Ōshū, Iwate

Ōshū (Japanese奥 州市, -shi ) is a city in Iwate Prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan. The name is the short form of the province of Mutsu.

History

The city Ōshū was on 20 February 2006 from the cities Mizusawa (水 沢 市, -shi) and Esashi (江 刺 市, -shi), as well as the communities Maesawa (前 沢 町, chō ) and Isawa (胆 沢 町, chō ) as well as the village Koromogawa (衣 川村, -mura ) of the district Isawa founded.

Geography

Ōshū located south of Morioka and north of Sendai.

The Kitakami flows through the city from north to south.

Traffic

  • Street: Tōhoku Expressway
  • National Road 4
  • National road 107, 343, 397, 456
  • JR Tohoku Shinkansen: Train station Mizusawa - Esashi
  • JR Tōhoku Main Line

Twinning

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Iwate Prefecture Hanamaki
  • Kitakami
  • Ichinoseki
  • Tono
  • Hiraizumi
  • Sumita
  • Kanagasaki
  • Nishiwaga
  • Higashinaruse

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Goko Kiyoshi (1882-1961), arms Manager ( Mitsubishi Zaibatsu ), Advisor to the Cabinet Tōjō relieved and 1946 as a war criminal Class A
  • Gotō Shinpei (1857-1959), politician, minister and mayor of Tokyo
  • Ozawa Saeki (1898-1968), politician, minister and father of Ichirō Ozawa
  • Saitō Makoto (1858-1936), admiral and politician, Japanese Prime Minister
  • Shiina Etsusaburō (1898-1979), politician, minister and chairman of the faction Shiina
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