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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 km 2 (33.35 sq mi)
Population   (April 1, 2015)
? Total	66,866
Time zone	UTC+09:00 ( JST )
City hall address	605 Kawaharaj?-ch?, 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 km ² , and the total area is 86.37 km ² . ^{[ 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 (Many?-Mahoroba Line): Ichinomoto Station ? Tenri Station ? Nagara Station ? Yanagimoto Station
• Kintetsu Railway
  •   H   Tenri Line : Nikaid? 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, Nara at OpenStreetMap
• Tenri City official website (in Japanese)