Place:Tenri, Nara
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Tenri 天理市 | |
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 Top left: View of Headquarter in Tenri religious community, Top right: Tenri religious school, Middle left: View of a point of side of mount Miwa road, Middle right: Stone site in Ryuo Mount Castle, Bottom: Tenri Reference Museum | |
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| <mapframe height="200" zoom="10" frameless="1" width="300">{"properties":{"stroke-width":2,"stroke":"#000000","title":"Tenri, Nara"},"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoshape"}</mapframe> Location of Tenri in Nara Prefecture | |
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  Tenri Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] : 34°35′48″N 135°50′14″E / 34.59667°N 135.83722°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kansai |
| Prefecture | Nara Prefecture |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Keisaku Minami |
| Area | |
| • Total | 86.37 km2 (33.35 sq mi) |
| Population (April 1, 2015) | |
| • Total | 66,866 |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| City hall address | 605 Kawaharajō-chō, Tenri-shi, Nara-ken |
| Website | www |
History
Tenri was briefly the capital of Japan during the reign of Emperor Ninken.[1] The life of the Imperial court was centered at Isonokami Hirotaka Palace where the emperor lived in 488–498.[2]
Education
- Primary schools
- Senzai Elementary School
- Idodo Elementary School
- Yamanobe Elementary School
- Nikaido Elementary School
- Tenri Elementary School (Private School)
- Yanagimoto Elementary School
- Tanbaichi Elementary School
- Ichinomoto Elementary School
- Fukuzumi Elementary School
- Asawa Elementary School
- Junior high schools
- Kita Junior High School
- Minami Junior High School
- Fukuzumi Junior High School
- Nishi Junior High School
- Tenri Junior High School (Private School)
- High schools
- Soekami High School
- Nikaido High School
- Tenri High School (Private School)
- Tenri Kyoko Gakuen High School[3]
- Universities
- Tenri University (Private university)
- Tenri Health Care University (Private university)
Shrines and temples
Tenrikyo
- Tenrikyo Church Headquarters
Shinto
- Isonokami Shrine
Transportation
Rail
The central station of Tenri is Tenri Station.
West Japan Railway Company
- U Sakurai Line (Manyō-Mahoroba Line): Ichinomoto Station – Tenri Station – Nagara Station – Yanagimoto Station
Kintetsu Railway
- Template:Rbox Tenri Line: Nikaidō Station – Senzai Station – Tenri Station
Road
- Expressways of Japan
- Nishi-Meihan Expressway
- Keinawa Expressway
Japan National Route 24
Japan National Route 25
Japan National Route 169
Sister cities
| Tenri |
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Bauru, Brazil
La Serena, Chile
Seosan, South Korea
References
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane. (1915). The Imperial Family of Japan, p. 15.
- ↑ Koch, W. (1904). Japan; Geschichte nach japanischen Quellen und ethnographische Skizzen. Mit einem Stammbaum des Kaisers von Japan, p. 13.
- ↑ "Tenri Kyoko Gakuen High School Website". http://www.tenri-kyg.ac.jp/.
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