Onomichi, Hiroshima




City in Chūgoku, Japan






























































Onomichi


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尾道市

City

Onomichi City Hall
Onomichi City Hall





Flag of Onomichi
Flag
Official seal of Onomichi
Emblem

Location of Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture
Location of Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture



Onomichi is located in Japan

Onomichi

Onomichi



Location in Japan

Coordinates: 34°25′N 133°12′E / 34.417°N 133.200°E / 34.417; 133.200Coordinates: 34°25′N 133°12′E / 34.417°N 133.200°E / 34.417; 133.200
Country Japan
Region
Chūgoku (San'yō)
Prefecture Hiroshima Prefecture
Government

 • Mayor Yuko Hiratani
Area

 • Total 284.85 km2 (109.98 sq mi)
Population
(April 30, 2016)

 • Total 141,811
 • Density 497.8/km2 (1,289/sq mi)
Symbols

 • Tree Sakura
 • Flower Sakura
Time zone
UTC+9 (JST)
City hall address 1-15-1 Kubo, Onomichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken
722-8501
Website www.city.onomichi.hiroshima.jp

Onomichi (尾道市, Onomichi-shi) is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, facing the Inland Sea. The city was founded on April 1, 1898.


As of April 30, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 141,811 and a population density of 497.8 persons per km². The total area is 284.85 km².


It is well known for being featured in the 1953 film Tokyo Story.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Tourism


    • 2.1 Temples


    • 2.2 Shrines


    • 2.3 Castles


    • 2.4 Parks and gardens


    • 2.5 Museums


    • 2.6 Beaches


    • 2.7 Hot springs


    • 2.8 Others


    • 2.9 Festivals




  • 3 Economy


    • 3.1 Manufacturing


      • 3.1.1 Shipbuilding


      • 3.1.2 Metalworking


      • 3.1.3 Chemistry




    • 3.2 Agriculture


    • 3.3 Fishery


    • 3.4 Media


    • 3.5 Bookselling




  • 4 Crime and safety


  • 5 In popular culture


    • 5.1 Books


    • 5.2 Films


    • 5.3 Drama


    • 5.4 Manga


    • 5.5 Anime


    • 5.6 Video games




  • 6 Notable people


    • 6.1 Musicians


    • 6.2 Go players


    • 6.3 TV


    • 6.4 Sports


    • 6.5 Authors/artists


    • 6.6 Voice Actor




  • 7 Sister cities


  • 8 See also


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links





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.

  • 1898: Onomichi Town in Mitsugi District becomes the second city in Hiroshima Prefecture.

  • 1935: The RMS Adriatic was scrapped in Onomichi.

  • 1937: The town of Kurihara and the village of Yoshiwa, both in Mitsugi District incorporated.

  • 1939: The village of Sanba from Numakuma District incorporated.

  • 1951: The village of Fukada from Mitsugi District incorporated.

  • 1954: Three villages from Mitsugi District 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 incorporated.

  • March 28, 2005: The towns of Mitsugi and Mukaishima (both from Mitsugi District) were merged into Onomichi.

  • January 10, 2006: The towns of Innoshima and Setoda (both from Toyota District) were merged into Onomichi.



Tourism


The city is known for its many temples such as the Buddhist Senkō-ji Temple (founded in the 9th century), has a shipbuilding yard and a motor factory. It offers a steamship service to ports of northern Shikoku and islands in the Inland Sea.[1]






A panoramic view of Onomichi



Temples




  • Senkō-ji – Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage No. 10[2]

  • Kōmyō-ji[3]

  • Tennei-ji[4]


  • Jōdo-ji – Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage No. 9[5]

  • Saigō-ji

  • Saikoku-ji – Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage[6]

  • Kongō-ji


  • Kōsan-ji in Setoda, Hiroshima[7]

  • Kōjō-ji in Setoda – Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage No.11[8]


  • Jikō-ji[9]

  • Kaifuku-ji

  • Jōsen-ji

  • Syōjyu-in

  • Jikan-ji

  • Myōsen-ji

  • Taisan-ji



Shrines



  • Misode-tenman-gū[10]

  • Ushitora Shrine – the oldest shrine in Onomichi

  • Kubohachiman Shrine



Castles



  • Innoshima Suigun Castle[11]

  • Onomichi Castle


  • Fukuyama Domain Bansho Ato



Parks and gardens




  • 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 – NPB game held twice a year as Hiroshima Carp home game.


  • Mukaishima Orchid Center

  • Innoshima Flower Center

  • Citrus Park Setoda

  • Innoshima Ohashi Memorial Park

  • Mt. Takami National Park

  • Tachibana Nature Village

  • The Island's Blooms – The Pyrethrum[12]

  • Hyakka Park

  • Souraiken Garden

  • Mitsugi Greenland

  • Marine Youth Center

  • Mitsugi Softball Ballpark

  • Chojabara Sports Center

  • Mukaishima Sports Park

  • Innoshima Sports Park

  • Innoshima Amenity Pool


  • Kaibutsu-en Ato (The remains of Kaibutsu-en) – The garden of the House of Tomishima (Tenmaya)



Museums



  • Onomichi City Museum of Art


  • Ikuo Hirayama Museum of Art – by named after Ikuo Hirayama

  • Musee Nakata

  • Onomichi Literature Museum

  • Entsuba Katsuzo Sculpture Museum


  • Honinbo Shusaku Igo Memorial Museum – by named after Honinbo Shusaku

  • Museum of Setoda History and Folklore

  • Onomichi Historical Museum

  • Innoshima History Museum

  • Island-Wide Art Museum

  • Onomichi Motion Picture Museum



Beaches



  • Shimanami Beach

  • Ohamasaki Camp Site

  • Setoda Sunset Beach

  • Setoda B & G Marine Center

  • Tachibana Beach

  • Iwashijima Beach on Iwashijima Island



Hot springs



  • Natural Spa Onomichi Fureai no Sato

  • Mitsugi Yu Yu-Kan

  • Harada-cho Yujin Hot spring

  • Yoro onsen



Others



  • Literature Path


  • Nishiseto Expressway – "Shimanami Expressway" connects Onomichi and Imabari, Ehime

