Place names・Ibaraki Place-Name Challenge

Shimeba

A neighborhood in Yuki City, Ibaraki, read "Shimeba." A district called "Shimeha" is documented from the early Kamakura period, later rewritten with auspicious-sounding characters around the early Edo period.

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