Yawatahama

Yawatahama is a metropolis placed inside the southwestern a part of Ehime Prefecture, Japan, and has the biggest fish market on Shikoku. The Mikan is the featured agricultural product. As of March 31, 2012, the town has an expected populace of 38,307, with 16,885 families and a population density of 287.96 individuals according to km². The general location is 133.03 km². On March 28, 2005, Yawatahama absorbed the town of Honai from Nishiuwa District to create the new and improved metropolis of Yawatahama. Regular bus carrier connects Honai and Yawatahama.

It is said that name Yawatahama comes from long ago when particles from a pageant at the principle Hachiman shrine in USA, Oita, floated up on the beach in Yawatahama. In 1889, in the course of the Meiji Period the Yawatahama have become a town beneath the new municipal machine. Around that time, Yawatahama was known as the Manchester of Shikoku due to swiftly increasing industry. As an industrial center for Ehime, the primary bank in Ehime turned into opened in Yawatahama in 1878. In addition, in 1889, Yawatahama was the first city in Shikoku to burn an electric light.