Minami-Uonuma, Niigata
Minami- Uonuma (Japanese南 鱼 沼 市, - shi) is a city in the interior of the Niigata prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan.
Geography
Minami- Uonuma located south of Niigata and Uonuma.
History
The town of Minami- Uonuma was founded on 1 November 2004 from the former municipalities Ruikamachi and Yamata.
Traffic
- Train: JR Joetsu Shinkansen: Train station Urasa, to Niigata and Tokyo
- JR Joetsu Line
- Kanetsu highway
- National Road 17
- National roads 253, 291, 353
Education
Twinning
- Austria Sölden, since 1982
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Niigata Prefecture Uonuma
- Tokamachi
- Yuzawa
- Minakami
Sons and daughters of the town
- Noriyo Hiroi (* 1976 in what was then Shiozawa ), Japanese alpine skier
- Misaki Shigeno ( born 1986 ), Japanese ski jumper