Wakayama University

Some of the contents include excerpts from "Chris's Study Abroad Experience at Wakayama University"(March 2008)

* "Kii" and "Ki" are old names of Wakayama

World Heritage "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in The Kii Mountain Range"

"The Last Republic of Japan" - Visiting the Country of Ki

Wakayama Castle where Shogun Grew up

Wakayama's Traditional Culture in the Literature of Ariyoshi, Sawako

Over the Sea...Wakayama as Emigrants' Country

Pioneer of Environmental Conservation

Kishu Festivals

Credits: (for photos, data & info., maps, illustrations and others)

Wakayama Prefectural Tourism Promotion Department

          Public Relations Photo Library

          Road Policy Department / Japan Scenic Byway-Kumano

Wakayama International Exchange Association / Wakayama Tourism Federation

Wakayama City International Exchange Department

          Tourism Department

Wakayama City Library Emigrant Information Room

WIN Concord

Institute of Kishu Economic and Cultural History