Imabari, Ehime

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Imabari, Ehime

is a city

Cities of Japan

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located in Ehime

Ehime Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan in northwestern Shikoku, Japan. The capital is Matsuyama, Ehime....
, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. It is the second largest city in Ehime prefecture. Following a recent merger, the city has an estimated population

Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
of 176,877 and density

Population density

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of 422 persons per km². The total (merged) area is 419.56 km².

city is serviced by Imabari Station on the JR Shikoku

Shikoku Railway Company

, commonly known as , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It operates intercity rail services in the four Prefectures of Japan on the island of Shikoku in Japan....
system. It is a main station on the Yosan line with limited express service. The city is also home to two large naval ports, and acts as a hub station for many of the ferry systems that link the nearby smaller islands.

he center of city, you can find Imabari Castle

Imabari Castle

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is a city

Cities of Japan

|||}A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of ....
located in Ehime

Ehime Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan in northwestern Shikoku, Japan. The capital is Matsuyama, Ehime....
, Japan

Japan

Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
of 176,877 and density

Population density

Transportation

The city is serviced by Imabari Station on the JR Shikoku

Shikoku Railway Company

Place

In the center of city, you can find Imabari Castle

Imabari Castle

is a Japanese castle in Imabari, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. This castle is well-known as one of the three 'Mizujiro', literally 'Castles in the sea' in Japan, with Takamatsu Castle in Kagawa Prefecture and Nakatsu Castle in Oita Prefecture...
as a symbol of this city. It was built by Takatora Toudou in 1604. It's remarkable in Japan that seawater is used in its trench.

Imabari has 6 temples of Shikoku Pilgrimage

Shikoku Pilgrimage

The is a junrei of 88 Buddhist temples in Japans on the island of Shikoku, Japan. It is believed all 88 temples were visited by the famous Buddhist monk Kukai, who was born in Zentsuji, Kagawa, Shikoku in 774....
from 54 to 59 which are Enmeiji, Nankoji, Taisanji, Eifukuji,Senyuji, and Kokubunji

Kokubunji

Kokubunji can refer to:* Kokubunji, Tokyo* Kokubunji, Kagawa* Kokubunji, Tochigi* Kokubunji Station, a Seibu Railway station in Kokubunji, Tokyo....

Culture

, a teacher of Gakushuin

Gakushuin

File:Gakushuin in 1933.JPGThe or Peers School is an educational institution founded in Tokyo in 1877, during the Meiji period, for the education of the children of the Kazoku, though it eventually also opened its doors to the offspring of extremely wealthy commoners....
and a physician in Tokyo. He published one book A Japanese Boy by Himself in 1889, when he was studying at Yale university

Yale University

Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
. In this book he wrote about his young age in Imabari vividly, because he needed money for his study.

Economy

Imabari is home to a large number of maritime facilities along the northern and eastern coastlines of the city. Facilities include a container port and 20 maintenance and construction shipyards. The ports have also long been a trading center within Shikoku. The city is home to a large cotton processing industry, with particular emphasis on towels. The city produces around 60% of the towels produced in Japan. As of 1998, there were over 200 towel production plants in the city. The city also specializes in the dyeing industry.

History

The area in which Imabari exists had long been a strategic point for the control of the Seto Inland Sea. As a result, it was controlled by a variety of forces throughout the warring period, including a number of inland sea pirate forces. The city was officially founded on February 11, 1920.

Recent history

The city has recently experienced an economic surge as a result of the completion of the inter-island bridge network connecting it to Hiroshima

Hiroshima

The Japanese city of is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands....
.

On January 16, 2005 11 towns and villages from Ochi District

Ochi District, Ehime

The is a districts of Japan located in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004 the total population of 8,419 with a total area is 30.35 km?.It consists of one town:...
merged with Imabari to form the new city of Imabari. As a result, there are no more villages within Ehime Prefecture. The municipalities participating in this merger were:

Imabari
Asakura
Asakura, Ehime

was a villages of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the village merged with 10 other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....
Hakata
Hakata, Ehime

was a towns of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the town merged with 10 other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....
Kamiura
Kamiura, Ehime

was a towns of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the town merged with 10 other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....
Kikuma
Kikuma, Ehime

was a towns of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the town merged with 1ten other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....
Miyakubo
Miyakubo, Ehime

was a towns of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the town merged with 10 other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....
Namikata
Namikata, Ehime

was a towns of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the town merged with 10 other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....
Omishima
Omishima, Ehime

was a towns of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the town merged with 10 other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....
Onishi
Onishi, Ehime

was a towns of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the town merged with 10 other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....
Sekizen
Sekizen, Ehime

was a villages of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the village merged with 10 other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....
Tamagawa
Tamagawa, Ehime

was a towns of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the town merged with 10 other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....
Yoshiumi
Yoshiumi, Ehime

was a towns of Japan located in Ochi District, Ehime, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. On January 16, 2005 the town merged with 10 other towns and villages into the city of Imabari, Ehime and no longer exists as an independent municipality of Japan....

Sister Cities

Imabari is twinned with: Panama City, Panama

Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
(since March 2, 1977) Lakeland

Lakeland, Florida

Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa, Florida and Orlando, Florida along Interstate 4....
, United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
(since July 6, 1995)

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