Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi


Kamikuishiki was a village located in Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2006, the village had an estimated population of 1,501 and a density of 17 persons per km². The total area was 86.59 km².
On March 1, 2006:
Kamikuishiki achieved nationwide fame in Japan as a major center of the notorious cult religion Aum Shinrikyo which built its religious center and several facilities there. This included a production center named Satyan 7, located in the Fujigamine district for nerve gases which were used in attacks on the Tokyo subway and in Matsumoto. It was in one of these buildings that the leader of the cult Shoko Asahara was arrested on May 16, 1995.

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