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Tenri, Nara

"Tenri" redirects here. For the religion, see Tenrikyo. For the god from Mongolian mythology, see Tengri.

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Tenri 天理市
City
Top left: View of Headquarter in Tenri religious community, Top right: Tenri religious school, Middle left: View of a point of side of mount Miwa road, Middle right: Stone site in Ryuo Mount Castle, Bottom: Tenri Reference Museum
Flag Seal
Location of Tenri in Nara Prefecture
Tenri Location in Japan
Coordinates: 34°35′48″N 135°50′14″E / 34.59667°N 135.83722°E / 34.59667; 135.83722
Country	Japan
Region	Kansai
Prefecture	Nara Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Keisaku Minami
Area
• Total	86.37 km2 (33.35 sq mi)
Population  (April 1, 2015)
• Total	66,866
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	605 Kawaharajō-chō, Tenri-shi, Nara-ken
Website	www.city.tenri.nara.jp
Symbols
Flower	Ume
Tree	Ginkgo

Tenri (天理市, Tenri-shi) is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1954, and is named after the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo, which has its headquarters in the city. As of April 1, 2015, the city has an estimated population of 66,866, and 29,169 households.^[1] The population density is 800.61 persons per km², and the total area is 86.37 km².^{[citation needed]}

History[edit]

Tenri was briefly the capital of Japan during the reign of Emperor Ninken.^[2] The life of the Imperial court was centered at Isonokami Hirotaka Palace where the emperor lived in 488–498.^[3]

Education[edit]

• Primary schools
  • Senzai Elementary School
  • Idodo Elementary School
  • Yamanobe Elementary School
  • Nikaido Elementary School
  • Tenri Elementary School (Private School)
  • Yanagimoto Elementary School
  • Tanbaichi Elementary School
  • Ichinomoto Elementary School
  • Fukuzumi Elementary School
  • Asawa Elementary School
• Junior high schools
  • Kita Junior High School
  • Minami Junior High School
  • Fukuzumi Junior High School
  • Nishi Junior High School
  • Tenri Junior High School (Private School)
• High schools
  • Soekami High School
  • Nikaido High School
  • Tenri High School (Private School)
  • Tenri Kyoko Gakuen High School^[4]
• Universities
  • Tenri University (Private university)
  • Tenri Health Care University (Private university)

Shrines and temples[edit]

Tenrikyo[edit]

• Tenrikyo Church Headquarters

Shinto[edit]

• Isonokami Shrine

Transportation[edit]

Rail[edit]

The central station of Tenri is Tenri Station.

• West Japan Railway Company
  •  U  Sakurai Line (Manyō-Mahoroba Line): Ichinomoto Station – Tenri Station – Nagara Station – Yanagimoto Station
• Kintetsu Railway
  •  H  Tenri Line: Nikaidō Station – Senzai Station – Tenri Station

Road[edit]

• Expressways of Japan
  • Nishi-Meihan Expressway
  • Keinawa Expressway
• Japan National Route 24
• Japan National Route 25
• Japan National Route 169

Sister cities[edit]

• Bauru, Brazil
• La Serena, Chile
• Seosan, South Korea

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Media related to Tenri, Nara at Wikimedia Commons
• Geographic data related to Tenri, NaraatOpenStreetMap
• Tenri City official website (in Japanese)