Higashiōmi, Shiga

Higashiomi (Japanese东 近 江 市, -shi, literally: East Ōmi ) is a city in Shiga Prefecture in Japan.

History

Higashiomi was created on 11 February 2005 from the merger of the city Yōkaichi (八日 市 市, -shi) and the Chō Eigenji (永 源 寺 町, chō ), Gokasho (五个 荘 町, chō ) in Kanzaki -gun (神 崎 郡), Aito (爱 东 町, -chō ) and koto (湖 东 町, -chō ) in Echi -gun (爱 知 郡). On 1 January 2006 were Notogawa (能 登川 町, -chō ) (蒲 生 町, -chō ) in Gamo -gun (蒲 生 郡) incorporated in Kanzaki -gun (神 崎 郡) and Gamo. The Kanzaki -gun was thereupon be dissolved.

Attractions

  • Aga Shrine (阿 贺 神社, Aga -jinja, also: Tarōbō no miya, Shinto Shrine )
  • Waterwheel in Notogawa
  • The self -ji

Traffic

  • Street: Meishin highway, or to Komaki Nishinomiya
  • National Highway 8, to Niigata or Kyoto
  • National roads 307, 421, 477
  • JR Tōkaidō Main Line ( Biwako Line), to Tokyo or Kobe
  • Ōmi tetsudō main line, after Maibara or Kōka
  • Ōmi tetsudō Yōkaichi - line, after Omihachiman

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Tsuji Ryoichi ( born in 1914 in what was then Gokasho ), writer

Twinning

  • United States Marquette, USA, since 1979
  • Sweden Rättvik, Sweden
  • China People's Republic of Changde, China, since 1994
  • Flag of South Korea Tongyeong, South Korea
  • Germany Hannover, Germany

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Omihachiman
  • Kōka
  • Hikone
  • Azuchi
  • Inabe
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