Iwama
Iwama was a small town located in Nishiibaraki District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. On March 19, 2006, Iwama, along with the town of Tomobe, was merged into the expanded city of Kasama.- Type: Locality
- Description: dissolved municipality in Nishiibaraki district, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Iwama, Ibaraki”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iwama Station and Aiki-jinja.
Iwama Station
Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iwama Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
Aiki-jinja
Shinto shrine
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
The Iwama Dōjō is a dōjō built by the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, who lived there from 1942 until his death in 1969. It is located in the former town of Iwama and became an important historical location for the development of aikido and "a Mecca…
Iwama
- Category: dissolved municipality of Japan
- Location: Kasama Shi, Ibaraki, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yiddish—“Iwama” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Իվամա”
- Azerbaijani: “İvama”
- Bulgarian: “Ивама”
- Chinese: “岩間町”
- Croatian: “Iwama”
- Danish: “Iwama”
- Dutch: “Iwama”
- French: “Iwama”
- German: “Iwama”
- Hebrew: “איואמה”
- Irish: “Iwama”
- Japanese: “岩間村”
- Japanese: “岩間町”
- Korean: “이와마정”
- Portuguese: “Iwama”
- Russian: “Ивама”
- Slovenian: “Iwama”
- Spanish: “Iwama, Ibaraki”
- Swedish: “Iwama”
- Ukrainian: “Івама”
- Vietnamese: “Iwama, Ibaraki”
- Vietnamese: “Iwama”
- Yiddish: “איואמע”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shishido Station and Hatori.
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