Onomichi is a city located in the southeastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture, almost in the central and southern part of the Sanyo region.
It is located approximately halfway between Okayama City and Hiroshima City, and this area is a “buffer zone” for both areas. Facing the Seto Inland Sea (called Onomichi Suido because of its narrowness to Mukaishima on the opposite bank), it has prospered as a distribution center for logistics by shipping since ancient times. In the Meiji era, the Sanyo Railway was opened and became the point of contact between the railway and shipping, making it the city with the largest population in the eastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture (Bingo region), but in the early 1965’s Fukuyama City (rapidly due to industrial urbanization). It developed and was blessed with flat land in the old castle town) and surrendered its position as the center. However, it is still one of the leading cities in the Bigo metropolitan area. With the opening of the Shimanami Kaido in May 1999, it was connected to Imabari City in Shikoku by land, increasing convenience in terms of distribution. In March 2015, the Trans-China Expressway (Onomichi) The entire line (Matsue Line) has been opened, and it is expected that the convenience will be further improved as a “crossroads in Setouchi”.
View the city from Onomichi Suido
It is famous nationwide as “the city of slopes,” “the city of literature,” and “the city of movies.” In literature, Fumiko Hayashi, Naoya Shiga, and others settled in and presented works set in Onomichi. In the movie, Yasujiro Ozu’s “Tokyo Story” was filmed in Onomichi, and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “Transfer Student,” “The Little Girl Who Conquered Time,” and “Lonely Heart” are famous for the younger generation as “Onomichi Trilogy.” I made it. While other towns strategically focused on attracting locations for the purpose of sightseeing on location, Onomichi was the first in the country to have a series of film locations based on the independent judgment of the creators from the mid-1900s. There is a difference in that it became a destination for location sightseeing.
Since the 2000s, it has often been used on the stage of anime, and has come to be called the “Five Great Sanctuaries” by anime fans along with Washinomiya Shrine, Lake Kisaki, the former Toyosato Elementary School building, and Jobata. It is often used for shooting TV programs, TV dramas, commercials, music videos, gravure, and photo books.
In 2017 (Heisei 29), the number of tourists was 6.8 million, the highest number since it became the current city area due to the merger in 2006 (Heisei 18), and from 2009 (Heisei 21). It has increased for 9 consecutive years and reached a record high every year, increasing by 25% from 2008 (Heisei 20) to 2017 (Heisei 29).
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