is a
city
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located in
Hiroshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...
,
Japan
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. The city was founded on November 15, 1936. As of July 31, 2016, the city has an estimated
population
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of 97,324 and a
population density
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of 206.62 persons per km
2. The total area is 471.03 km
2.
On March 22, 2005, the town of
Daiwa (from
Kamo District), the town of
Kui (from
Mitsugi District
was a district in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 29,682 and a density of 181.49 persons per km2. The total area was 163.55 km2.
Former towns and villages
* Kui
* Mitsugi
* Mukaishim ...
), and the town of
Hongō (from
Toyota District) were merged into Mihara.
History
*
Mihara Castle
, also known as Ukishiro Castle, is a ''hirashiro'' (castle on a plain) located in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
History
Mihara Castle was constructed in 1582 by Kobayakawa Takakage, who built this castle to protect the Mōri clan's coas ...
was established as a waterfront castle (Umi-jiro) by
Kobayakawa Takakage
was a samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) during the Sengoku period and Azuchi–Momoyama period. He was the third son of Mōri Motonari who was adopted by the Kobayakawa clan and became its 14th clan head. He merged the two branches of the Koba ...
in 1582.
** The castle has been connected to the
Seto Inland Sea
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to operate the
Mōri clan
The Mōri clan (毛利氏 ''Mōri-shi'') was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto. Ōe no Hiromoto was descended from the Fujiwara clan. The family's most illustrious member, Mōri Motonari, greatly expanded the clan's power ...
water forces on the sea.
* For the
Battle of Sekigahara
The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu prefecture, Japan, at the end of ...
,
Fukushima Masanori
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Sengoku period to early Edo period who served as lord of the Hiroshima Domain. A retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he fought in the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, and soon became known as one of Seven Spears ...
entered
Hiroshima Castle
, sometimes called , is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but was destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. ...
in 1600, and then Mihara Castle has been under controlled as the branch castle of Hiroshima castle.
* The domain was divided into
Fukuyama Domain
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and Hiroshima Domain in 1619, and entered Mihara castle.
* Mihara was incorporated into a part of
for the Abolition of the han system in 1871.
* Mihara city was founded on November 15, 1936.
* On March 22, 2005, the town of
) were merged into Mihara.
''Cfa'') characterized by cool to mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average annual temperature in Mihara is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .