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|settlement_type= City |image_map= Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture Ja.svg |region= Chūgoku (San'yō) (San'in) |prefecture= Yamaguchi Prefecture |image_skyline= 20100724 Iwakuni 5235.jpg |imagesize= |image_caption= Kintai Bridge, a famous sightseeing spot in Iwakuni |district= |area_km2= 873.78 |population_as_of= March 2010 |population= 144,225 |density_km2= 165 |lat_deg= 34 |lat_min= 9 |lat_sec= |lon_deg= 132 |lon_min= 11 |lon_sec= |tree= Cinnamomum camphora |flower= Cherry blossom |bird= |image_flag = Flag of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi.svg |mayor= Yoshihiko Fukuda |city_hall_postal_code=740-8585 |city_hall_address= 1-14-51 Imazumachi, Iwakuni-shi, Yamaguchi-ken |website= }} is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. == History == Iwakuni was formerly the castle town of the Iwakuni han, which was formed by Lord Hiroie Kikkawa after he was banished there for supporting the defeated shogun.〔Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. (2009). Station History. Retrieved January 10, 2009, from http://www.iwakuni.usmc.mil/welcome-aboard/history.html〕 The Kikkawa clan ruled the han during the Edo period. The han was originally assessed at 30 thousand koku, and later, 60 thousand. Iwakuni han prospered for 300 years up until the Meiji Restoration.〔Mothra. (n.d.). Iwakuni City. Retrieved January 10, 2009, from http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/Chugoku/Iwakuni/Iwakuni.html〕 Before being re-founded with the same name following the mergers in 2006, the city was first founded on April 1, 1940. On March 20, 2006, Iwakuni absorbed the towns of Kuga, Mikawa, Miwa, Nishiki, Shūtō and Yū, and the village of Hongō (all from Kuga District) to create the new and expanded city of Iwakuni. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iwakuni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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