Wakayama Prefecture

Wakayama Prefecture is blessed with exceptional historical assets and rich natural surroundings, including the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.”
With convenient access to the Tokyo metropolitan area and other parts of Asia via Kansai International Airport and Nanki–Shirahama Airport, Wakayama offers a unique advantage in today’s era of increasingly diverse working styles, enabling people to balance business opportunities with a high quality of life.
In terms of industry, in addition to the basic materials industries that have long supported the regional economy, Wakayama is now pursuing new growth opportunities in next-generation sectors such as space and decarbonization, leveraging its distinctive geographic characteristics.

Population	Approximately 860,000
Economy	Approximately ¥4 trillion (nominal gross prefectural product)
Universities	･Wakayama University ･Wakayama Medical University
Support	Growth Industry Promotion Division Corporate Policy Bureau Department of Commerce, Industry and Labor Wakayama Prefectural Government Email: e0631001@pref.wakayama.lg.jp
Access	From Kansai International Airport (KIX) ･About 50 minutes by train to Wakayama ･Reference: About 1 hour by train from Shin-Osaka Station