Ichinomiya
is a Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth. ''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retrieved 2013-5-14.
The term gave rise t ...
( ja, 一宮; literally ''first shrine'') is historically the supreme shrine in each of the
old provinces of Japan, and currently the name of several places in
Japan
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Ichinomiya, Aichi
is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The city is sometimes called Owarichinomiya to avoid confusion with other municipalities of the same name, including Ichinomiya (now part of the city of Toyokawa), Ichinomiya in Chiba Prefecture. , t ...
(Japanese: 一宮市; ''Ichinomiya-shi'') containing the shrine of the old province
Owari
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Owari-Ichinomiya Station
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is a railway station in the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). The station is physically joined to Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Station.
Lines
Owari-Ichinomiya S ...
along the
JR Central
is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...
Tōkaidō Main Line
The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...
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Meitetsu Ichinomiya Station
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is a railway station in the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Meitetsu.
Lines
Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Station is served by the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line and is 86.4 kilometers from the starting point of th ...
along the adjacent
Meitetsu Main Line
Mainline, ''Main line'', or ''Main Line'' may refer to:
Transportation
Railway
* Main line (railway), the principal artery of a railway system
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*several towns (Japanese: 一宮町; ''Ichinomiya-cho'' or ''Ichinomiya-machi''):
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Ichinomiya, Chiba
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is a town located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 12,494 in 5643 households and a population density of 540 persons per km². The total area of the town is .
Geography
Ichinom ...
containing the shrine of the old province
Kazusa
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Kazusa-Ichinomiya Station
is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Kazusa-Ichinomiya Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and lies from the starting point o ...
, along the
JR East
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
Sotobō Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, on the eastern (i.e., outer) side of the Bōsō Peninsula. It connects Chiba Station in Chiba to Awa-Kamogawa Station in Kamog ...
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Ichinomiya, Aichi (Mikawa)
was a town located in Hoi District, east-central Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
As of January 1, 2006, the town had an estimated population of 16,440 and a population density of 449 persons per km². Its total area was 36.61 km².
The town was ...
containing the shrine of the old province
Mikawa
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Mikawa-Ichinomiya Station, along the JR Central
Iida Line
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Ichinomiya, Hyōgo (Shisō)
was a town located in Shisō District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 10,236 and a density of 47.85 persons per km2. The total area was 213.93 km2.
On April 1, 2005, Ichinomiya, along with th ...
containing the shrine of the old province
Harima
or Banshū (播州) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture. Harima bordered on Tajima, Tanba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka Provinces. Its capital was Himeji.
During the ...
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Ichinomiya, Hyōgo (Tsuna)
was a town located in Tsuna District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
On April 1, 2005, Ichinomiya, along with the towns of Awaji, Higashiura, Hokudan and Tsuna (all from Tsuna District), was merged to create the city of Awaji and no longer exi ...
containing the shrine of the old province
Awaji
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Ichinomiya, Kumamoto containing the shrine of the old province
Higo
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Ichinomiya, Yamanashi containing the shrine of the old province
Kai
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Ichinomiya Castle in
Tosa Province
was a province of Japan in the area of southern Shikoku. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tosa''" in . Tosa bordered on Awa to the northeast, and Iyo to the northwest. Its abbreviated form name was . In terms of the Gokishichidō syste ...
, today's
Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and ...
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