Bingo Province ( 備後国 , Bingo no kuni ) was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshū , comprising what is today the eastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture . It was sometimes grouped together with Bizen and Bitchu Provinces as Bishū ( 備州 ) . The 備 bi in the names of these provinces is taken from the second character in the name of Kibi Province , whose ambit also included the area that would be divided off as Mimasaka Province in the early 8th century CE. Bingo bordered Bitchū , Hōki , Izumo , Iwami , and Aki Provinces .
14-706: The ancient capital is believed to have been in the vicinity of the city of Fuchu . During the Sengoku Period , Bingo was part of the Mori clan's domains, but after the Battle of Sekigahara , Tokugawa Ieyasu reassigned it to one of his allies. A notable landmark includes Fukuyama Castle , which was the main castle of the Bingo-Fukuyama han (clan) during the Edo period of Japanese history . Kibitsu jinja
28-522: A population density of 190 persons per km . The total area of the city is 195.75 square kilometres (75.58 sq mi). Fuchū is located in the basin of the Ashida River in eastern Hiroshima. Hiroshima Prefecture Fuchū has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ) characterized by cool to mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average annual temperature in Fuchū
42-522: Is 15.0 °C (59.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,257.7 mm (49.52 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.2 °C (81.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.6 °C (38.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Fuchū was 38.6 °C (101.5 °F) on July 28, 2023; the coldest temperature ever recorded
56-676: Is highly automated, and during peak hours trains run as often as every two minutes. JR-West's Urban Network competes with a number of private commuter rail operators around Osaka, the "Big 4" being Hankyu Railway / Hanshin Railway (Hankyu bought Hanshin in April 2005), Keihan Railway , Kintetsu , and Nankai Railway . JR-West's market share in the region is roughly equal to that of the Big 4 put together, largely due to its comprehensive network and high-speed commuter trains (Special Rapid Service trains on
70-842: Is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu . It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka . It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange , is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of only three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index: the others are JR East and JR Central . It was also listed in the Nagoya and Fukuoka stock exchanges until late 2020. JR-West's highest-grossing line
84-793: Is the Sanyo Shinkansen high-speed rail line between Osaka and Fukuoka . The Sanyo Shinkansen alone accounts for about 40% of JR-West's passenger revenues. The company also operates Hakata Minami Line , a short commuter line with Shinkansen trains in Fukuoka . The "Urban Network" is JR-West's name for its commuter rail lines in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area. These lines together comprise 610 km of track, have 245 stations and account for about 43% of JR-West's passenger revenues. Urban Network stations are equipped to handle ICOCA fare cards. Train control on these lines
98-592: The Sanyō Shinkansen , from the separate Shinkansen Holding Corporation. JR-West purchased the line in October 1991 at a cost of 974.1 billion JPY (about US$ 7.2 billion) in long-term debt. JNRSC sold 68.3% of JR-West in an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 1996. After JNRSC was dissolved in October 1998, its shares of JR-West were transferred to the government-owned Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation (JRCC), which merged into
112-754: The Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Hiroshima 6th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Fuchū is an inland industrial city. Furniture making as a local industry has a tradition from the Edo period and in particular, the Fuchū chest-of-drawers made of paulownia wood remains famous. It is also the production area of 'Fuchū Miso'. Cotton farming and processing, textiles and dying, tobacco farming and die-cast metal products contribute to
126-466: The Kobe and Kyoto lines operate at up to 130 km/h). Those in italics are announcement names. A number of other lines account for more than half of JR-West's track mileage. These lines mainly handle business and leisure travel between smaller cities and rural areas in western Japan. They account for about 20% of the company's passenger revenues. JR-West subsidiaries include the following. JR-West
140-643: The economy. Fuchū has six public elementary schools, two public junior high schools and two public combined elementary/middle schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education. [REDACTED] JR West (JR West) - Fukuen Line This Hiroshima Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . West Japan Railway Company The West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as JR West ( JR西日本 , Jeiāru Nishi-Nihon ) ,
154-452: The village of Fuchūichi was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It became the town of Fuchū on June 3, 1896. Fuchū was raised to city status on March 31, 1954. On April 1, 2004, the town of Jōge (from Kōnu District ) was merged into Fuchū. Fuchū has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 20 members. Fuchū contributes one member to
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#1732781078669168-529: Was incorporated as a business corporation ( kabushiki kaisha ) on April 1, 1987, as part of the breakup of the state-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR). Initially, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of the JNR Settlement Corporation (JNRSC), a special company created to hold the assets of the former JNR while they were shuffled among the new JR companies. For the first four years of its existence, JR-West leased its highest-revenue line,
182-542: Was the chief Shinto shrine ( ichinomiya ) of Bingo. [REDACTED] Media related to Bingo Province at Wikimedia Commons This Hiroshima Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fuchu, Hiroshima (city) Fuchū ( 府中市 , Fuchū-shi ) is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 April 2023 , the city had an estimated population of 36,326 in 17013 households and
196-516: Was −9.9 °C (14.2 °F) on 27 February 1981. Per Japanese census data, the population of Fuchū in 2020 is 37,655 people. Fuchū has been conducting censuses since 1960. The area of Fuchū was part on ancient Bingo Province , and was the site of the Nara period Bingo Provincial Capital . During then Edo Period , it was largely the territory of Fukuyama Domain . Following the Meiji restoration ,
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