Wakayama Castle
The origin of the castle started in 1585, Hashiba Hideyoshi (later Toyotomi Hideyoshi) subjugated Kishu teritory (the area now known as Wakayama) and he ordered his younger brother, Hidenaga, to build a castle on Mt.Torafusu which is at a downstream of Kinokawa-river. Later, a vassal of the Hashiba family, Kuwayama Shigeharu was placed in charge of the castle (and later, the castle lord). After the Battle of Sekigahara, Asano Yoshinaga became lord of the castle and he started building a tower followed by an interconnected corridor. He built residences in the area now known as Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Nishinomaru while building a castle town. In 1619, Yorinobu, the 10th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, inherited the castle.
I took a stroll around Wakayama Castle.
Thanks to my friend in Osaka, they even drove me all the way from Osaka to visit Wakayama Castle and the grounds.
It was a shame that cherry blossom season 🌸 was already coming to an end.
Wakayama Prefecture, in Japan, is located on the Kii Peninsula.
It’s known for the Kumano Kodo, Mount Koya, Shirahama Onsen, and Wakayama Castle, and it’s a famous hot spring getaway.
It’s also only about a 1.5-hour drive from Osaka, which makes it perfect for a quick 1-2 day trip.
It was my first time visiting Wakayama, and I was surprised by how few people there were in the city!
Other than the area around the train station, everywhere else felt pretty quiet,
and there were very few tourists too.
I really didn’t expect that.