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Wakayama City
Wakayama Prefecture · City
- Core city
- Prefectural capital
Official websiteWakayama Prefecture page
Wakayama City is the prefectural capital at the mouth of the Kinokawa River and prospered as the castle town of the Kishu Tokugawa family. Centered on Wakayama Castle on Mt. Torafusu, it has Wakaura, a scenic spot praised in the Man'yoshu poetry collection, Kimii-dera Temple and the Iwase Senzuka Kofun Group, a Special Historic Site. Seaside sights are also varied, such as Awashima Shrine in Kada and Wakayama Marina City.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
National parks in this city
- Setonaikai National ParkTotal park area 673 km²Spans Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Oita
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Wakayama Prefecture
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