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Wakayama, city, capital of Wakayama ken (prefecture), west-central Honshu, Japan. It is situated in the northwestern part of the prefecture at the mouth of the Kino River, on the Kii Peninsula, and lies along the Kii Strait, which leads from the Pacific Ocean into the Inland Sea. It is the capital and largest city of Wakayama prefecture. The settlement’s growth began in 1585 with the construction of a castle there ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Wakayama subsequently became the headquarters of the Kii branch of the ruling Tokugawa family of Japan. The last seven shoguns of Japan, ruling from 1716 to ...(100 of 174 words)

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