Kameyama, Mie

Kameyama
亀山市
Kameyama City Hall in Honmaru area
Location of Kameyama in Mie Prefecture
Kameyama
 
Coordinates: 34°51′21″N 136°27′6″E / 34.85583°N 136.45167°E / 34.85583; 136.45167
CountryJapan
RegionKansai
PrefectureMie Prefecture
Government
 • -MayorYoshiyuki Sakurai (since February 2009)
Area
 • Total190.91 km2 (73.71 sq mi)
Population
 (November 2012)
 • Total50,230
 • Density263/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- TreeCryptomeria
- FlowerJapanese iris
Phone number0595-82-1111
Address577 Honmaru-cho, Kameyama-shi, Mie-ken 519-0195
Websitewww.city.kameyama.mie.jp

Kameyama (亀山市, Kameyama-shi) is a Japanese city in Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū.

History

In the Edo period, Kameyama-juku, Seki-juku and Sakanoshita-juku were the 46th, 47th, and 48th of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.[1] All three Tōkaidō rest stops are within the boundaries of modern Numazu.

References

  1. Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.

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