Wakayama
Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 876,030 and a geographic area of 4,724 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Wakayama and Kainan.
Wakayama
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Wakayama is the capital of Wakayama prefecture, Japan. Having played an important part in the history of Japan, Wakayama has a unique culture with many important shrines.
Kainan
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Kainan is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. 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…
Tanabe
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Tanabe is a city in Wakayama Prefecture. This article covers the main beachside city; the distant mountain district of Hongu is treated in a separate article.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Mount Koya and Shingu.
Mount Koya
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Mount Kōya is a mountain in Wakayama prefecture to the south of Osaka, Japan, primarily known as the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.
Shingu
Shingū is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2021, the city had an estimated population of 27,491 in 14649 households and a population density of 110 persons per km2.
Kushimoto
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Kushimoto is a small coastal town in Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. It is a useful base for exploring and enjoying the activities of the prefecture's extreme south.
Shirahama
Shirahama is on the western coast of Wakayama prefecture, Japan. It is best known for its beautiful white beach and hot springs. The main beach is lined with hotels like a mini Waikiki.
Nachikatsuura
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Nachikatsuura, also known as Kii-Katsuura, is a town on the southern coast of Wakayama Prefecture. It is known for its Shinto shrine that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and for its tuna market.
Kudoyama
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Kudoyama is a town of 4,000 people in Wakayama. The town has long been regarded as the gateway to the temples of Mount Koya.
Hongu
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Hongu is a mountain village in Wakayama Prefecture. It belongs to the city of Tanabe but is 60 km distant from the city center, so it is covered here as a separate destination.
Wakayama
- Type: prefecture of Japan with 944,000 residents
- Description: prefecture of Japan
- Also known as: “JP-30”, “Wakayama Ken”, “Wakayama Prefecture”, and “Wakayama-ken”
- Neighbors: Mie, Nara, and Osaka
- Location: Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Wakayama” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Prefektur Wakayama”
- Afrikaans: “Prefektuur Wakayama”
- Afrikaans: “Wakayama-prefektuur”
- Arabic: “محافظة واكاياما”
- Arabic: “واكاياما”
- Armenian: “Վակայամա”
- Asturian: “prefeutura de Wakayama”
- Asturian: “Wakayama (prefeutura)”
- Asturian: “Wakayama (Xapón)”
- Asturian: “Wakayama”
- Azerbaijani: “Vakayama prefekturası”
- Azerbaijani: “Vakayama”
- Balinese: “Préféktur Wakayama”
- Bashkir: “Вакаяма (префектура)”
- Basque: “Wakayama”
- Belarusian: “Вакаяма (прэфектура)”
- Belarusian: “Вакаяма”
- Belarusian: “прэфектура Вакаяма”
- Bengali: “ওয়াকায়ামা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Вакаяма”
- Catalan: “Prefectura de Wakayama”
- Cebuano: “Wakayama-ken”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای واکایاما”
- Central Kurdish: “واکایاما”
- Chechen: “Вакаяма (префектура)”
- Chechen: “Вакаяма”
- Chinese: “Wakayama-koān”
- Chinese: “和歌山县”
- Chinese: “和歌山縣”
- Croatian: “Wakayama”
- Czech: “Prefektura Wakajama”
- Danish: “Wakayama-præfekturet”
- Dutch: “Prefectuur Wakayama”
- Dutch: “Wakayama”
- Esperanto: “Gubernio Ŭakajama”
- Esperanto: “gubernio Vakajamo”
- Esperanto: “Gubernio Vakajamo”
- Esperanto: “Ŭakajama prefektujo (ĝis 2008)”
- Esperanto: “Vakajama gubernio”
- Estonian: “Wakayama prefektuur”
- Finnish: “Wakayaman prefektuuri”
- French: “préfecture de Wakayama”
- French: “Préfecture de Wakayama”
- French: “Wakayama”
