by members of the Mizuno, Okudaira Matsudaira, Honda, Fujii Matsudaira, and Yanagisawa clans. Shrines Meta Shrine Yanagisawa Shrine Kasuga Shrine Koizumi Shrine Temples Matsuo-dera Yata-dera Jikō-in Kyūshō-ji Kakuan-ji Other Dainagon-zuka (grave of Toyotomi Hidenaga) Notable people Yanagisawa Yoriyasu, Japanese samurai of the Edo period Shigeru Joshima, Japanese musician, actor and guitarist, leader and member of the rock band Tokio Yoshinori Fujimoto, Japanese professional golfer (Japan Golf Tour) Kazuyoshi Shirahama, Japanese politician, member of the New Komeito Party, and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) Yoshimoto Ishin, Japanese businessman and Buddhist monk (Jōdo Shinshū) Yoshiyuki Kamei, Japanese professional baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Sanae Takaichi, Japanese politician, member of the Liberal Democratic Party and member of the House of Representatives Education High schools Nara Gakuen Kōriyama High School Yamatochūō High School Junior high schools Kōriyama Junior High School Kōriyama-Minami Junior High School Kōriyama-Nishi Junior High School Kōriyama-Higashi Junior High School Katagiri Junior High School Transportation Rail West Japan Railway Company Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line): Kōriyama Station – Yamato-Koizumi Station Kintetsu Railway Kashihara Line: Kujō Station – Kintetsu-Kōriyama Station – Tsutsui Station – Hirahata Station – Family-Kōemmae Station Tenri Line: Hirahata Station Road Expressways Nishi-Meihan Expressway Keinawa Expressway (under construction) National Route 24 National Route 25 National Route 308 Cycling The cycling route from Nara to Asuka designated by Nara Prefecture as Route C7 runs through the city. Sister cities Yamatokōriyama has been twinned with Kōfu, Yamanashi, in Japan since 1992. The two cities are twinned because during the Edo period the Yanagisawa family were transferred from Kofu to Yamatokoriyama under Kunigae (国替), a policy in which daimyōs were transferred from one post to the next. References External links Cities in Nara Prefecture