Umi (Fukuoka)

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Umi-machi
宇 美 町
Umi (Fukuoka) (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Geographical location in Japan
Region : Kyushu
Prefecture : Fukuoka
Coordinates : 33 ° 34 '  N , 130 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 33 ° 34 '4 "  N , 130 ° 30' 40"  E
Basic data
Surface: 30.22 km²
Residents : 37,609
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 1245 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 40341-5
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Umi
Tree : Camphor tree
Flower : Rhododendron metternichii
town hall
Address : Umi Town Hall
5 - 1 - 1 , Umi
Umi - machi , Kasuya-gun
Fukuoka  811-2192
Website URL: www.town.umi.lg.jp

Umi ( Japanese 宇 美 町 , - machi ) is a city in Kasuya-gun in the Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka .

history

After the Nihonshoki and the Kojiki , Jingū gave birth to the later Ōjin - tennō here after returning from her conquest in Korea . The name of the city is also traced back to the fact that umi means "birth" , but in the spelling み み .

On October 20, 1920, the Mura Umi ( 宇 美 村 , -mura ) was appointed Machi.

Attractions

One of the sights is the Shintō shrine Umi-Hachiman-gū ( 宇 美 八 幡 宮 ) in which Jingū, Ōjin, Tamayorihime , the three Sumiyoshi-Kami and Izanami are venerated.

In Umi there are also kofun (ancient burial mounds).

traffic

Umi is connected to the Kyushu highway to Kitakyushu or Kagoshima , as well as by rail with the JR Kashii line to Fukuoka .

education

Umi is home to the primary schools Umi, Umi East, Harada, Sakurabara and Ino, the middle schools Umi East and Umi South, as well as the Umi commercial college run by the prefecture.

Prominent residents

  • Edmund T. (Theodore) Williams (* February 10, 1888, † August 21, 1986), geriatric researcher, founder of the Viabiona Health Institute / Boston.

Between March 1959 and June 1960, Edmund T. Williams undertook a 16-month research trip to Umi (Fukuoka) as part of a program of the National Cancer Institute and was one of the group of scientists who first isolated the antioxidant polyphenol resveratrol from Japanese knotweed in 1963 (Polygonum cuspidatum) succeeded.

Neighboring cities and communities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Biochemical Journal, Biochem. J. (1963) 89
  2. ^ National Geographic, Nov. 2005