was a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

formed in 1889 in Akashi District,

Hyōgo Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...

, Japan. In July 1941 it merged into the Suma ward of

Kobe Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...

. The town's boundaries at the time of the merger generally coincide with the current Tarumi ward of Kobe.

History

The name Tarumi literally means "sagging water", i.e. a waterfall, and refers to the waterfalls that were along the northern side of the road that stretched from eastern Tarumi beyond Shioya. The name is attested to in the ''

Engishiki The is a Japanese book of laws and customs. The major part of the writing was completed in 927. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Engi-shiki''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 178. History Emperor Daigo ordered the compilation of the ''Engishi ...

'' published in the tenth century. On 1 April 1899 a new municipal system came into force and Tarumi village (垂水村) was formed from seven villages (Higashi-Tarumi, Yamada, Nishi-Tarumi, Tamon, Shioya, Shimohata and Myodani). In October 1928 the village became a town. In July 1941 the town merged into neighbouring Kobe city, becoming part of the Suma ward.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarumi, Hyogo Dissolved municipalities of Hyōgo Prefecture