Atami (熱海市, Atami-shi) is a city located in the eastern end of Shizuoka, Japan. Atami is located on a partially submerged volcanic caldera. The name literally means "hot ocean", a reference to the town's famous onsen hot springs. The city includes the offshore island of Hatsushima.
Atami is part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Much of the extensive art collection of eccentric multimillionaire and religious leader Mokichi Okada is now housed in ...
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Atami (熱海市, Atami-shi) is a city located in the eastern end of Shizuoka, Japan. Atami is located on a partially submerged volcanic caldera. The name literally means "hot ocean", a reference to the town's famous onsen hot springs. The city includes the offshore island of Hatsushima.
Atami is part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Much of the extensive art collection of eccentric multimillionaire and religious leader Mokichi Okada is now housed in the MOA Museum of Art in Atami.
As of February 2009, the city has an estimated population of 40,051 and a density of 651 people per km². The total area is 61.56 km².
Atami has been noted as a resort centered on its hot springs since the 8th century AD. In the Kamakura period, Minamoto Yoritomo and Hojo Masako were noted visitors.
The epicenter of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 was deep beneath Izu Ōshima Island in Sagami Bay. It devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka, and...
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