 with only one temporary exception ( Yosuke Tsuruho was elected in 1998 for the Liberal Party and joined later on ) throughout the Liberal Democrats Prefecture.

With a " financial strength index " ( zaiseiryoku Shisu ) below 0.4 Wayakama is financially weaker prefectures of Japan.

Attractions

The prefecture is known primarily for its beautiful nature, especially in conjunction with the numerous sacred mountains and Shintōstätten. The Kumano Sanzan and the mountain Kōya and the associated pilgrimage routes in 2004 in conjunction with the holy sites in Yoshino / Omine ( Nara Prefecture ) on the World Heritage Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range has been appointed. Also the Yoshino- Kumano National Park, the Kongō - Ikoma - Kisen and Kōya - Ryujin Quasi - National Park, as well as the marine reserve of Kushimoto are attractions for nature lovers and hikers who are looking for some relaxation from the daily stress of work. These are also found in the popular hot springs of Katsuura Onsen, Kawayu Onsen, Shirahama Onsen or Ryujin Onsen.

Featured landmarks are Shirahama ( in Japanese popular are the sandy beaches in the summer), Kushimoto and Yura.

Also known are the Nachi- Katsuura waterfall and castle of Wakayama.

Administrative divisions

Independent cities (市shi )

Chūkaku -shi ( " core city " ) Wakayama, capital

Arida
Gobō
Hashimoto

Iwade
Kainan
Kinokawa
Shingu
Tanabe

Counties (郡, gun)

List of districts of Wakayama Prefecture, as well as their towns (町, chō ) and villages (村, mura ).

Arida Aridagawa
Hirogawa
Yuasa

Hidaka
Inami
Hidakagawa
Mihama
Minabe
Yura

Higashimuro Kitayama
Kozagawa
Kushimoto
Nachi- Katsuura
Taiji

Katsuragi
Kōya
Kudoyama

Kaiso Kimino

Kamitonda
Shirahama
Susami

Onsen in Nachikatsuura

Nachi Waterfall

Compon Daitō ( Kōya )

Pilgrimage Daimonzaka

Castle of Wakayama

Administrative centre Municipalities of Japan Tree Fish Thunnus Japanese Communist Party Cities of Japan Arida, Wakayama Hashimoto (Wakayama) Iwade, Wakayama Kainan, Wakayama Kinokawa, Wakayama Tanabe (Wakayama) List of villages in Japan Taiji (Wakayama)

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