Shimotsu (Wakayama Prefecture)

Shimotsu was a town of around 14K people in 2003. In 2005 it was merged into the expanded city of Kainan.
We grabbed a taxi to Bandoko Garden -- a lovely peninsular garden that was all the more stunning for its seclusion from the city.
We then taxi'd over to Wakayama Castle Park. During the Edo Period (c1600 - 1863), due to its size and status, Wakayama Castle was ranked as one of the most important castles under the Tokugawa (Edo) shogunate (military government). Unfortunately it was firebombed in 1945 during the war, however it was reconstructed in 1958; this time, in concrete. Here too were beautiful gardens made all the more so thanks to the colorful fall foliage.Weiterlesen