Meiwa ( 明和町 , Meiwa-chō ) is a town located in Mie Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 August 2021 , the town had an estimated population of 23,015 in 9309 households and a population density of 560 persons per km². The total area of the town was 40.92 square kilometres (15.80 sq mi).
12-529: Kushida (串田), (櫛田) may refer to: Kushida River (櫛田川, Kushida-gawa), a major river that flows through central Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan Kushida Station , a Kintetsu train station in Matsusaka, Mie, Japan 144P/Kushida , a periodic comet discovered in January, 1994 147P/Kushida–Muramatsu , a quasi-Hilda comet discovered in 1993 5605 Kushida ,
24-504: A Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Meiwa is 15.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2015 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.1 °C. Per Japanese census data,
36-554: A Japanese professional wrestler Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kushida . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kushida&oldid=1224678997 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description
48-434: A Main-belt Asteroid discovered on February 17, 1993 Akira Kushida (born 1948), a Japanese vocalist Fuki Kushida (1899–2001), Japanese activist and feminist Reiki Kushida , a Japanese astronomer Takashi Kushida (born 1935), a Japanese aikido master Yasumichi Kushida (1976–2023), a Japanese voice actor Yoshio Kushida (born 1957), a Japanese astronomer Kushida (wrestler) (Yujiro Kushida, born 1983),
60-471: A commercial center for the surrounding region. Meiwa has six public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school. [REDACTED] Kintetsu Railway - Yamada Line Sanco does not operate bus lines to Meiwa, however the town of Meiwa runs a small bus line that connects Myōjō Station and Saikū Station with the Meiwa City Hall and
72-462: A thriving agricultural center and post-town, providing lodging to people making the pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine. Ōyodo Village was established on April 1, 1889 during the Meiji period establishment of the modern municipalities system. It was elevated to town status on February 1, 1924, and was renamed Sanwa on September 3, 1955. In 1958, the town of Sanwa and the neighboring village of Saimei merged to form
84-490: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kushida River The Kushida River ( 櫛田川 , Kushida-gawa ) is a major river that flows through central Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū , Japan . It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government, one of four Class 1 rivers that flow solely through Mie. The majority of river's course
96-455: Is said to have established Ise Grand Shrine . According to the ancient book detailing her story, while being led by the supreme deity Amaterasu to the land of what is now Ise Grand Shrine, she dropped a comb (" kushi " in Japanese) somewhere along her journey. It is believed that the area where the comb was lost was then named kushida (literally meaning " comb field "). It could be said that
108-409: Is through the city of Matsusaka . The river's source is on Mount Takami , which stands on the border of Mie and Nara Prefectures. From the mountain, it then flows eastwards and passes through a number of dams before reaching its delta and flowing into Ise Bay . It is thought that the name of the river comes from an old legend about Yamatohime-no-Mikoto , the imperial princess of olden times who
120-601: The population of Meiwa has been increasing over the past 60 years. In pre-modern Japan, Meiwa was best known as the location of the ancient Saikū , the residence of the Saiō , an unmarried Imperial princess who, in place of the Emperor , was dispatched to serve as the High Priestess of Ise Grand Shrine to perform three important Shinto rituals. During the Edo period the area developed into
132-454: The river gained its name from the fact that it flows through this small kushida region, which is on the eastern edge of Matsusaka near the border with Meiwa . Meiwa, Mie Meiwa is located in eastern Kii Peninsula in central Mie Prefecture between Matsusaka and Ise , facing Ise Bay on the Pacific Ocean . Te land is generally flat and agricultural. Mie Prefecture Meiwa has
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#1732885033607144-605: The town of Meiwa. Meiwa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 14 members. Meiwa, collectively with the other municipalities of Taki District, contributes two members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Mie 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Meiwa has a mixed economy based on agriculture, commercial fishing and light manufacturing, and serves as
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