Wakayama

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Wakayama-shi
和 歌 山 市
Wakayama
Geographical location in Japan
Wakayama (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Region : Kinki
Prefecture : Wakayama
Coordinates : 34 ° 14 '  N , 135 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 13 '50 "  N , 135 ° 10' 15"  E
Basic data
Surface: 210.23 km²
Residents : 355,825
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 1693 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 30201-5
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Wakayama
Tree : Camphor tree
Flower : azalea
town hall
Address : Wakayama City Hall
23 Shichiban-chō
Wakayama -shi
Wakayama  640-8511
Website URL: http://www.city.wakayama.wakayama.jp/
Location of Wakayamas in Wakayama Prefecture
Location of Wakayamas in the prefecture

Wakayama ( Japanese 和 歌 山 市 , - shi ) is a city and the administrative seat of Wakayama Prefecture on the Japanese main island of Honshū .

Wakayama has a university and medical college. In addition to mechanical engineering , there is cotton, leather and pharmaceutical industries here. The city has 355,825 inhabitants (October 1, 2019).

history

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi had defeated the monks of Negoro-ji , he gave the province of Kii to his brother Toyotomi Hidenaga (豊 臣 秀 長; 1540–1591). He built a castle there and gave it to Kuwayama Shigeharu (桑 山 重 晴, 1586–1596). In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu Asano Yukinaga (浅 野 幸 長; 1576–1613) established there until 1619, Ieyasu's 10th son, Tokugawa Yorinobu (徳 川 頼 宣; 1602–1671), took over the province and built a new castle there. The descendants formed one of the "three honorable families" ( Gosanke ), who then ruled there until the Meiji Restoration .

In 1713 the 5th Prince Tokugawa Yoshimune founded a Han school , which was initially called Kōyakujo (講 訳 所), from 1716 then Kōdō (講堂). There taught u. a. Itō Jinsai and Kinoshita Jun'an , under whom Gion Nankai studied. It was the most famous Han school in the country until it fell into decline. In 1790, the 10th Prince Tokugawa Harutomi (徳 川 治 宝; 1771-1853) rebuilt the school and had a hall consecrated to Confucius under the common name of "Seidō" (聖堂) built. The following year the school was given its final name Gakushūkan (学習 館). In 1866 it was moved to the Okayama district south of the castle. Today the Wakayama University's elementary and middle school is located there .

geography

Wakayama is located on the Kii Canal at the mouth of the Kinokawa River . At the northern end of the channel between the island of Awaji in the Kitan Strait are the four islands of Tomogashima .

Attractions

Wakayama Castle

Town twinning

United StatesUnited States Bakersfield , California , USA (since 1961)
CanadaCanada Richmond , British Columbia , Canada (since 1973)
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Jinan , People's Republic of China (since 1983)
Korea SouthSouth Korea Jeju , South Korea (since 1987)

Personalities

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Neighboring cities and communities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 姉妹 都市 ・ 友好 都市. Wakayama City Sister City Relationships. Retrieved August 20, 2016 (Japanese).

literature

  • Wakayama-ken kotogakko-shakai-ka kenkyu-kyokai (Ed.): Wakayama . In: Wakayama-ken no rekishi sampo. Yamakawa Shuppan, 2009. ISBN 978-4-634-24630-0 . P. 229.
  • Papinot, Edmond: Wakayama . In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .

Web links

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