Country Japan Area 944 km² Local time Wednesday 4:48 PM | Region Chūbu Population 34,888 (1 May 2009) Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture | |
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Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Address 305 Futamata-cho, Tenryū-ku , Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-3392 Website www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/ward/tenryuku/index.html Weather 10°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 59% Humidity Points of interest Akihasan Hongū Akiha Jinja, Sakuma Dam, Hamamatsu City Fuku Akino Art, Tobayama Park, Akiba Dam | ||
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Tenryū-ku (天竜区) is one of the seven wards of the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is bordered by Kita-ku and Hamakita-ku in Hamamatsu, the cities of Shimada and Iwata and towns of Mori and Kawanehon in Shizuoka, Shishiro, Tōei and Toyone in Aichi Prefecture and Iida and Tenryū in Nagano Prefecture.
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- 3x 152 r152 akiha kaido road
- Map of Tenryu Ward Hamamatsu Shizuoka Prefecture Japan
- Radar images obseved at the river mouth of tenryu shizuoka japan 2007
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Map of Tenryu Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Tenryū Ward was established on April 1, 2007, It consists of five former cities, towns and villages, including the former city of Tenryū, and towns of Sakuma, Haruno and Misakubo that had previously merged into Hamamatsu on July 1, 2005.
Tenryū Ward is the largest of Hamamatsu’s seven wards in terms of area. Its population density of 37 people per square kilometer is very low. The ward had a population of 34,936 and an area of 944.00 km² in 2009. It heavily forested, contributing to forestry, which is one of the principal industries of Hamamatsu. There are also many dams on the upper reaches of the Tenryū River, providing hydroelectric power to the Chubu Electric Power Company grid.
Tenryū Ward is served by 13 stations on the Iida Line of the Central Japan Railway Company, 3 stations on the Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line and one station on the Enshū Railway Line.