Hamada
| Hamada-shi 浜 田 市 |
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| Region : | Chūgoku | ||
| Prefecture : | Shimane | ||
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 54 ' N , 132 ° 5' E | ||
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| Surface: | 689.52 km² | ||
| Residents : | 54,869 (October 1, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 80 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community key : | 32202-4 | ||
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| Tree : | jaw | ||
| Flower : | azalea | ||
| Fish : | plaice | ||
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Hamada City Hall 1 Tono-machi Hamada shi Shimane 697-8501 |
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| Website URL: | http://www.city.hamada.shimane.jp | ||
| Location Hamadas in Shimane Prefecture | |||
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Hamada ( Japanese 浜 田 市 , -shi ) is a Japanese city with a port on the Sea of Japan in Shimane Prefecture on Honshū .
Through the incorporation of three parishes and a village in October 2005, the population of Hamada grew by around a quarter and the area by a good fourfold.
Hamada was already an important port city in Western Japan in historical times and flourished during the last 250 years of the Edo period (1601–1868). With the end of the Edo period, the castle was also destroyed and Hamada gradually lost its importance. Only with the beginning of the expansion and renovation of the port facilities after the end of the Second World War did the city experience an upswing again. Above all, the increased trade volume as well as the strongly promoted commercial fishing are to be mentioned.
Today Hamada has the only deep sea port on the west coast of Chūgoku . Lively trade takes place mainly with nearby South Korea , China and especially Russia ( Vladivostok ). However, international passenger traffic does not take place from Hamada. The closest passenger ferry connection with the Asian mainland runs from Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which is around 200 kilometers south .
Hamada is located on the economic shady side of the Japanese main island of Honshu, but is therefore the only major city in Shimane Prefecture to be connected to the island's toll motorway network. The travel time to Hiroshima - and thus to the economically important east coast of the island - is reduced from two and a half to just over an hour.
Worth seeing
The ruins of Hamada Castle are particularly worth seeing during the cherry blossom season . The castle was completed in 1620 and destroyed during the violent end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868. The Nagahama Shrine is also very impressive during the cherry blossom season.
In the vicinity of Hamada there are several onsen , e.g. B. Asahi-Onsen, Mimata-Onsen or Yunotsu-Onsen. The latter is known due to the high temperature of the thermal water ( Yunotsu translates as "hot, hot water") and the healing properties attributed to it. The water in the Mimata Onsen is said to have a special effect on the skin.
4 kilometers north of Hamada is also the beach of Kokufu with its white sand known in Chūgoku. In summer it is a magnet for bathers, in winter surfers cavort there. Very close to the beach is Iwami Tatami-ga-ura , a rock formation that was lifted out of the sea by an earthquake in 1837 and the resulting geological fault. The rocks raised in this way are traversed by a system of tunnels that is open to tourists. A wide variety of fossils and even whale bones trapped in sediment can be seen.
15 kilometers north of Hamada is the Aquas , the largest saltwater aquarium in Western Japan. Its attraction are the beluga whales kept there .
traffic
- Train:
- Street:
- Sanin highway
- Hamada Highway
- National road 9
- National Road 186
Town twinning
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Shizuishan , since 1994
sons and daughters of the town
- Shimamura Hōgetsu (1871-1918), writer, literary critic and scholar
- Tawara Kuniichi (1872–1958), metallurgist
- Daiju Sasaki (* 1999), soccer player
- Masao Takemoto (1919–2007), artistic gymnast
