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Kashihara

橿原市
City
Left: Mount Unebi, Mount Amanokaga, Imai heritage old house site, Ofusa Kannon Temple,Right: Mount Miminashi, Kashihara Shrine, Kashihara Archaeological, Institute, Unebi-yamaguchi Shrine (all item from above to bottom)
Left: Mount Unebi, Mount Amanokaga, Imai heritage old house site, Ofusa Kannon Temple,
Right: Mount Miminashi, Kashihara Shrine, Kashihara Archaeological, Institute, Unebi-yamaguchi Shrine (all item from above to bottom)
Flag of Kashihara
Flag
 Official seal of Kashihara
Emblem
Location of Kashihara in Nara Prefecture
Location of Kashihara in Nara Prefecture
Kashihara is located in Japan
Kashihara
Kashihara
Location in Japan
Country Japan
Region Kansai
Prefecture Nara Prefecture
Area
 • Total 39.52 km2 (15.26 sq mi)
Population
 (April 1, 2015)
 • Total 124,829
 • Density 3,176.79/km2 (8,227.8/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address 1-1-18 Yagi-chō, Kashihara-shi, Nara-ken
634-8586
Symbols
Flower Common gardenia
Tree Oak

Kashihara (橿原市, Kashihara-shi) is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of April 1,  2015 (2015 -04-01), the city has an estimated population of 124,829, with 52,034 households.

The city was founded on February 11, 1956. The former mayor was Yutaka Asoda, who was elected to his third term of office in 2003. The present mayor is Yutaka Morishita, who was elected in 2007.

The exact spot of Emperor Jimmu's accession to the imperial throne (i.e. the foundation of Japan) was debated for centuries until in 1863 scholars of national studies claimed to have identified an area within Kashihara as the exact location. The city was the location of the Imperial capital Fujiwara-kyō, from 694 to 710.

In the late 16th century it was said to be one of the two richest autonomous cities of Japan, as in Umi no Sakai, Riku no Imai (tr. "by the sea, Sakai – inland, Imai" - Imai or ja:今井町 is now a part of Kashihara).

On 8 July 2022, after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning in Nara City, he was taken to Nara Medical University Hospital in Kashihara for treatment, but died there.

Transport

Rail

  • Kintetsu Railway
    • Osaka Line: (<< for Osaka) - Masuga - Yamato-Yagi - Miminashi - (for Toba, Nagoya >>)
    • Kashihara Line: (<< for Kyoto) - Ninokuchi - Yamato-Yagi - Yagi-nishiguchi - Unebigoryōmae - Kashiharajingū-mae (line terminus)
    • Minami Osaka Line: Bojo - Kashiharajingū-nishiguchi - Kashiharajingu-mae - (Yoshino Line >>)
    • Yoshino Line: (<< Minami-Osaka Line) - Kashiharajingū-mae - Okadera - (Yoshino >>)
  • West Japan Railway Company
    • Sakurai Line: (<< for Yamatotakada) - Unebi - (for Nara >>)

Road

  • Expressways
    • Keinawa Expressway
  • Japanese National Route Sign 0024.svgJapan National Route 24
  • Japanese National Route Sign 0165.svgJapan National Route 165
  • Japanese National Route Sign 0166.svgJapan National Route 166
  • Japanese National Route Sign 0169.svgJapan National Route 169

Gallery

  • Unebi-yama

    Mount Unebi, one of Yamato Sanzan.

  • Imaichō Kashihara JPN 002

    Imai area, built around the 15th century.

See also

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