English - Ebino City

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 Welcome to the official homepage of Ebino, Japan.
 Ebino was created when the towns of Iino, Kakutou, and Masaki merged in 1966. It was designated a city on the 1st of December, 1970.
 The official flower of Ebino is the Ebine (Calanthe discolor, belonging to the orchid family) and the official tree is the Kirishima Red Pine. Ebino was home to 23,079 people as of the 1st of October, 2005.

 The character above is the Tanokansa. There are over 140 ancient statues of this deity in Ebino. The Tanokansa is said to come down from the mountains every spring to bless our rice fields.