- Galician: “Prefectura de Wakayama”
- Georgian: “ვაკაიამის პრეფექტურა”
- German: “JP-30”
- German: “Präfektur Wakajama”
- German: “Präfektur Wakayama”
- German: “Wakayama-ken”
- German: “Wakayama”
- Greek: “Γουακαγιάμα”
- Greek: “Νομός Γουακαγιάμα”
- Gujarati: “વાકાયામા પ્રીફેકચર”
- Hakka Chinese: “Wakayama-yen”
- Hebrew: “וקאיאמה”
- Hindi: “वकायामा प्रान्त”
- Hungarian: “Vakajama prefektúra”
- Iloko: “Prepektura ti Wakayama”
- Iloko: “Wakayama”
- Indonesian: “Prefektur Wakayama”
- Indonesian: “Wakayama”
- Irish: “Maoracht Wakayama”
- Italian: “prefettura di Wakayama”
- Italian: “Prefettura di Wakayama”
- Japanese: “わかやま”
- Japanese: “ワカヤマ”
- Japanese: “わかやまけん”
- Japanese: “ワカヤマケン”
- Japanese: “和歌山”
- Japanese: “和歌山県”
- Japanese: “西紀州”
- Javanese: “Prefektur Wakayama”
- Javanese: “Préfèktur Wakayama”
- Kannada: “ವಕಾಯಾಮಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Vakayama prefekturası”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Vakayamа”
- Korean: “와까야마현”
- Korean: “와카야마 현”
- Korean: “와카야마현”
- Latin: “Vacaiama”
- Latin: “Wakayama”
- Latin: “Wakayamaënsis”
- Latvian: “Vakajamas prefektūra”
- Literary Chinese: “和歌山縣”
- Lithuanian: “Vakajama prefektūra”
- Lithuanian: “Vakajamos prefektūra”
- Lithuanian: “Wakayama prefektūra”
- Macedonian: “Вакајама”
- Malay: “Wakayama”
- Malay: “Wilayah Wakayama”
- Manipuri: “ꯋꯥꯀꯥꯌꯥꯃꯥ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ”
- Marathi: “वाकायामा प्रांत”
- Marathi: “वाकायामा”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Wakayama-gâing”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wakayama Koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wakayama-koān”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wakayama-kōan”
- Mongolian: “Вакаяма”
- Northern Frisian: “Wakayama (Prefektüür)”
- Northern Frisian: “Wakayama”
- Northern Sami: “Wakayama prefektuvra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wakayama prefektur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wakayama prefektur”
- Norwegian: “Wakayama”
- Occitan (post 1500): “prefectura de Wakayama”
- Ossetian: “Вакаямæ (префектурæ)”
- Ossetian: “Вакаямæ”
- Persian: “استان واکایاما”
- Polish: “Prefektura Wakayama”
- Portuguese: “Wakayama”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Wakayama”
- Russian: “Вакаяма”
- Scots: “Wakayama Prefectur”
- Scots: “Wakayama”
- Serbian: “Prefektura Vakajama”
- Serbian: “Вакајама”
- Serbian: “Префектура Вакајама”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Vakajama”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Wakayama”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vakajama”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wakayama”
- Sinhala: “වකයාමා ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Wakajama”
- Slovenian: “Prefektura Vakajama”
- Slovenian: “Prefektura Wakayama”
- South Azerbaijani: “واکایاما اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Wakayama”
- Spanish: “Wakayama Japon”
- Spanish: “Wakayama Japón”
- Spanish: “Wakayama”
- Sundanese: “Wakayama Prefecture”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Wakayama”
- Swedish: “Wakayama prefektur”
- Swedish: “Wakayama”
- Tagalog: “Prepektura ng Wakayama”
- Tagalog: “Prepekturang Wakayama”
- Tagalog: “Wakayama Prefecture”
- Tajik: “Prefekturai Vakajama”
- Tajik: “Префектураи Вакаяма”
- Tamil: “வாக்கயமா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே”
- Tatar: “Вакаяма (префектура)”
- Tatar: “Вакаяма”
- Telugu: “వకాయామా ప్రిఫెక్చర్”
- Thai: “จังหวัดวะกะยะมะ”
- Thai: “จังหวัดวากายามะ”
- Turkish: “Wakayama prefektörlüğü”
- Turkish: “Wakayama”
- Turkmen: “Vakaýama”
- Turkmen: “Wakaýama”
- Ukrainian: “Вакаяма”
- Ukrainian: “Префектура Вакаяма”
- Urdu: “واکایاما پریفیکچر”
- Vietnamese: “Hòa Ca Sơn Huyện”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Wakayama”
- Vietnamese: “Wakayama”
- Waray (Philippines): “Wakayama Prefecture”
- Waray (Philippines): “Wakayama”
- Welsh: “Wakayama-ken”
- Welsh: “Wakayama”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع واکایاما”
- Wu Chinese: “和歌山县”
- Yue Chinese: “和歌山”
- Yue Chinese: “和歌山县”
- Yue Chinese: “和歌山縣”
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