Mishima ( 三島町 , Mishima-machi ) is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 March 2020 , the town had an estimated population of 1,590 in 755 households, and a population density of 18 persons per square kilometre (47 per square mile). The total area of the town was 90.81 square kilometres (35.06 sq mi). In 2017, Mishima was selected as one of The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan .
12-992: Mishima may refer to: Places [ edit ] Mishima, Fukushima , a town in Fukushima Prefecture Mishima, Kagoshima , a village in Kagoshima Prefecture Mishima, Niigata , a town in Niigata Prefecture Mishima, Shizuoka , a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan Mishima District, Osaka , a district in Osaka Prefecture, Japan Mishima Island, Yamaguchi , an island outside Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan Mishima cattle , an endangered cattle breed found on
24-536: A National Intangible Cultural Property [REDACTED] Media related to Mishima, Fukushima at Wikimedia Commons Mutsu Province Mutsu Province ( 陸奥国 , Mutsu no kuni ) was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima , Miyagi , Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture . Mutsu Province is also known as Ōshū ( 奥州 ) or Michinoku ( 陸奥 or 道奥 ) . The term Ōu ( 奥羽 )
36-572: Is located in the western portion of the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture. Most of the town is covered with forests. Traffic is concentrated along the Tadami River in the northern part of the town, and the main functions of the town such as government offices and hospitals are located in the Miyashita area. Miyashita Dam is located slightly upstream, and there is a hydroelectric power plant using
48-477: Is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa , which together make up the entire Tōhoku region . Mutsu, on northern Honshū , was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi , and became the largest as it expanded northward. The ancient regional capital of the Kinai government was Tagajō in present-day Miyagi Prefecture . In 1095,
60-627: The Ōshū Fujiwara clan settled at Hiraizumi , under the leadership of Fujiwara no Kiyohira . Kiyohira hoped to "form a city rivaling Kyoto as a centre of culture". The legacy of the Ōshū Fujiwara clan remains with the temples Chūson-ji and Mōtsū-ji in Hiraizumi, and the Shiramizu Amidadō temple building in Iwaki . In 1189, Minamoto no Yoritomo invaded Mutsu with three great forces, eventually killing Fujiwara no Yasuhira and acquiring
72-646: The 16th century Japanese battleship Mishima , a predreadnought battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy Mishima (band) , a Catalan indie pop band Mishima Zaibatsu , a fictional company owned by the Mishima family in the Tekken series Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mishima . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
84-682: The dam. The town has a number of hot springs . Fukushima Prefecture Mishima has a humid continental climate / oceanic climate (Köppen Dfb / Cfb ) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Mishima is 11.5 °C (52.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,477 mm (58.1 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.2 °C (77.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.1 °C (30.0 °F). Per Japanese census data,
96-603: The entire domain. During the Sengoku period , clans ruled parts of the province. As a result of the Boshin War , Mutsu Province was divided by the Meiji government , on 19 January 1869, into five provinces: Iwashiro , Iwaki , Rikuzen , Rikuchū , and Rikuō ) . The fifth of these, corresponding roughly to today's Aomori Prefecture , was assigned the same two kanji as the entire province prior to division; however,
108-632: The island Other uses [ edit ] People named Mishima (surname) ; most notably, Japanese writer Yukio Mishima Mishima, a megacorporation in Mutant Chronicles Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters , a 1985 film directed by Paul Schrader Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (soundtrack) , soundtrack to the 1985 film performed by Kronos Quartet and composed by Philip Glass Mishima pottery , slip inlay style of ceramic pottery adopted from Korea probably in
120-414: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mishima&oldid=1133225917 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mishima, Fukushima Mishima
132-614: The population of Mishima has declined steadily over the past 70 years. The area of present-day Mishima was part of ancient Mutsu Province and formed part of the holdings of Aizu Domain during the Edo period . After the Meiji Restoration , it was organized as part of Ōnuma District in Fukushima Prefecture. Mishima village was founded on July 1, 1955 through a merger of the villages of Miyashita and Nishikata. It
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#1732766167805144-490: Was raised to town status on April 1, 1961. Hydroelectric power generation from numerous dams on the Tadami River is the primary source of revenue for the town, along with forestry and wood products. Mishima has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school. [REDACTED] JR East – Tadami Line Mishima Sai-no-kami Festival,
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