Shimotsuma, Ibaraki
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Cities of Japan
||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...
located in Ibaraki
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...
, Japan
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. The city was founded on June 1, 1954.
In 2003 the estimated population
Population
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was 37,150. Since the city area is 61.05 km² this gives a population density
Population density
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of 608.52 persons per km²
On January 1, 2006 the village of Chiyokawa
Chiyokawa, Ibaraki
Chiyokawa was a village located in Yūki District, Ibaraki, Japan.As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 9,589 and a density of 483.56 persons per km². The total area was 19.83 km²....
, from Yūki District, was merged into Shimotsuma.
The Joso Line
Joso Line
The is a railway line operated by the Kanto Railway in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. It is a diesel operated line which runs from Toride to Shimodate....
railway has a station in Shimotsuma which opened on 1 November 1913. The town has a Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
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hotspot in McDonald's 125Shimotsumaten provided by Boingo Wireless
Boingo Wireless
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.
The city is the setting of Takemoto Novala's novel Shimotsuma Monogatari (also known as Kamikaze Girls), and the manga
Manga
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and film of that name. The movie was filmed on location in Shimotsuma.