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Tenri

天理市
City
Top left: View of Headquarter in Tenri religious community, Top right: Tenri religious school, Middle left: View of a point of side of mount Miwa road, Middle right: Stone site in Ryuo Mount Castle, Bottom: Tenri Reference Museum
Top left: View of Headquarter in Tenri religious community, Top right: Tenri religious school, Middle left: View of a point of side of mount Miwa road, Middle right: Stone site in Ryuo Mount Castle, Bottom: Tenri Reference Museum
Flag of Tenri
Flag
 Official seal of Tenri
Seal
Tenri in Nara Prefecture Ja.svg
Tenri is located in Japan
Tenri
Tenri
Location in Japan
Country Japan
Region Kansai
Prefecture Nara Prefecture
Area
 • Total 86.37 km2 (33.35 sq mi)
Population
 (April 1, 2015)
 • Total 66,866
Time zone UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address 605 Kawaharajō-chō, Tenri-shi, Nara-ken
Symbols
Flower Ume
Tree Ginkgo

Tenri (天理市, Tenri-shi) is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1954, and is named after the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo, which has its headquarters in the city. As of April 1, 2015, the city has an estimated population of 66,866, and 29,169 households. The population density is 800.61 persons per km2, and the total area is 86.37 km2.

History

Tenri was briefly the capital of Japan during the reign of Emperor Ninken. The life of the Imperial court was centered at Isonokami Hirotaka Palace where the emperor lived in 488–498.

Education

  • Primary schools
    • Senzai Elementary School
    • Idodo Elementary School
    • Yamanobe Elementary School
    • Nikaido Elementary School
    • Tenri Elementary School (Private School)
    • Yanagimoto Elementary School
    • Tanbaichi Elementary School
    • Ichinomoto Elementary School
    • Fukuzumi Elementary School
    • Asawa Elementary School
  • Junior high schools
    • Kita Junior High School
    • Minami Junior High School
    • Fukuzumi Junior High School
    • Nishi Junior High School
    • Tenri Junior High School (Private School)
  • High schools
    • Soekami High School
    • Nikaido High School
    • Tenri High School (Private School)
    • Tenri Kyoko Gakuen High School
  • Universities

Shrines and temples

IsonokamiGate
Gate of Isonokami Jingu

Tenrikyo

  • Tenrikyo Church Headquarters

Shinto

  • Isonokami Shrine

Transportation

Rail

The central station of Tenri is Tenri Station.

  • West Japan Railway Company West Japan Railway Company
    •  U  Sakurai Line (Manyō-Mahoroba Line): Ichinomoto Station – Tenri Station – Nagara Station – Yanagimoto Station
  • KintetsuLogo.svg Kintetsu Railway
    •  [[|H]]  Tenri Line: Nikaidō Station – Senzai Station – Tenri Station

Road

  • Expressways of Japan
    • Nishi-Meihan Expressway
    • Keinawa Expressway
  • Japanese National Route Sign 0024.svgJapan National Route 24
  • Japanese National Route Sign 0025.svgJapan National Route 25
  • Japanese National Route Sign 0169.svgJapan National Route 169

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