Ena, Gifu

Ena City (恵那市, Ena-shi) is a city located in the Tōnō region of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As of July 2011, the city has an estimated population of 53,378. The total area is 504.19 km².

The city was originally founded on April 1, 1954, but it merged with four towns and a village from the former Ena District to form the new city of Ena on October 25, 2004. The other municipalities participating in this merger were: Akechi, Iwamura, Kamiyahagi, Kushihara, and Yamaoka.

Geography

• Mountains: Mount Kasagi, Mount Hoko, Mount Yūdachi, Mount Byōbu, Mount Yake, Mount Mitsumori
• Rivers: Kiso River, Agi River, Kamiyahagi River, Kamimura River, Akechi River, Toki River, Ori River
• Lakes: Ena Gorge, Lake Hokonoko, Lake Agigawa, Lake Okuyahagi, Lake Origawa

Areas

• Ōi-chō (大井町)
• Osashima-chō (長島町)
• Takenami-chō (武並町)
• Misato-chō (三郷町)
• Kasagi-chō (笠置町)
• Iiji-chō (飯地町)
• Nakanohō-chō (中野方町)
• Higashino (東野)
• Iwamura-chō (岩村町)
• Yamaoka-chō (山岡町)
• Akechi-chō (明智町)
• Kamiyahagi-chō (上矢作町)
• Kushihara (串原)

Education

• Gifu Prefectural Ena High School
• Gifu Prefectural Ena Agricultural High School
• Gifu Prefectural Ena-Minami High School (Gifu Prefectural Akechi Commercial High School and Iwamura Senior High School merged to form the new school.)

Transportation

Railway

• Chūō Main Line (JR Central): Takenami Station - Ena Station
• Akechi Railway (Akechi Line): Ena Station - Higashino Station - Iinuma Station (Nakatsugawa, Gifu) - Agi Station (Nakatsugawa) - Iibama Station - Gokuraku Station - Iwamura Station - Hanashiro Station - Yamaoka Station - Noshi Station - Akechi Station

Roads

Expressway

• Chūō Expressway: Ena IC - Enakyō SA

Japan national routes

• Japan National Route 19
• Japan National Route 257
• Japan National Route 363
• Japan National Route 418

Roadside stations

• Road Station "Rassei Misato" Soba Making
• Road Station "Kamiyahagi La Foret Fukuju no Sato"
• Road Station "Obaachan-ichi Yamaoka"

Public facilities

Hospitals and clinics

• Ena Municipal Hospital
• Kamiyahagi Hospital

Other

• Ena Police Station
• Gifu Prefectural Ena General Office

Facilities

Super markets

• Valor (Ena, Akechi, Iwamura)
• PIAGO (Ena)

Ena radio switching offices

• Gifu Radio (JOZF・1431kHz, 500W) formally 1485kHz, 100W
• Tōkai region Radio (JOSF・801kHz, 100W）

Famous people from Ena

• Kiyohiro Araki (member of the House of Councilors)
• Yoshitaka Furuya (politician)
• Kazuo Nagano (chairman of Toyoto Shouji)
• Issai Satō (Confucian scholar)
• Utako Shimoda (founder of Jissen Women's Educational Institute)
• Hōsui Yamamoto (painter)
• Manabu Miyoshi (botanist)
• Katsushi Katsukawa (cartoonist)
• Mai Miyajima (actress)

Famous, historic and sightseeing locations

• Nakasendō Ōi-juku
• Hiroshige Museum of Art, Ena
• Ena Gorge
• Japan Water Agency Agigawa Dam
• Iwamura Castle Ruins
• Nihon Taishō Mura
• Sasayuri no Yu
• Yahagi Dam
• Mongol Village

External links

Media related to Ena, Gifu at Wikimedia Commons

• Ena official website Template:Ja icon