Tourist attractions in Shimamoto, Osaka
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| Shimamoto (島本町, Shimamoto-chō) is a town consisting of the entirety of Mishima District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the town has an estimated population of 29,970 and a density of 1,800 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,700/sq mi). The total area is 16.78 km2 (6.48 sq mi). It is located in Prefectural border with Kyoto Otokuni-gun Oyamazaki-cho. At the place where Katsura River, Uji River, Kizu River merge in the Yamazaki Gorge and become Yodo River It has prospered for a long time as a key point of transportation from Kyoto Basin to Osaka Plain. Recently, residential area development is progressing as Bedtown of Osaka City and Kyoto City. | ||||||
| population：30,713人 area：16.81km2 | ||||||
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Shimamoto, Osaka in Shrine
| 1．Minase Shrine ・Shinto | ||||||
| Minase Shrine (水無瀬神宮, Minase jingū) is a Shinto Shrine in Shimamoto, Osaka[1] The Shrine is dedicated to the veneration of the kami of Emperor Go-Toba, Emperor Tsuchimikado and Emperor Juntoku.[1] In the struggle with the Kamakura shogunate, the three historical figures are united by one common factor—each was overpowered and banished from the Imperial center in Kyoto: Go-Toba was banished to Oki Island, where he died.[2] Tsuchimikado felt compelled to abandon Kyoto, traveling first to Tosa province (now known as Kōchi Prefecture); and later, he removed himself to Awa province, where he died in exile.[3] Juntoku was forced to end his days at Sado Island.[4]In 1873, the kami of Go-Daigo and Tushimikado were enshrined, and the kami of Juntoku was enshrined in 1874.[5] | ||||||
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Shimamoto, Osaka in station
| 2．Kayashima Station ・198-1, Kayashimahonmachi, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka-fuJapan | ||||||
| Kayashima Station (萱島駅, Kayashima-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway. One notable feature of this station is that it has a large camphor sacred tree growing in the middle of it which is considered sacred to the local people.[1] The station was built around it. The tree is estimated to be around 700 years old; its base has a small Shinto shrine.[2] | ||||||
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| 3．Shimamoto Station ・3-39, Sakurai Itchome, Shimamoto, Mishima, Osaka（大阪府三島郡島本町桜井一丁目3-39）Japan | ||||||
| Shimamoto Station (島本駅, Shimamoto-eki) is a railway station located on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Tōkaidō Line (JR Kyōto Line) in Shimamoto, Mishima District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The station was opened on March 15, 2008. | ||||||
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| 4．Minase Station ・Takatsuki, OsakaJapan | ||||||
| Minase Station (水無瀬駅, Minase-eki) is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line located in Shimamoto, Mishima District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, along the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Kyōto and Shin-Ōsaka Stations.[1] | ||||||
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Shimamoto, Osaka in Alcohol
| 5．Yamazaki distillery | ||||||
| Yamazaki distillery (Japanese: 山崎蒸溜所, Hepburn: Yamazaki jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery located in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 1923, and owned by Suntory, it was Japan's first commercial whisky distillery. Seven thousand bottles of unblended malt whisky are on display in its "Whisky Library". | ||||||
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