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Country
  
Japan

Prefecture
  
Population
  
86,771 (1 Apr 2015)

Region
  
Area
  
42.69 km²

Local time
  
Monday 11:06 AM

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Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

City hall address
  
248-4 Kitakōriyama-chō, Yamatokōriyama-shi, Nara-ken639-1198

Website
  
www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/index.htm

Weather
  
16°C, Wind E at 21 km/h, 67% Humidity

Yamatokōriyama (大和郡山市, Yamatokōriyama-shi) is a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan.

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Map of Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan

As of 1 April 2015, the city has an estimated population of 86,771 and 37,343 households.

Geography

Yamato Koriyama is located in the northern part of the Nara Basin and stretches approximately 9 km from east to west and 7 km from north to south covering an area about 42 square kilometers.

Two rivers, the Saho River and the Tomio River flow through the city from north to south and merge into the Yamato River that flows westwards towards Osaka. The majority of the city is flat, although to the west of the Tomio River it rises to the Yata hills.

In general, the city has a temperate climate and is classified as having an "inland climate": a wide range of temperature bringing hot summers and cold winters, but heavy snows are rare, at most once a year.

There are 6 railway stations, (JR Koriyama, JR Yamatokoizumi, Kintetsu Koriyama, Kintetsu Kujo, Kintetsu Tsutsui, and Kintetsu Hirahata), and it takes about 40 minutes to travel to Osaka on the JR line and 45 minutes to Kyoto on the Kintetsu line. Nara is just one stop away on the JR line.

The city produces various agricultural, commercial, and factory products. For example, cultivation of rice and fresh vegetables such as strawberries and tomatoes is thriving. A large shopping mall on the edge of the city and many large shopping centres in the suburbs are sustaining commercial industry. The "Showa Kogyo Danchi," industrial zone, located in the southern part of the city is the largest in Nara Prefecture and employs a large number of workers. Recently, the numbers of laborers from Brazil and Asian countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia working there is on the increase.

Yamatokoriyama is well known for the cultivation of goldfish, a motif widely seen around the city. In the Koriyama Castle site area, the original stone wall has remained intact for nearly 400 years, and the castle draws large numbers of visitors to the "Oshiro Matsuri" festival, which is held every year in the spring when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

Neighboring municipalities

Yamatokōriyama adjoins the following municipalities.

  • Nara
  • Ikoma
  • Tenri
  • Ando
  • Ikaruga
  • Kawanishi
  • Koriyama Castle

    Construction of the castle was started by the Sengoku daimyō Tsutsui Junkei. Toyotomi Hidenaga later made it his residence and it became the headquarters of the Kōriyama Domain in the Edo period. The castle was held at various times by members of the Mizuno, Okudaira Matsudaira, Honda, Fujii Matsudaira, and Yanagisawa clans.

    Shrines

  • Meta Shrine
  • Yanagisawa Shrine
  • Kasuga Shrine
  • Koizumi Shrine
  • Temples

  • Matsuo-dera
  • Yata-dera
  • Jikō-in
  • Kyūshō-ji
  • Kakuan-ji
  • Other

  • Dainagon-zuka (grave of Toyotomi Hidenaga)
  • Notable people

  • Yanagisawa Yoriyasu
  • High schools

  • Nara Gakuen
  • Koriyama High School
  • Rail

  • West Japan Railway Company
  • Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line): Kōriyama Station - Yamato-Koizumi Station
  • Kintetsu Railway
  • [Kashihara Line]]: Kujō Station (Nara) - Kintetsu-Kōriyama Station - Tsutsui Station - Hirahata Station - Family-Kōemmae Station
  • Road

  • Expressways
  • Nishi-Meihan Expressway
  • Keinawa Expressway (under construction)
  • National Route 24
  • National Route 25
  • National Route 308
  • Cycling

    The cycling route from Nara to Asuka designated by Nara Prefecture as Route C7 runs through the city.

    Sister cities

    Yamatokōriyama has been twinned with Kōfu, Yamanashi, in Japan since 1992. The two cities are twinned because during the Edo period the Yanagisawa family were transferred from Kofu to Yamatokoriyama under Kunigae (国替), a policy in which daimyōs were transferred from one post to the next.

    References

    Yamatokōriyama Wikipedia


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