- Atami, Shizuoka
Infobox City Japan
Name= Atami
JapaneseName= 熱海市
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Region= Chūbu
Prefecture= Shizuoka
District=
Area_km2= 61.55
PopDate= September 2005
Population= 41,816
Density_km2= 679.38
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LatitudeDegrees= 35
LatitudeMinutes= 6
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 139
LongtitudeMinutes= 4
LongtitudeSeconds=
Tree=Sakura
Flower=ume
Bird=Common Gull
Symbol
SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor= Sakae Saitō
CityHallPostalCode= 413-8550
CityHallAddress= 1-1 Chūō-chō, Atami-shi, Shizuoka-ken
CityHallPhone= 557-86-6000
CityHallLink= [http://www.city.atami.shizuoka.jp/ Atami City] nihongo|Atami|熱海市|Atami-shi is a city located in Shizuoka,Japan . The name literally means "hot ocean", a reference to the town's famous "onsen "hot springs . Atami has been a resort since the 8th century, and is now part ofFuji-Hakone-Izu National Park . Much of the extensive art collection of eccentric multimillionaire and religious leaderMokichi Okada is now housed in theMOA Museum of Art in Atami.As of September 2005, the city has an estimated population of 41,816 and the density of 679.38 persons per km². The total area is 61.55 km².
The
Tōkaidō Shinkansen andTōkaidō Main Line stop atAtami Station , providing direct access to the city from centralTokyo and other major cities. This accessibility makes Atami one of the most popular seaside destinations in theGreater Tokyo Area .History
The epicenter of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 was deep beneath
Izu Ōshima Island in Sagami Bay. It devastatedTokyo , the port city ofYokohama , surrounding prefectures of Chiba,Kanagawa , and Shizuoka, and caused widespread damage throughout the Kantō region. [Hammer, Joshua. (2006). [http://books.google.com/books?id=6O8VyhDbUPgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=yokohama+burning&sig=rbgbEDXJV5fht4wdSD1HBoAMANg#PPA278,M1 "Yokohama Burning: the Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II," p. 278] .] The tsunami wave height reached 35 feet at Atami, swamping the town and drowning three hundred people. [ Hammer, [http://books.google.com/books?id=6O8VyhDbUPgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=yokohama+burning&sig=rbgbEDXJV5fht4wdSD1HBoAMANg#PPA114,M1 p. 114] .]The modern municipality of Atami was founded on
April 10 ,1937 .The 24th Congress of the
Japanese Communist Party was held at Atami between January 11 and 14, 2006.Sister cities
Atami is twinned with:
* Beppu,Ōita Prefecture ,Japan
*Sanremo ,Italy (since November 1976)
*Cascais ,Portugal (since July 1990)Notes
References
* Hammer, Joshua. (2006). [http://books.google.com/books?id=6O8VyhDbUPgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Tokyo+1923&lr=&source=gbs_summary_r "Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II."] New York:
Simon & Schuster . 10-ISBN 0-743-26465-7; 13-ISBN 978-0-743-26465-5 (cloth).External links
* [http://www.city.atami.shizuoka.jp/ Atami official website] in Japanese
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