Higashihiroshima
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History
During the reign of Emperor Shōmu, a system of provincial Buddhist temples or Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). were established,[2] including one at Saijō in what is today Higashihiroshima.
In 1973, Hiroshima University established a campus at Higashihiroshima.[3]
In 1974, Higashihiroshima was created from the merger of four neighboring towns—Saijō, , Hachihonmatsu, Shiwa, and Takaya. In 2005, more towns were merged into the city—Kurose, Kōchi, Toyosaka, Fukutomi and Akitsu.
Higashihiroshima Media
Alphanumeral road sign for Sanyo Expressway
References
- ↑ "Higashihiroshima" at Hiroshima-navi.or.jp Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine; retreived 2013-2-26.
- ↑ H. Paul Varley. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa, pp. 141-142.
- ↑ Hiroshima University (HU), "Higashi-Hiroshima Campus" Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine; "History of Hiroshima University" Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine; retreived 2013-2-26.
Other websites
Media related to Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima at Wikimedia Commons
- Higashihiroshima City website (in Japanese)
- "Cultural assets - Aki Kokubunji" at Pref.hiroshima.lg.jp[dead link]
