Uonuma, Niigata

Uonuma (Japanese鱼 沼 市, - shi) is a city in the interior of the Niigata prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan.

Geography

Uonuma located south of Niigata.

History

The city Uonuma was founded on 1 November 2004 from the former municipalities Koide, Horinouchi, Yunotani, Hirokami, Morikado and Irihirose.

Traffic

  • Train: JR Joetsu Line
  • JR Tadami- line
  • Kan'etsu highway
  • National Road 17
  • National Road 252,290,291,352

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Mizue Hoshi ( born 1985 in what was then Yunotani ), alpine skier
  • Hironao Meguro (* 1973 in what was then Hirokami ), biathlete
  • Ken Watanabe (* 1959 in what was then Koide ), actor

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Tokamachi
  • Ojiya
  • Nagaoka
  • Sanjō ( Niigata )
  • Minami- Uonuma
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