  • Innoshima Suigun Skyline

  • Kaneyoshi Bus Stop

  • Statue of Fumiko Hayashi

  • Onomichi City Library

  • Tsureshio Stone Monuments


  • Shimanami Koryu-kan – "Teatro Shell-rune"

  • Bel Canto Hall

  • Crossroad Mitsugi



Festivals



  • Onomichi Minato Matsuri – the Port Festival – April

  • Onomichi Sumiyoshi Hanabi Matsuri – Fireworks – the last Sunday of July

  • Innoshima Suigun Matsuri – at Suigun Castle – August


  • Onomichi Betcha Matsuri – November 1–3



Economy



Manufacturing



Shipbuilding



  • Naikai Shipbuilding

  • Mukaishima Dock

  • Onomichi Dockyard


  • Universal Shipbuilding Onomichi dock


  • Hitachi Zosen Corporation Onomichi dock


  • JFE Shoji Trade Shipbuilding



Metalworking



  • Press Kogyo


  • Union Plate Onomichi plant



Chemistry




  • Nitto Denko Onomichi plant


  • Yokohama Rubber Company Onomichi plant



Agriculture



  • Mikan, Grape, Juncus effusus, Scallion


Fishery



  • Kamaboko, Stockfish, Tsukudani


Media



  • Onomichi FM

  • Onomichi Cable Television



Bookselling


  • Keibunsha


Crime and safety


The Kyodo-kai yakuza syndicate is based in Onomichi.[13] The Kyodo-kai is the second largest yakuza group in the Chugoku region after the Hiroshima-based Kyosei-kai.[14]



In popular culture


The city is featured in the Japanese film Tokyo Story (1953) directed by Yasujirō Ozu. It is the setting for the fantasy 2005 anime series Kamichu! which faithfully depicts many of the city's features and landmarks. Events of the Blue Drop series also happen in this city. It is also the setting of the romantic manga Pastel by Toshihiko Kobayashi.



Books




  • A Dark Night's Passing (1921) by Naoya Shiga


  • Horoki (1930) by Fumiko Hayashi


  • Akumyo (1961) by Toko Kon



Films




  • Tokyo Story by Yasujirō Ozu (1953)

  • Films by Kaneto Shindō


    • Kanashimi wa onna dakeni (1958)


    • The Naked Island (1960)




  • Akumyo series by Tokuzo Tanaka, Kazuo Mori, Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Masahiro Makino, Yasuzo Masumura, Seiji Izumi (1961–2001)


  • Nikui an-chikushô by Koreyoshi Kurahara (1962)


  • Boy by Nagisa Oshima (1969)

  • Films by Nobuhiko Obayashi


    • Exchange Students (1982)


    • The Little Girl Who Conquered Time (1983)


    • Lonely Heart (1985)


    • Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)


    • Goodbye for Tomorrow (1995)


    • One Summer's Day (1999)


    • His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)


    • Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)


    • The Stupid Teacher (1998)




  • Yamato by Junya Sato (2005)



Drama



  • Teppan (2010)


Manga




  • Hikaru no Go (1998–2003)


  • Parallel (2000–2002)


  • Pastel (2002–2017)


  • Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani (2015–2018)



Anime




  • Kamichu! (2005–2007)


  • Blue Drop (2007)



Video games




  • Yakuza 6 (2016)


  • Sora to Umi no Aida (2017)



Notable people



Musicians



  • Masami Shiratama

  • Porno Graffitti



Go players


  • Dogen Handa


TV


  • Mona Yamamoto


Sports



  • Hideto Tanihara

  • Mariko Yoshida



Authors/artists



  • Kiyotaka Haimura

  • Ikuo Hirayama

  • Kaiji Kawaguchi

  • Nobuhiko Obayashi

  • Genichiro Takahashi



Voice Actor


  • Yoshimasa Hosoya


Sister cities


Onomichi has Sister City relationships with:




  • Japan Imabari, Ehime, Japan


  • Japan Higashiizumo, Shimane, Japan


  • China Chongqing, China


  • France Honfleur, France


  • United States Glen Rock, New Jersey, United States



See also


  • Senkō-ji (Onomichi)


References





  1. ^ Hoffart, Jackie, "Nice to nestle at Japan's hometown", The Japan Times, 3 October 2008, p. 24.


  2. ^ Senkoji Temple (English)


  3. ^ Komyobo Temple (English)


  4. ^ Tenneiji Temple (English)


  5. ^ Jodoji Temple (English)


  6. ^ Saikokuji Temple (English)


  7. ^ Kosanji Temple (English) Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine


  8. ^ National Treasure Kojoji Temple (English)


  9. ^ Jikoji Temple (English)


  10. ^ Misode Shrine in English


  11. ^ Onomichi City Tourist Spots (English)


  12. ^ Onomichi City Tourist Spots (English)


  13. ^ "2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures", 2010, National Police Agency (in Japanese)


  14. ^ "The Second Kyodo-kai", 20 February 2008, Matsue Joho Center (in Japanese)




External links












  • Onomichi City official website (in Japanese)


  • Onomichi City official website (in English)


  • Onomichi's Coordinator for International Relations website (in English)










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