Miyazu

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Miyazu-shi
宮 津市
Miyazu (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Geographical location in Japan
Region : Kinki
Prefecture : Kyoto
Coordinates : 35 ° 32 '  N , 135 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 32 '8 "  N , 135 ° 11' 44"  E
Basic data
Surface: 172.74 km²
Residents : 17,044
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 99 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 26205-6
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Miyazu
Tree : Japanese black pine
Flower : Rhododendron dilatatum
town hall
Address : Miyazu City Hall
345 - 1 , Yanaginawate
Miyazu -shi
Kyoto  626-8501
Website URL: http://www.city.miyazu.kyoto.jp/
Location of Miyazu in Kyoto Prefecture
Location of Miyazu in the prefecture

Miyazu ( Japanese 宮 津市 , - shi ) is a Japanese city ​​in the north of Kyōto Prefecture on the island of Honshū .

history

Miyazu is an old castle town , at whose castle under the Tokugawa the Daimyō Kyōgoku (1600), Nagai (1669), Abe (1681), Okudaira (1697), Aoyama (1717) and finally from 1778 until the Meiji Restoration the Honjō resided with 70,000 koku incomes.

On June 1, 1954, Miyazu received town charter.

Attractions

Amanohashidate

traffic

Street
train
  • Kitakinki Tango Tetsudō Miyafuku Line (to Maizuru or Toyooka)

Town twinning

Neighboring cities and communities

Individual evidence

  1. ^ E. Papinot: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .

Web links

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