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Ise City 伊勢市

Ise CityIse City (2 April 2007)


Ise City (Japanese: 伊勢市) or simply Ise, is a city in eastern Mie Prefecture, on the island of Honshu in Japan. The city is best known for the Ise Grand Shrine, the most sacred Shinto shrine in Japan, from which the city derived its name.

Ise City was known as Ujiyamada between 1889 and 1955. On 1 January of 1889, the villages of Uji and Yamada were combined to form Ujiyamada. As there are other cities by that name, for example Uji City in Kyoto Prefecture and Yamada - now Kama - in Fukuoka Prefecture, a decision was taken to rename it Ise on 1 January, 1955.

Ise City, Mie PrefectureIse City, Mie Prefecture
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IseIse (2 April, 2008)

Planning your trip to Ise City

You can reach Ise City from Osaka or Nagoya by regular express trains as well as limited express trains. It takes about 100 minutes from Nagoya and 135 minutes from Osaka.

Planning your travel within Ise City

There are regular bus services between the train station to the Ise Grand Shrine area. You can take the bus to visit most of the tourist attractions.

Meotoiwa Wedded RocksMeotoiwa Wedded Rocks (2 April, 2008)

Places of Interest in and around Ise City

  1. Ise Grand Shrine: The most sacred Shinto shrines in Japan.

  2. Ise-Shima National Park: Scenic mountain road running between Ise and Toba.

  3. Mikimoto Pearl Island: Island off the coast at Toba City where pearls were first cultured.

  4. Meotoiwa Wedded Rocks: Two rock formations in the sea linked together by a giant straw rope.

  5. Miya River: River in Mie Prefecture famous for viewing of cherry blossoms.

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