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Onomichi, city, southeastern Hiroshima ken (prefecture), western Honshu, Japan. It lies on the Inland Sea, just southwest of Fukuyama.

The city’s port opened in 1168 and served for about 500 years as a rice shipment centre and port of call for trade with China. The port’s commercial significance declined somewhat during the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867) but has since revived. Onomichi now offers steamship services to ports of northern Shikoku and islands in the Inland Sea. The city has a shipbuilding yard and a motor factory. In 2006 Onomichi merged administratively with several surrounding communities, including Innoshima.

The Buddhist Senko Temple was founded in the 9th century. It is located on the side of a hill that commands a fine view of the city and coast and contains an observatory and a planetarium. Onomichi is connected to Imabari on Shikoku by the multiple-span Kurushima Strait Bridge (opened 1999). Pop. (2005) 150,225; (2010) 145,202.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.