Wakayama [city] - Wakayama

Japanese: 和歌山[市] - わかやま

Wakayama City is located in the northwestern tip of Wakayama Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1889. It is the prefectural capital. It includes the Wakayama Plain downstream of the Kino River, the southern slope of the Izumi Mountains, and Tomogashima Island in the Kitan Strait. The central city is on the left bank of the Kino River estuary. In the Middle Ages, it was a stopover point for water transport on the Kino River and coastal shipping routes, but its origins as a city lie in the castle town of Wakayama Castle, which was built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi near the mouth of the Kino River. After Tokugawa Yorinobu entered the city in 1619, it prospered as a castle town of the Kishu clan with 555,000 koku of rice throughout the Edo period, and cotton cultivation was also thriving. Although it was damaged in World War II, after the war it developed into a heavy chemical industry city, mainly steel and chemicals. The spinning and dyeing industries, mainly cotton flannel, lumbering and woodworking such as Yoshino cedar, and leather industries, which had been active since before the war, are also active. With the opening of the New Kansai International Airport, efforts are being made to attract high-tech industries. The city is served by the Hanwa Line, Kisei Main Line, Wakayama Line, Nankai Electric Railway lines, Wakayama Electric Railway, the Hanwa Expressway, and regular shipping routes to Tokushima. Rice, mandarin oranges, and persimmons are cultivated in the surrounding area. Wakayama Castle (historic site), Iwase Senzuka Burial Mounds (special historic site), Wakaura, Kimiidera, Wakayama University, and the Prefectural Medical University are all located here. The Tomogashima and Kada areas are national vacation villages and belong to the Setonaikai National Park. Area: 208.84 ^km2 . Population: 370,364 (2010).
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和歌山県北西端の市。1889年市制。県庁所在地。紀ノ川下流の和歌山平野と和泉山脈南斜面，紀淡海峡に浮かぶ友ヶ島を含む。中心市街は紀ノ川河口左岸にあり，中世には紀ノ川水運と沿岸航路の中継地であったが，豊臣秀吉が紀ノ川河口付近に築いた和歌山城の城下町が都市としての起源，1619年徳川頼宣が入国して以後江戸期を通じて紀州家55万5000石の城下町として繁栄し，綿作も盛ん。第２次大戦で被災したが，戦後は鉄鋼，化学を中心に重化学工業都市として発展，戦前からの綿ネルを主とする紡織・染色工業，吉野杉などの製材・木工業，皮革業も活発である。関西国際新空港の開港を契機に先端技術関係工業の誘致もはかられている。阪和線，紀勢本線，和歌山線，南海電鉄の各線，和歌山電鉄，阪和自動車道，徳島との間の定期航路が通じる。周辺では米作，ミカン・カキ栽培が盛ん。和歌山城（史跡），岩橋千塚(いわせせんづか)古墳群（特別史跡），和歌浦，紀三井寺，和歌山大学，県立医科大学があり，友ヶ島，加太地区は国民休暇村で瀬戸内海国立公園に属する。208.84km²。37万364人（2010）。
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