Tenri, Nara

Tenri 天理市
City
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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Location of Tenri in Nara Prefecture
Tenri Location in Japan
Coordinates: 34°36′N 135°50′E / 34.600°N 135.833°ECoordinates: 34°36′N 135°50′E / 34.600°N 135.833°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kansai
Prefecture	Nara Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Keisaku Minami
Area
• Total	86.37 km^2 (33.35 sq mi)
Population (April 1, 2015)
• Total	66,866
Symbols
• Tree	Ginkgo
• Flower	Ume
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
City hall address	605 Kawaharajō-chō, Tenri-shi, Nara-ken
Website	www.city.tenri.nara.jp

Tenri (天理市 Tenri-shi) is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1954.

As of April 1, 2015, the city has an estimate 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.

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
  • Tenri University

Shrines and temples

Gate of Isonokami Jingu

The Shinto Isonokami Shrine is in Tenri.

Transportation

Rail

The central station of Tenri is Tenri Station.

• West Japan Railway Company
  • Sakurai Line (Manyō-Mahoroba Line): Ichinomoto Station - Tenri Station - Nagara Station - Yanagimoto Station
• Kintetsu Railway
  • 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

• Bauru, Brazil
• La Serena, Chile
• Seosan, South Korea

References

1. "市町村別推計人口・世帯数". Nara Prefecture. April 1, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
2. Ponsonby-Fane. (1915). The Imperial Family of Japan, p. 15.
3. Koch, W. (1904). Japan; Geschichte nach japanischen Quellen und ethnographische Skizzen. Mit einem Stammbaum des Kaisers von Japan, p. 13.
4. "Tenri Kyoko Gakuen High School Website".

External links

• Media related to Tenri, Nara at Wikimedia Commons
• Tenri City official website (Japanese)