During our trip to Japan we used Wakayama as an overnight stopover on the rail journey from Shirahama to Osaka. Since our hotel was a mere 800m away taking the time to visit Wakayama Castle had to happen.
The castle has a long history, having been first built in 1585 and subsequently destroyed and rebuilt numerous times through the years since. The most recent rebuild was in 1958 after it was destroyed by bombing in WWII.