Proper noun
A prefecture of Japan.
A city, capital of Wakayama prefecture, Japan.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSeattle Mariners special assistant Ichiro Suzuki concluded his high school coaching debut on Friday after three days as a special instructor with schoolboy baseball powerhouse Chiben Wakayama in western Japan. Source: Internet
Scientists examining Pacific bluefin tuna () at a tuna ranch at the Wakayama prefecture, Japan came across some unfamiliar-looking flukes living in the heart of the tunas, which they described and named Cardicola orientalis in this study. Source: Internet
“The time he spent with us was like a dream,” Chiben Wakayama manager Jin Nakatani, a former pro ballplayer, said. Source: Internet
The municipal government of Yuasa, Wakayama Prefecture, has been receiving a flurry of inquiries related to its return gifts given to people making donations to the town under the country’s hometown tax donation program. Source: Internet
Wakayama Women's Prison, for example, is home to a six-foot-tall mandarin orange named Waka-P (an abbreviation of the prison's name). Source: Internet