Wakayama

Wakayama, city, capital of Wakayama ken (prefecture), west-central Honshu, Japan. It is situated in the northwestern part of the prefecture at the mouth of the Kino River, on the Kii Peninsula, and lies along the Kii Strait, which leads from the Pacific Ocean into the Inland Sea. It is the capital and largest city of Wakayama prefecture. The settlement’s growth began in 1585 with the construction of a castle there ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Wakayama...