- Shimotsuma, Ibaraki
nihongo|Shimotsuma|下妻市|Shimotsuma-shi is a city located in Ibaraki,
Japan . The city was founded onJune 1 ,1954 .In
2003 the estimatedpopulation was 37,150. Since the city area is 61.05 km² this gives apopulation density of 608.52 persons per km²On
January 1 2006, the village of Chiyokawa merged into Shimotsuma.The
Joso Line railway has a station in Shimotsuma which opened on1 November 1913 . [cite web|url=http://hisaai-hp.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Kanto/01_s_eg.html|work=Kanto Railway-Stations|title=Joso Line|accessdate=2007-06-20] The town has aWi-Fi hotspot in McDonald's 125Shimotsumaten provided byBoingo Wireless . [cite web|url=http://www.jiwire.com/wi-fi-wireless-hotspot-Shimotsuma-Ibaraki-JP-McDonald-s-125Shimotsumaten-1200381.htm|title=McDonald's 125Shimotsumaten Wi-Fi Hotspot - Shimotsuma, Ibaraki|work=JiWire|year=2007|accessdate=2007-06-20]The city is the setting of
Takemoto Novala 's novelShimotsuma Monogatari (also known as Kamikaze Girls), and themanga and film of that name. The movie was filmed on location in Shimotsuma.References
External links
* [http://www.city.shimotsuma.lg.jp/ Shimotsuma official website] in Japanese
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