Kuwana, Mie
Kuwana (桑名市, Kuwana-shi) is a Japanese city in Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū.
Kuwana
桑名市 | |
|---|---|
 Kiso Three Rivers and Ise Bay from Mount Tado | |
 Flag  Emblem | |
 Location of Kuwana in Mie Prefecture | |
  Kuwana | |
| Coordinates: 35°4′N 136°41′E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kansai |
| Prefecture | Mie Prefecture |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Narutaka Ito |
| Area | |
| • Total | 136.61 km2 (52.75 sq mi) |
| Population (October 2017) | |
| • Total | 140,051 |
| • Density | 1,030/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| - Tree | Flowering Dogwood |
| - Flower | Japanese iris |
| Phone number | 0594-24-1136 |
| Address | 2-37 Chūōchō, Kuwana-shi, Mie-ken 511-8601 |
| Website | www |
History
In the Edo period, Kuwana-juku was 42nd of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.[1]
Gallery
Ishidori Matsuri, annual festival in August
Related pages
References
- Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.
Other websites
Media related to Kuwana, Mie at Wikimedia Commons
- Kuwana City website (in Japanese)
- Hiroshige prints, Kuwana Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
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