Ise
伊勢市 | |
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From top, left to right: Ise Grand Shrine, the Wedded Rocks, Kongōshō Temple, Oharaimachi, and Okage Yokocho | |
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 Location of Ise in Mie Prefecture | |
  Ise | |
| Coordinates: 34°29′N 136°43′E / 34.483°N 136.717°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kansai |
| Prefecture | Mie |
| As Uji-Yamada city | September 1, 1906 |
| As Ise city | January 1, 1955 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ken'ichi Suzuki |
| Area | |
• Total | 208.52 km2 (80.51 sq mi) |
| Population (July 2021) | |
• Total | 123,533 |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0596-23-1111 |
| Address | 1-7-29 Iwabuchi, Ise-shi, Mie-ken 516-0037 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Flower | Oyane-zakura |
| Tree | Michelia compressa |
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Ise (Japanese: 伊勢市, Hepburn: Ise-shi), formerly called Ujiyamada (宇治山田), is a city in central Mie Prefecture, on the island of Honshū, Japan. Ise is home to Ise Grand Shrine, the most sacred Shintō shrine in Japan. The city has a long-standing title – Shinto (神都) – that roughly means "the Holy City", and literally means "the Capital of the Kami".[1] As of 31 July 2021[update], the city had an estimated population of 123,533 in 55,911 households and a population density of 590 people per km².[2] The total area of the city is 208.53 square kilometres (80.51 sq mi).
- ^ In waka rhetoric Makurakotoba, the word Kamikaze was used to introduce Ise.
- ^ "Ise city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.