Ōshū

This article covers the city of Ōshū. For the former province, see Mutsu Province .

Ōshū-shi 奥 州市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Tōhoku
Prefecture :	Iwate
Coordinates :	39 ° 9 '  N , 141 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 8 '40 "  N , 141 ° 8' 21"  E
Basic data
Surface:	993.35 km²
Residents :	114,246 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	115 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	03215-8
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	maple
Flower :	Cherry Blossom
Bird :	Colored pheasant
town hall
Address :	Ōshū City Hall 1 - 1 Ōte-machi Mizusawa-ku , Ōshū -shi Iwate  023-8501
Website URL:	http://www.city.oshu.iwate.jp/
Location of Ōshū in Iwate Prefecture

Ōshū ( Japanese 奥 州市 , -shi ) is a city in Iwate Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan . The name is short for the province of Mutsu .

history

The city of Ōshū was formed on February 20, 2006 from the cities of Mizusawa ( 水 沢 市 , -shi ) and Esashi ( 江 刺 市 , -shi ), as well as the communities of Maesawa ( 前 沢 町 , -chō ) and Isawa ( 胆 沢 町 , -chō ) and the village of Koromogawa ( 衣 川村 , -mura ) in Isawa County.

geography

Ōshū is south of Morioka and north of Sendai .

The Kitakami flows through the city from north to south.

traffic

• Street:
  • Tōhoku Highway
  • National road 4
  • National road 107, 343, 397, 456
• Train:
  • JR Tōhoku Shinkansen : Mizusawa-Esashi Station
  • JR Tōhoku main line

Town twinning

• Reutte and Breitenwang , since 1991

Neighboring cities and communities

• Iwate Prefecture
  • Hanamaki
  • Kitakami
  • Ichinoseki
  • Tono
  • Hiraizumi
  • Sumita
  • Kanagasaki
  • Nishiwaga
• Akita Prefecture
  • Higashinaruse

sons and daughters of the town

• Gōko Kiyoshi (1882-1961), armaments manager (Mitsubishi-Zaibatsu), advisor to the Tōjō cabinet and exonerated in 1946 as a class A war criminal
• Gotō Shimpei (1857–1929), politician, minister and mayor of Tokyo
• Ozawa Saeki (1898–1968), politician, minister and father of Ichirō Ozawa
• Saitō Makoto (1858–1936), admiral and politician, Japanese Prime Minister
• Shiina Etsusaburō (1898–1979), politician, minister and chairman of the Shiina faction

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Originally with Mizusawa.
2. ^ Austrian-Japanese relations. Japanese Embassy Austria, archived from the original on December 19, 2012 ; accessed on August 12, 2016 . 

Web links

Commons : Ōshū  - collection of images, videos and audio files