Umi (Fukuoka)
Umi (Japanese宇 美 町, machi ) is a town in Kasuya -gun in the Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka.
History
According to the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki Jingū gave birth after returning from their conquest in Korea here later ojin - tennō. The city's name is also attributed as umi, but in the spelling産み, "birth " means.
On 20 October 1920, the Umi Mura (宇 美 村, -mura ) was named Machi.
Attractions
One attraction is the Shinto shrine Umi - Hachiman- gū (宇 美 八 幡 宫) are worshiped in the Jingū, ojin, Tamayorihime, the three Sumiyoshi kami and Izanami.
In Umi also are Kofun (ancient grave mound ).
Traffic
Umi is connected to the motorway Kyūshū to Kitakyushu or Kagoshima, as well as by rail with JR Kashii Line to Fukuoka.
Education
In Umi are the primary schools Umi, Umi East, Harada, Sakurabara and Ino, the middle schools Umi Umi East and South, and operated by the prefecture Handelsoberschule Umi.
Prominent residents
- Edmund T. ( Theodore ) Williams ( born February 10, 1888 † 21 August 1986 ), gerontologist, founder of Viabiona Health Institute / Boston.
Between March 1959 and June 1960, Edmund T. Williams undertook under a program of the National Cancer Institute, a 16- month research trip to Umi ( Fukuoka ) and belonged to the group of scientists, which in 1963 for the first time the isolation of the antioxidant polyphenol resveratrol from Japanese knotweed ( Polygonum cuspidatum ) succeeded.
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Fukuoka
- Dazaifu
- Iizuka
- Onojo
- Shime
- Sue