Hirono (Iwate)

Hirono Town Hall
Hirono-chō ; 洋野町
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Tōhoku
Prefecture :	Iwate
Coordinates :	40 ° 25 ' N , 141 ° 43' E Coordinates: 40 ° 24 '31 " N , 141 ° 43' 7" E
Basic data
Surface:	303.2 km²
Residents :	15,277 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	50 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	03507-6
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Japanese red pine
Flower :	Rhododendrons
Bird :	Common gull
town hall
Address :	Hirono Town Hall ; 27 Dai-23-chiwari, Taneichi; Hirono -chō, Kunohe-gun ; Iwate 028-1392
Website URL:	www.town.hirono.iwate.jp
Location Hironos in Iwate Prefecture

Hirono ( Japanese 洋野町 , - chō ) is a town in Kunohe County in Iwate Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan .

geography

Hirono is located on the Sanriku Coast on the Pacific Ocean in the far north of Iwate Prefecture. A large part of the municipal area is mountainous, so that the population is concentrated on the coastal sections, as well as mountain and river valleys.

The community consists of the following nine districts. On the coast from north to south are Taneichi ( 種市 ), Okonai ( 小子内 ), Uge ( 有家 ) and Nakano ( 中野 ) on the southern border. About 15 kilometers inland in an extensive river basin of the Ōno river ( 大野川 ) is the relatively densely populated center of Ōno ( 大野 , dt. "Large field"). The Ōno River also forms the southern western border and rises in the southwest of the municipality. The Kōge River ( 高家川 ) rises in the immediate vicinity, along which the districts Mizusawa ( 水沢 ), Taishima ( 帯島 ) and, still almost 10 km from the coast, Akogi ( 阿子木 ) are located in a plateau . Then the river forms the southern border of the municipality until it flows into the ocean. The Ōno river flows slightly north of the center of Ōno into the Uge river ( 有家川 ), which flows into the Pacific at Uge, while Kamidate ( 上舘 ) is located upstream on the western border .

Neighboring communities are Kuji in the south, Karumai in the west and Hashikami in the north.

history

The municipality was established on January 1st, 2006 by the union of the city of Taneichi and the village of Ōno .

Hirono is an example of how in the tsunami triggered by the Tōhoku earthquake on March 11, 2011, the dikes were able to successfully protect those communities in Japan in which the tsunami triggered by the earthquake was lower than the dikes. While the tsunami in the city of Hirono was 9.5 m above the tide level, the levees here were 12 m higher than the tide level and the city of Hirono was not flooded. According to other information, the tidal waves had a height of 6.3 to 15 meters. From a place of refuge, the tsunami was observed to wash away 41 fishing boats. The boats were later found 2-3 km in a line in the open sea. 10 residential buildings were completely destroyed and 15 others were partially destroyed. The Hirono post office was damaged. In Hirono, where the majority of the districts are inland, there were neither injuries nor deaths.

traffic

The most important highways are the national road 45 to Sendai or Aomori , and 395 to Kuji or Ninohe . Others are prefecture streets 11, 20, 139, 150, 153, 164, 216, 247, 269 and 292.

The community is connected to the rail network via the JR East Hachinohe Line with stations within the community in Kadonohama, Hiranai, Taneichi, Tamagawa, Shukunohe, Rikuchu-Yagi, Uge and Rikuchu-Nakano.

There are also the ports of Tateichi ( 種市港 ), Tamagawa ( 玉川港 ), Heruke ( 戸類家港 ), Shukunohe ( 宿戸港 ), Yagi ( 八木港 ), and other fishing ports in the municipality . The Yagi port is one of the most important in the prefecture.

education

Are the primary schools (Hirono 洋野町立X小学校 , Hirono-sonritsu X shōgakkō ) Tateichi ( 種市 ) Hiranai ( 平内 ) Kadonohama ( 角浜 ) Jonai ( 城内 ) Shukunohe ( 宿戸 ), Nakano ( 中野 ) Ōno ( 大野 ) RinGo ( 林郷 ) Taishima ( 帯島 ) and Mukaida ( 向田 ), the middle schools ( 洋野町立X中学校 , Hirono-sonritsu X chūgakkō ) Tateichi, Shukunohe, Nakano, ONO Daiichi ( 大野第一 , “1. Middle School Ōno”) and Ōno-Daini ( 大野第二 , “2. Middle School Ōno”), as well as the two prefectural high schools ( 岩手県立種市高等学校 , Iwate-kenritsu X kōtō gakkō ) Tateichi and Ōno.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Structural Measures Against Tsunamis . In: Federica Ranghieri, Mikio Ishiwatari (Ed.): Learning from Megadisasters - Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake . World Bank Publications, Washington, DC 2014, ISBN 978-1-4648-0153-2 , Chapter 1, pp. 25–32 , doi : 10.1596 / 978-1-4648-0153-2 ( work accessible online on Google Books [accessed on April 3, 2018]). , License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO.

↑ 広報ひろの . No. 5/2011 , p. 4 ( town.hirono.iwate.jp ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF]). 広報ひろの ( Memento from the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ 東日本大震災：「何度も押し寄せた」岩手県洋野町の津波 ("East Japanese earthquake: 'It floods again and again', tsunami in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture"). In: 毎日 jp. Mainichi Shimbun- sha, March 13, 2011, accessed May 29, 2011 (Japanese).

↑ ^a ^b 平成 23 年（2011 年）東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）について（第 157 報） ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite ) ( PDF ( Memento of March 18, 2018 on WebCite )), 総務省消防庁 (Fire and Disaster Management Agency), March 7, 2018.

↑ 南相馬の郵便局、津波で流失東北各地で被災 ("Post office in Minamisōma washed away, many places in the Tōhoku region affected"). (No longer available online.) In: asahi.com. Asahi Shimbun- sha, March 12, 2011, archived from the original on March 14, 2011 ; Retrieved May 29, 2011 (Japanese).

↑ 東日本大震災図説集 . (No longer available online.) In: mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun- sha, May 20, 2011, archived from the original on June 19, 2011 ; Retrieved June 19, 2011 (Japanese, overview of reported dead, missing and evacuated).

↑ 八木港の概要 . (No longer available online.) Iwate Prefecture, archived from original September 6, 2012 ; Retrieved May 29, 2011 (Japanese).

↑ 学校 . (No longer available online.) Hirono, archived from the original on January 23, 2007 ; Retrieved May 29, 2011 (Japanese).

[Ranghieri&Ishiwatari2014_LFM_Kap4_S25-32-1] Structural Measures Against Tsunamis . In: Federica Ranghieri, Mikio Ishiwatari (Ed.): Learning from Megadisasters - Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake . World Bank Publications, Washington, DC 2014, ISBN 978-1-4648-0153-2 , Chapter 1, pp. 25–32 , doi : 10.1596 / 978-1-4648-0153-2 ( work accessible online on Google Books [accessed on April 3, 2018]). , License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO.