HigashiÅmi, 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