Oizumi, Gunma

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This article is about the town in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. There was a village with this name in Yamanashi Prefecture, see Oizumi, Yamanashi.

Ōizumi (大泉町; -machi) is a town located in Oura District, Gunma, Japan.

As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 41,291 and a density of 2,302.90 persons per km². The total area is 17.93 km².

Tokyo plant of Sanyo, which is previously the plant of Nakajima Aircraft Company, is located in this town.

10% of the total population is comprised by foreign residents, mostly Japanese Brazilians, who work at many factories in the town. Since 1990, Japanese descendants in foreign countries have been permitted to stay in Japan freely.

[edit] Places of note

Koizumijo Castle trace(小泉城跡), Ryusenji temple(竜泉寺), Koizumi shrine(小泉神社), Ainohara remian(間之原遺跡) of Jomon period (B.C.3500-3000)

[edit] Transport

This town has three stations Nishi-Koizumi Station, Koizumimachi_Station, Higashi-Koizumi_Station of Tobu Railway Koizumi Line, connecting to Isesaki Line at Tatebayashi Station and Ota Station.

[edit] External links

• Oizumi official website in Japanese