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About Wakayama
The seat of one of the three Tokugawa branch houses, which is why a city this size has a castle of that scale. It is also the gateway to Kii — Koyasan is inland, the Kumano shrines are down the coast — and the shore south of the city was written about in the eighth-century Manyoshu, which is a long time for a view to have been famous.
Within reach of the port
Wakayama Castle
On Torafusu hill in the middle of the city, seat of the Kii Tokugawa. The keep was burned in 1945 and rebuilt in 1958; the stonework below it is original and unusually varied, because it was built in stages by different hands.
Wakayama City (official) ↗in Japanese — your browser can translate it
Kimiidera
A temple of 770 on a hillside south of the city, up 231 steps. It is one of the hundred cherry sites and the blossom opens here earlier than anywhere else in Kansai, which is how the region knows spring has started.
Wakayama City (official) ↗in Japanese — your browser can translate it
Wakaura
The bay below Kimiidera, praised in the Manyoshu in the eighth century and designated a Japan Heritage story with the temple. Tidal flats, a long sandbar and a shrine on the hill above.
Wakayama City (official) ↗in Japanese — your browser can translate it
Shore excursions
NYK Cruises run their own guided excursions at each port, booked by guests themselves through My ASUKA PLANS — the booking window opens before departure and depends on your cabin class. They are conducted in Japanese. Going ashore independently is always an option.
Official sources
- Wakayama City tourism (official) ↗in Japanese — your browser can translate it