Kameyama (Mie)

Kameyama (Japanese亀 山 市, -shi, literally Turtle Mountain ) is a town in the Japanese prefecture of Mie. The city is famous for Rōsoku ( candles).

History

Kameyama and eingemeindeten on 11 November 2005 places Seki (关 町, -chō ) and Sakashita (坂 下 村, -mura ) were during the Edo period post stations (宿 场 町Shukuba -machi ) of the Tōkaidō.

Traffic

  • Street: National Highway 1, towards Tokyo or Kyoto
  • Tōkaidō

Economy

  • Sharp

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Teinosuke Kinugasa ( film director )

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Mie Prefecture Tsu
  • Suzuka
  • Iga
  • Kōka

Twinning

  • Japan Gose, Japan, since 1998
  • Japan Habikino, Japan, since 1998
Cities of Japan Tsu (Mie) Suzuka, Mie Iga (Mie) Gose (Nara) Habikino, Osaka Inabe, Mie Ise (Mie) Kumano (Mie) Kuwana, Mie Matsusaka, Mie Nabari, Mie Owase, Mie Shima (Mie) Toba (Mie) Yokkaichi, Mie
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