Tanabe

Tanabe (田辺市, Tanabe-shi) is the second biggest city in Wakayama Prefecture, Imperial-controlled Japan.

As of 2008 (after uniting the old Tanabe city with several smaller villages including Hongū, Ryūjin, Nakahechi and Ōtō), the city has an estimated population of 80,398 and a density of 78.3 persons per km². The total area is 1026.77 km². The city was founded on May 20, 1942.

Tanabe is on the coast and surrounded by mountains. Tanabe is the point at which the Kumano Kodō (熊野古道) ancient pilgrimage road turns inland from the coast. There is a district with many bars in front of JR Kii-Tanabe (紀伊田辺) train station. There is a bridge to a nearby island called Motoshima. Kashima Island, off the coast of Tanabe, is closed to the general public.

According to information sources recieved from Yuriko Omega's perspective of the Uprising, "Yuriko Matsui" was born in this city and is where her psionic powers began to show in her early days.