Ōmihachiman
| Ōmi-Hachiman-shi 近 江 八 幡 市 |
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| Geographical location in Japan | |||
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| Region : | Kinki | ||
| Prefecture : | Shiga | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 8 ' N , 136 ° 6' E | ||
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| Surface: | 76.97 km² | ||
| Residents : | 81,322 (October 1, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 1057 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community key : | 25204-2 | ||
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| Tree : | Azaleas , cherry | ||
| Flower : | Fire sage | ||
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| Address : |
Ōmi-Hachiman City Hall 236 Sakuramiya-chō Ōmi-Hachiman -shi Shiga 523-8501 |
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| Website URL: | http://www.city.omihachiman.shiga.jp/ | ||
| Location of Ōmi-Hachimans in Shiga Prefecture | |||
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Ōmihachiman ( Japanese 近 江 八 幡 市 , - shi ) is a city in Shiga Prefecture in Japan . The name of the city is composed of the name of the former province Ōmi (meaning: "near bay") and the name of the shrine and associated god Hachiman . The island of Okishima (沖 島) belongs to the city .
history
On March 3, 1933, the Mura Utsuro ( 宇 津 呂 村 , -mura ) and on April 1, 1951 the Mura Shima ( 島村 , -mura ) in the Gamō-gun ( 蒲 生 郡 ) in the Chō Hachiman ( 八 幡 町 , -chō ) incorporated in the same gun .
The appointment to Shi under the name Ōmi-Hachiman took place on March 31, 1954 with the merger of the Chō Hachiman, as well as the Mura Kaneda ( 金 田村 , -mura ), Kirihara ( 桐 原 村 , -mura ), Mafuchi ( 馬 淵 村 , - mura ) and Okayama ( 岡山 村 , -mura ) in Gamō-gun.
On March 3, 1955 Kitasato ( 北 里 村 , -mura ) in Yasu-gun and on February 1, 1958 Musa ( 武 佐 村 , -mura ) in Gamō-gun was incorporated into the city.
Attractions
- Chōmei-ji ( 長命 寺 )
- Himure Hachiman-gū ( 日 牟 禮 八 幡 宮 )
traffic
- Street:
- National Road 8 , to Niigata or Kyōto
- National roads 421, 477
- Train:
- JR Tōkaidō Main Line ( Biwako Line ), to Tokyo or Kobe
- Ōmi Tetsudō Yōkaichi Line , after Higashiōmi
Town twinning
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Grand Rapids , Michigan , United States , since 1986 -
Leavenworth , Kansas , United States , since 1997
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Miryang , Gyeongsangnam-do , South Korea , since 1994
sons and daughters of the town
- Takashi Inui (* 1988), Japanese soccer player
- Tatsuo Kawabata (* 1945), Japanese politician
