Kameyama, Mie
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Cities of Japan
||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
located in Mie Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan which is part of the Kansai regions on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Tsu.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, Mie prefecture was known as Ise Province and Iga Province....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
As of 2006, the city has an estimated population
Population
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of 48,902 and the density
Population density
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of 256.15 persons per km². The total area is 190.91 km².
The city was founded on October 1, 1954.
On January 11, 2005 the town of Seki
Seki, Mie
was a town located in Suzuka District, Mie, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,051 and a density of 88.27 persons per km². The total area was 79.88 km².On January 11, 2005 Seki was merged into the city of Kameyama....
, from Suzuka District
Suzuka District, Mie
Suzuka was a district located in Mie, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 7,051 and a density of 88.27 persons per km². The total area was 79.88 km²....
, was merged into Kameyama.
History
The city was the castle townCastle town
A castle town is a settlement built adjacent to or surrounding a castle. Castle towns are common in Medieval Europe. Good example include small towns like Alnwick and Arundel, which are still dominated by their castles...
of Kameyama Castle
Kameyama Castle (Mie)
is a located in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It was built in 1590 AD, by Okamoto Munenori, to replace the older Kameyama Castle, which had been built by Seki Sanetada in 1254.thumb|170px|Kameyama Castle- History :...
, which belonged to the Ise-Kameyama Domain
Ise-Kameyama Domain
The ' was a domain of the Edo period in Japan. It was located in Ise Province and had its headquarters and Kameyama Castle, which is in the modern-day city of Kameyama, Mie Prefecture....
. In the early 17th century, it also hosted Kameyama-juku
Kameyama-juku
was the forty-sixth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Kameyama, in Mie Prefecture, Japan.-History:During the Edo period, Kameyama-juku served as both a post town and a castle town for Kameyama Castle...
, the forty-sixth post station
53 Stations of the Tokaido
The are the rest areas along the Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Nihonbashi in Edo to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto.-Stations of the Tōkaidō:...
of Tōkaidō
Tokaido (road)
The ' was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period, connecting Edo to Kyoto in Japan. Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendō, the Tōkaidō travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshū, hence the route's name....
. Because it merged with the former town of Seki
Seki, Mie
was a town located in Suzuka District, Mie, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,051 and a density of 88.27 persons per km². The total area was 79.88 km².On January 11, 2005 Seki was merged into the city of Kameyama....
on January 11, 2005, the former Seki-juku
Seki-juku (Tokaido)
was the forty-seventh of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the present-day city of Kameyama, in Mie Prefecture, Japan.-History:...
also falls within its borders.
Candles are a traditional product of the city. Sharp Corporation
Sharp Corporation
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has been operating one of the world's largest LCD
Liquid crystal display
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factories in the city since January 8, 2004. It is easy to transport products to Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
and other cities overland.
Famous people from Kameyama
- Shiro HattoriShiro Hattoriwas a Japanese academic and author. He was a linguistics expert, a specialist in early Japanese and Japonic languages and a professor at the University of Tokyo.-Selected works:...
- linguist - Shingo Katsurayama - actor
- Teinosuke KinugasaTeinosuke Kinugasa-External links:* *...
- film director - Kiyoshi ToyodaKiyoshi ToyodaKiyoshi Toyoda is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.-External links:...
- baseball player