Niihama, Ehime

Niihama (Japanese新居 浜 市-shi) is a city in Ehime Prefecture on the north coast of the island of Shikoku in Japan.

Geography

Niihama is located east of Matsuyama and Saijō, and west of Takamatsu.

History

Niihama was founded on 3 November 1937.

Traffic

• Street: Matsuyama Expressway
• National Road 11 to Tokushima and Matsuyama
• National Road 192

• JR Yosan line: to Takamatsu or Uwajima

Twinning

• People's Republic of China Dezhou, China

Sons and daughters of the town

• Takashi Fukunishi ( football player)
• Kazushito Manabe ( weightlifting )
• Nana Mizuki (singer and voice actress )

Adjacent Cities and Towns

• Saijō
• Shikokuchuo