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Wakayama

Wakayama Castle

Wakayama Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city Wakayama, , . For most of the Edo Period, it was the administrative center of Kishū Domain, which was controlled by a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan.
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  • Opening hours:
    9:00 AM—5:30 PM
    December 29th—December 31st: closed
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: fortification
  • Address: 一番丁, 和歌山市, 和歌山県 640-8146

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wakayama Castle Park Zoo and Wakayama Prefectural Museum.

Zoo
Photo: KishujiRapid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 160 metres southeast of Wakayama Castle.

Museum
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is a history in located in the city of , , . The focus of the museum is the history and culture of Wakayama Prefecture, and its permanent collection displays artifacts relating to prehistory… is situated 350 metres south of Wakayama Castle.

Historic building
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is a historic building, which is situated 260 metres south of Wakayama Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saikazaki and Misaki.

Locality
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is a cape in the southern part of Wakayama, , and is a specially designated region by . is situated 5 km southwest of Wakayama Castle.

Town
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is a town located in Sen'nan District, , . As of 1 January 2022, the town had an estimated population of 15,035 in 7435 households and a population density of 310 persons per km2. is situated 9 km north of Wakayama Castle.

Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city located in , . As of 31 October 2021, the city had an estimated population of 48,811 in 22129 households and a population density of 110 persons per km². The total area of the city is 101.06 square kilometres…

Wakayama Castle

Latitude
34.22765° or 34° 13′ 40″ north
Longitude
135.17151° or 135° 10′ 17″ east
Inception
1585
Open location code
8Q6Q65HC+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 402167963
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q1151269
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Wakayama Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Wakayamako gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “castell de Wakayama”
  • Chinese: “和歌山城”
  • Dutch: “Wakayama Castle”
  • French: “château de Wakayama”
  • French: “Château de Wakayama”
  • French: “château du Tigre couché”
  • French: “Wakayama-jō”
  • German: “Burg Wakayama”
  • German: “Takegaki-jō”
  • German: “Torafusu-jō”
  • German: “Wakayama-jō”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Wakayama”
  • Italian: “castello di Wakayama”
  • Italian: “Castello di Wakayama”
  • Japanese: “Wakayama-jō”
  • Japanese: “わかやまじょう”
  • Japanese: “和歌山城”
  • Japanese: “虎伏城”
  • Korean: “와카야마성”
  • Malayalam: “വകയാമ കാസിൽ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wakayama-borgen”
  • Russian: “Замок Вакаяма”
  • Slovenian: “grad Vakajama”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Wakayama”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Вакаяма”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Wakayama”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wakayama Park and 本丸御殿跡.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wakayama Castle”. Photo: Wak89, CC BY-SA 3.0.