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Ichinomiya (一の宮町, Ichinomiya-machi) was a town located in Aso District, Kumamoto, Japan.

On February 11, 2005 Ichinomiya was merged with the town of Aso (old), and the village of Namino, all from Aso District, to form the new city of Aso and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Ichinomiya literally means "the first shrine" of the province. In case of this town, it referred to the Aso Shrine of the Higo Province.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,977 and a density of 94.54 persons per km². The total area was 105.53 km².

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 {{dablink|This article is about the former town in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. For the Japanese city see [[Ichinomiya, Aichi]]. There are towns in other prefectures in Japan with the same name, see [[Ichinomiya (disambiguation)]].}}
-{{nihongo|'''Ichinomiya'''|一の宮町|Ichinomiya-machi}} was a [[towns of Japan|town]] located in [[Aso District, Kumamoto|Aso District]], [[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]], [[Japan]]. On [[February 11]], [[2005]], the town merged with another town and a village from the district forming the [[cities of Japan|city]] of [[Aso, Kumamoto|Aso]] and no longer exists as an independent [[municipalities of Japan|municipality]].
+{{nihongo|'''Ichinomiya'''|一の宮町|Ichinomiya-machi}} was a [[towns of Japan|town]] located in [[Aso District, Kumamoto|Aso District]], [[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]], [[Japan]].
+On [[February 11]], [[2005]] Ichinomiya was merged with the town of [[Aso, Kumamoto|Aso]] (old), and the village of [[Namino, Kumamoto|Namino]], all from [[Aso District, Kumamoto|Aso District]], to form the new [[cities of Japan|city]] of [[Aso, Kumamoto|Aso]] and no longer exists as an independent [[municipalities of Japan|municipality]].
 [[Ichinomiya]] literally means "the first shrine" of the [[old provinces of Japan|province]]. In case of this town, it referred to the [[Aso Shrine]] of the [[Higo Province]].