Sasayama, HyÅgo
Sasayama (Japanese筱 山 市, - shi) is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan.
Geography
Sasayama is located in a broad valley about 10 km long, up to 793 m high mountains surrounded about midway between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific. In the east it borders the Kyoto Prefecture, on the southeast by the Prefecture of Osaka.
History
The Shi Sasayama was created on 1 April 1994 from the merger of Chō Sasayama (筱 山 町, chō ), Nishiki (西 纪 町, chō ) stannane (丹南 町, chō ) and Konda (今 田 町, chō ) of the Taki -gun (多 纪 郡). In the former municipalities are now branches of the Town Hall.
Attractions
The castle ruins Sasayama overlooks the city, is the symbol and main attraction dar. on the typical stone base, the Historical Museum Sasayama was built in a new timber.
Other attractions include the ruins of the Yakami Castle and the historic village Aoyama.
In August of each year the Dekanshon Matsuri takes place.
Traffic
Five stations on the JR Fukuchiyama line lie on the western edge of the urban area:
- Kusano
- Furuichi
- Minami- Yashiro
- Sasayamaguchi
- Tamba - Oyama
With the driveway stannane Sasayama Sasayama is connected to the Maizuru Wakasa Expressway - Japanese motorway network.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Bunchin Katsura ( Rakugoka )
Twinning
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Hyōgo Prefecture Katō
- Tamba
- Sanda
- Nishiwaki
- Inagawa
- Nantan
- Fukuchiyama
- Kyōtamba
- Nose