Atami

Atami is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The town, which covers an area of 61.78 square kilometres 23.85 sq.mi, had an expected population as of December 2016 of 37,146, giving it a populace density of 601 people per km2. Atami has been called a motel metropolis focused on its warm springs since the 8th century AD. In the Kamakura duration, Minamoto no Yoritomo and Hojo Masako have been splendid visitors. During the Edo length, all of Izu Province turned into tenryo territory beneath direct manipulate of the Tokugawa shogunate.

During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji duration in 1889, Atami village was prepared within Kamo District, Shizuoka. It became expanded to town fame on June eleven, 1894, and was transferred to the administrative manipulate of Tagata District, Shizuoka in 1896. The epicenter of the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 become deep beneath Izu Oshima Island in Sagami Bay, close to Atami, which suffered giant damage, The economy of Atami is heavily depending on the tourist industry, in most cases targeted on its warm spring resorts. Commercial fishing is a primary secondary enterprise.