Things to see in Wakayama
Wakayama is a city in Japan, with an urban population of about 440 thousand. Below are 11 notable places within about 6 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Wakayama Castle History
Wakayama Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. 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.
2Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama Art
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama is a museum of modern art in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
3Wakayama Prefectural Museum Museum
Wakayama Prefectural Museum is a history museum in located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
4Hinokuma Jingū Place of worship
Hinokuma Shrine and Kunikakasu Shrine is a Shinto shrine complex in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is officially known simply as nichizengū.
5Wakayama City Museum Museum
Wakayama City Museum is a local history museum located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It opened in November 1985 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the construction of Wakayama Castle.
6Kamayama Shrine Place of worship
Kamayama Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
7Kimii-dera Temple Place of worship
Kimii-dera is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It is the head temple of the Kusei Kannon sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is a hibutsu image of Jūichimen Kannon.
8Kishū Tōshō-gū Place of worship
Kishū Tōshō-gū is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the deified first Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
9Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore Art
Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore is an archaeology museum located in the outskirts of the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
10Iwase Senzuka Kofun Group History
Iwase-Senzuka Kofun Cluster is a cluster of Kofun period burial mounds that is located in the Wakayama, in the Kansai region of Japan. One of the largest concentrations of burial mounds in Japan, it consist of over 900 tumuli.
11Ōtani Kofun History
The Ōtani Kofun is a kofun burial mound located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site in 1978.
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