was a

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located in Mitoyo District,

Kagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tok ...

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. As of 2005, the town had an estimated

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of 9,952. The total area was 19.34 km². On January 1, 2006, Mino, along with the towns of

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, Saita, Takase, Takuma,

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and Yamamoto (all from Mitoyo District), was merger to create the city of Mitoyo and no longer exists as an independent

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. Mino had a

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relationship with

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State), Sanyuan County in the city of Xianyang (Shaanxi China) and

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). The city of Mitoyo gets its name from the Mitoyo District which originally got half of its name from an older district called Mino District, and the other half from Toyota District (豊田郡).

History

*March 16, 1899 - Mino District was dissolved by incorporating parts of it into the neighboring

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and Mitoyo Districts. *April 1, 1955 - Shimotakase Village, Omi Village, and Yoshizu Village were merged to create Mino Village. *September 1, 1961 - Renamed Mino Town. *January 1, 2006 - Mino was merged with 6 other towns to create Mitoyo City.

Education

The following were kindergarten, elementary, and junior high schools in the town. There were no high schools or secondary schools in Mino. *Shimotakase Kindergarten *Yoshizu Kindergarten *Omi Kindergarten *Shimotakase Elementary School *Yoshizu Elementary School *Omi Elementary School *Minotsu Junior High School

Transportation

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(JR Shikoku) **

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***Mino Station ***Tsushima no Miya Station - This station is only open for two days a year during the summer. August 4 and August 5 from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM. It was built in 1916. The train schedule for this station is available from June to August only. *Highways **Expressway ***

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- There is an on/off ramp in Mino, but only heading towards Takamatsu for the on-ramp and towards Matsuyama for the off-ramp. **National Highways *** Route 11 **Regional Highways *** Route 21 -

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to Takuma to Kan'onji *** Route 23 - Takuma to

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*** Route 48 - Zentsuji to Takuma **Local Routes *** Route 220 Omi to Yoshizu to

*** Route 221 Miyao to Takase *** Route 222 Shimotakase to Takase

Famous Places and Events

* Fureai Park Mino * Tsushima Jinja Shrine (津島神社) - Summer Festival * Koueizan Honmonji Temple (Daibou) **Daibouichi - End of November Exhibition

Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage

* Number 71 Iyadani Temple

Famous People From Mino

Kaname Jun is a Japanese actor and tarento. He was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa and made his drama debut as an actor in 2001 in the Tokusatsu Series " Kamen Rider Agito". He appears not only in TV dramas but also in movies, commercial messages, variety TV progra ...

(要潤)

Kento Momota is a Japanese badminton player. He is known to have a skillful and relentless play style on court. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England ...

(桃田賢斗)

External links

Official website of Mitoyo
{{Authority control Dissolved municipalities of Kagawa Prefecture Mitoyo, Kagawa