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Yamatokōriyama (大和郡山市; -shi) is a city located in Nara, Japan. This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ...
Nara Prefecture (奈良県; Nara-ken) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu Island, Japan. ...
As of 2004, the city has an estimated population of 94,417 and the density of 2,212.20 persons per km². The total area is 42.68 km². It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
History
The city was founded on January 1, 1954. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Economy Many makers' factory will be invited to a southern Showa area around from the 1960s, and it is famous also as an industrial complex.
Moreover, the culture of Japanese Carp known as Koi is also famous. In the Edo period, samurai began to cultivate these goldfish as a side job. Yamatokoriyama's share of the koi industry is the largest in Japan. While Yamatokoriyama's involvement in this industry continues, in recent years it has begun to decline from lack of interest in younger generations. Binomial name Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) Koi (Japanese: 鯉, koi) are ornamental domesticated varieties of the common carp Cyprinus carpio. ...
The Edo period (Japanese: 江戸時代, Edo-jidai), also called Tokugawa period, is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1867. ...
Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ...
Famous places - Sightseeing
- Koriyama castle
- Heijo Palace - ruins of Japan's first Imperial Palace.
The restored Suzakumon (gate) of Heijo Palace Heijo Palace (平城京) in Nara, was the Imperial Palace of Japan during the Nara Period (710-784 CE). ...
Sister City Kofu (甲府市; KÅfu-shi) is the capital city of Yamanashi, Japan. ...
Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県 Yamanashi-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ...
External links - Official website in Japanese
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