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
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, facing the
Inland Sea
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. The city was founded on April 1, 1898. As of April 30, 2016, the city has an estimated
population
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of 141,811 and a
population density
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of 497.8 persons per km
2. The total area is 284.85 km
2.
It is well known for being featured in the 1953 film ''
Tokyo Story
is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama about an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown children. Upon release, it did not immediately gain international recogni ...
'', the 1960 film ''
The Naked Island
''The Naked Island'' ( ja, text=裸の島, translit=Hadaka no Shima) is a Japanese black-and-white film from 1960, directed by Kaneto Shindō. The film is notable for having almost no spoken dialogue.
Plot
The film depicts a small family, a husb ...
'', and the 2016 video game ''
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life''.
History
* 1168: The city's port opened and for the next 500 years served as a rice shipment center and port for all trades with foreign countries. Its commercial significance somewhat wavered during the
Tokugawa period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional ''daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterize ...
.
* 1898: Onomichi Town in
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 ...
becomes the second city 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 ...
.
* 1935: The
RMS ''Adriatic'' was scrapped in Onomichi.
* 1937: The
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Kurihara and the
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
of Yoshiwa, both in Mitsugi District incorporated.
* 1939: The village of Sanba from
Numakuma District incorporated.
* 1951: The village of Fukada 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 ...
incorporated.
* 1954: Three villages 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 ...
incorporated.
* 1955: Three villages from
Numakuma District incorporated.
* 1957: The village of Urasaki from
Numakuma District incorporated.
* 1970: The town of Mukaihigashi 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 ...
incorporated.
* March 28, 2005: The towns of
Mitsugi and
Mukaishima (both 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 ...
) were merged into Onomichi.
* January 10, 2006: The towns of
Innoshima
is an island and former city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The island is located within the Geiyo Islands of the Seto Inland Sea. The city was founded on May 1, 1953.
, the city had an estimated population of 27,465 and a population density o ...
and
Setoda (both from
Toyota District) were merged into Onomichi.
Geography
Climate
Onomichi has a
humid subtropical climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa'') characterized by cool to mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average annual temperature in Onomichi 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 .
[ The highest temperature ever recorded in Onomichi was on 5 August 2021; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 26 February 1981.][
]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Onomichi in 2020 is 131,170 people.[ Onomichi has been conducting censuses since 1960.
]
Tourism
The city is known for its many temples such as the Buddhist
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Senkō-ji Temple (founded in the 9th century), has a shipbuilding yard and a motor factory. It offers a steamship
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service to ports of northern Shikoku
is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is long and between wide. It has a population of 3.8 million (, 3.1%). It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include ''Iyo-no-futana-shima'' (), '' ...
and islands in the Inland Sea.
Temples
* Senkō-ji
Senkō-ji (全興寺) is a Buddhist temple in Hirano-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
See also
* Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Osaka
External links Official website
Buddhist temples in Osaka
Hirano-ku, Osaka
Kōyasan Shingon temples
Prin ...
– Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage
The is one of a number of traditional Buddhist pilgrimage routes in Japan. The route includes 33 sites sacred to the boddhisattva Kannon, across the Chūgoku region ( Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Shimane and Tottori prefectures). The 33 Kanno ...
No. 10
* Kōmyō-ji
* Tennei-ji
* Jōdo-ji – Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage No. 9
* Saigō-ji
* Saikoku-ji – Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage
* Kongō-ji
is a Buddhist temple in Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan. It is the head temple of the Shingon Omuro sect. and also known under its mountain-name as . It is the 7th temple on the and is notable for the large number of designated cultural propert ...
* Kōsan-ji
is a Hongan-ji school Jōdo Shinshū temple on the island of Ikuchijima in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Founded by the industrialist Koso Kōsanji in 1936 in honour of his deceased mother, and with an area of approximately fifty t ...
in Setoda, Hiroshima
was a town located in Toyota District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,310 and a density of 284.19 persons per km². The total area was 32.76 km².
On January 10, 2006, Setoda, along w ...
* Kōjō-ji in Setoda – Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage No.11
* Jikō-ji
* Kaifuku-ji
* Jōsen-ji
* Syōjyu-in
* Jikan-ji
* Myōsen-ji
* Taisan-ji
Shrines
* Misode-tenman-gū
* Ushitora Shrine – the oldest shrine
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in Onomichi
* Kubohachiman Shrine
Castles
* Innoshima Suigun Castle
* Onomichi Castle
* Fukuyama Domain
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Parks and gardens
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* Senkoji Park on Mt. Senkoji – connected by Senkōji Ropeway from Onomichi Station
* Senkoji Park Green Land (1965–2007)
* Bingo Regional Sports Park
** Onomichi Shimanami Baseball Stadium – Nippon Professional Baseball, NPB game held twice a year as
* Shimanami Beach
* Ohamasaki Camp Site
* Setoda Sunset Beach
* Setoda B & G Marine Center
* Tachibana Beach
* Iwashijima Beach on
* Natural Spa Onomichi Fureai no Sato
* Mitsugi Yu Yu-Kan
* Harada-cho Yujin Hot spring
* Yoro onsen
– the last Sunday of July
* Innoshima Suigun Matsuri – at Suigun Castle – August
*
syndicate is based in Onomichi.