Toba (Mie)

Toba-shi 鳥羽 市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kinki
Prefecture :	Mie
Coordinates :	34 ° 29 '  N , 136 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 28 '53 "  N , 136 ° 50' 36"  E
Basic data
Surface:	107.92 km²
Residents :	17,907 (17907)
Population density :	166 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	24211-0
Symbols
Tree :	Citrus tachibana
Flower :	Dianthus superbus var. Longicalycinus
Bird :	Common gull
town hall
Address :	Toba City Hall 3 - 1 - 1 , Toba Toba -shi Mie  517-0011
Website URL:	http://www.city.toba.mie.jp
Location Tobas in the Mie prefecture

Toba ( Japanese 鳥羽 市 , - shi ) is a city in the Japanese prefecture of Mie on the Shima Peninsula .

geography

Toba is east of Ise and southeast of Tsu on the Pacific Ocean .

Attractions

• Kata-jinja (shrine)
• Toba Sea-Folk Museum
• Mikimoto Pearl Island ( Pearl Museum)
• Toba castle ruins

history

Toba is an old castle town , with a castle where the Inagaki last resided with an income of 30,000 koku .

Toba was classified as a city on November 1, 1954 after the former communities of Toba, Kamo, Nagaoka, Kagamiura, Momoroti, Sugashima, Toshi and Kamishima were merged.

The port bay of Toba (Mie)

traffic

• Street:
  • National Road 42,167,259
• Train:
  • Kintetsu Shima line
  • Kintetsu Toba Line
  • JR Sangu Line

Neighboring cities and communities

• Ise
• Shima

Town twinning

• Santa Barbara , United States, since 1966
• Sanda , Japan, since 2011

sons and daughters of the town

• Kokichi Mikimoto (1858–1954), inventor of the cultured pearl

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sister Cities. Santa Barbara, accessed June 20, 2017 .