Key facts
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Tōhoku
- Prefecture
- Iwate
- Mayor
- Tada Kazuhiko (October 2021)
- Total
- 825.97 km (318.91 sq mi)
- Density
- 31.61/km (81.87/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+9 ( Japan Standard Time )
- Tree
- Spreading Yew
- Flower
- Yamayuri
- Bird
- Copper pheasant
- Phone number
- 0198-62-2111
- Address
- 8-12 Higashidate-chō, Tōno-shi 028-0592
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tōno City Hall Thatched roof in Tono Furusato Village, a sightseeing spot in Tōno
Tōno (遠野市, Tōno-shi) is a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2020, the city had an estimated population of 26,378, and a population density of 31.6 persons per km in 10,759 households. The total area of the city is 825.97 square kilometres (318.91 sq mi). Tōno is known as "The City of Folklore" for its rural nature, its preservation of traditional culture and especially for the collection of folktales, Tōno Monogatari, written by Kunio Yanagita in 1910.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tōno-shi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.