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Tree. Shiogama Sakura. Shiogama (塩竈市 or 塩釜市, Shiogama-shi) is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city had an estimated population of 52,662, and a population density of 3,032 persons per km² in 23,270 households. [1] The total area of the city is 17.37 square kilometres (6.71 sq mi).
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Torii. Shiogama Jinja (鹽竈神社) is a Shinto shrine in the city...
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Shiogama (塩竈市, Shiogama-shi) is a city in Miyagi Prefecture,...
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Shiogama is served by two train lines from Sendai, the JR Senseki Line and JR Tohoku Line, that run through the city on separate tracks without meeting. Hon-Shiogama Station on the Senseki Line is the most convenient station for tourists, within walking distance of both the shrine (10 minutes) and the cruise ferry terminal (5 minutes).
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Shiogama, city, eastern Miyagi ken (prefecture), northeastern Honshu, Japan. It is situated just northeast of Sendai, facing Matsushima Bay (an embayment of the Pacific Ocean). Long known for its production of salt, Shiogama became a prosperous temple town during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867).
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Shimogamo Shrine ( Japanese: 下鴨神社, Hepburn: Shimogamo-jinja) is an important Shinto sanctuary in the Shimogamo district of Kyoto city's Sakyō ward. Its formal name is Kamo-mioya-jinja (賀茂御祖神社). [1] It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been ...
Shiogama Shrine. Shiogama Jinja is a Shinto shrine in the city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. Known from the ninth century, fifteen of its buildings have been designated Important Cultural Properties. It is the head shrine of several hundred Shiogama shrines located throughout Japan.
