In the Kansai region, known mostly for the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, Nara and Kobe, Wakayama Prefecture rarely tops the destination list of most tourists.
It's little known overseas and it's name doesn't have the cachet that universally conjures up an iconic Japanese food like, say, Kobe beef.
Wakayama wants to change that.
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