Tenri, Nara
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City in Kansai, Japan
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Tenri (天理市, Tenri-shi) is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1954, and is named after the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo, which has its headquarters in the city. As of April 1, 2015, the city has an estimated population of 66,866, and 29,169 households.[1] The population density is 800.61 persons per km2, and the total area is 86.37 km2.[citation needed]
History
Tenri was briefly the capital of Japan during the reign of Emperor Ninken.[2] The life of the Imperial court was centered at Isonokami Hirotaka Palace where the emperor lived in 488–498.[3]
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[4]
- Universities
Shrines and temples
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Tenrikyo
Shinto
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
Road
Sister cities
References
- ^ "市町村別推計人口・世帯数". Nara Prefecture. April 1, 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ^ 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".
External links
Media related to Tenri, Nara at Wikimedia Commons
Geographic data related to Tenri, Nara at OpenStreetMap
- Tenri City official website (in Japanese)
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Nara (capital)
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