Bus Highways Sanyō Expressway National Routes Japan National Route 2, 185, 486 and 432 Ports Mihara Port Onomichi-itozaki Port Sagi Port Sunami Port Tourism Castles Mihara Castle Niitakayama Castle - A castle ruin, one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles. Takayama Castle Temples Daizen-ji Buttsū-ji – Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #12 Shrines Mitsugi-hachimangu Festivals Mihara Yassa Matsuri Mihara Shinmeiichi Festival Satsuki Matsuri People Historical Kobayakawa Takakage Fukushima Masanori Lady Kasuga Inaba Masanari Famous Ayako Miyake (三宅綾子), dancer Choji Murata (村田兆治), baseball player Ko Hiura (火浦功), novelist Yoshihisa Ishida (石田義久), shot putter Leyona, singer and songwriter Masatoshi Kawahara, manga artist Ryuji Imada, professional golfer Satoshi Urushihara, manga artist Hisatoshi Shintaku, long-distance runner Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara, former Japanese gymnast and Bronze medalist of 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Keiko Ikeda, former Japanese gymnast and Bronze medalist of 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Entertainment A small island off the coast of Sagishima, called Sukune, was the location of Kaneto Shindo's film The Naked Island released in 1960. Director Shindo and his wife Nobuko Otowa both had their ashes scattered on the island. References External links Mihara City official website Cities in Hiroshima Prefecture Port settlements in Japan Populated coastal places in Japan