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Hirogawa
270px, Inamura no hi no yakata is a town in Arida District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 6,778 in 2833 households and a population density of 100 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Hirogawa is located on the coast in north-central Wakayama Prefecture, facing the Kii Channel. The Hirogawa River flows through the town. The climate is moderated by the influence of the Kuroshio Current offshore. Neighboring municipalities Wakayama Prefecture * Yuasa * Aridagawa * Yura * Hidaka * Hidakagawa Climate Hirogawa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hirogawa is 15.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1878 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.8 °C. The area is subject to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fire Of Rice Sheaves
is a story based on the events of the 1854 Nankai earthquake's tsunami. This story explains the importance of alertness to the tsunami after the earthquake and early evacuation, and the sacrificial spirit for saving lives. When the 1854 tsunami, In Hiro (now Hirogawa), Goryo Hamaguchi set fires using rice straw to help guide villagers to safety. This story was turned into "A living god" by the Greek-born writer Lafcadio Hearn. Hamaguchi saved the lives of many of his fellow villagers of Hiro, Kii Province (current Hirogawa, Wakayama), when a massive tsunami struck the Kii Peninsula in 1854. He set fire to stacks of rice sheaves as landmarks to guide villagers to safety. Lafcadio Hearn wrote a story about him in ''Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East'' (1897), called "Inamura no Hi: The burning rice fields". Overview Thanks to the story ''Inamura no Hi: The Burning Rice Fields'' by Tsunezo Nakai (translated and published in English by Sara C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakayama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 () and has a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to the northeast. Wakayama is the capital and largest city of Wakayama Prefecture, with other major cities including Tanabe, Hashimoto, and Kinokawa. Wakayama Prefecture is located on the western coast of the Kii Peninsula on the Kii Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across from Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. History Present-day Wakayama is mostly the western part of the province of Kii. 1953 flood disaster On July 17–18, 1953, a torrential heavy rain occurred, followed by collapse of levees, river flooding and landslides in a wide area. Many bridges and houses were destroyed. According to an officially confirmed report by the Government of Japan, 1,015 people died, with 5,709 injured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamaguchi Goryō
was a village headman in Hiro, Kii Province (current Hirogawa, Wakayama) noted for his role in saving villagers from a tsunami during the 1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake. In the Meiji period, he became an entrepreneur, the seventh owner of Yamasa, the noted soy sauce brewer, philanthropist and politician. Biography Early history Hamaguchi Goryō was born to a cadet branch of the Hamaguchi family in what is now Yuasa, Wakayama. The Hamaguchi family were soy sauce brewers and merchants, and had operations in both Shimosa and Kii Province. At the age of 12, he was adopted by the main family, which was based at what is now Chōshi, Chiba, where he relocated. In October 1839, he married a daughter of Ikenaga Umetaro in Yuasa at the age of 20. After staying in Hiro-mura for another six months, he returned to Chōshi via Edo in the following spring. By the time, he already mastered techniques of martial arts, especially ''kendo''. In addition, he was very good at composing and writing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns Of Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), city (''shi''), and village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a district. Note that the same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a ward in a city. This is a legacy of when smaller towns were formed on the outskirts of a city, only to eventually merge into it. Towns See also * Municipalities of Japan * Japanese addressing system The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ... References {{reflist External links "Large_City_System_of_Japan";_graphic_shows_towns_compared_with_other_Japanese_city_types_at_p._1_[PDF_7_of_40/nowiki>">DF_7_of_4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns In Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), city (''shi''), and village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a district. Note that the same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a ward in a city. This is a legacy of when smaller towns were formed on the outskirts of a city, only to eventually merge into it. Towns See also * Municipalities of Japan * Japanese addressing system The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. When written in Latin characters, ad ... References {{reflist External links "Large_City_System_of_Japan";_graphic_shows_towns_compared_with_other_Japanese_city_types_at_p._1_[PDF_7_of_40/nowiki>">DF_7_of_4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1854 Ansei-Nankai Earthquake
The 1854 Nankai earthquake occurred at about 16:00 local time on 24 December. It had a magnitude of 8.4 and caused a damaging tsunami. More than 30,000 buildings were destroyed and there were at least 3,000 casualties. It was the second of the three Ansei great earthquakes; the 1854 Tōkai earthquake of identical magnitude had hit northwest the previous morning, and the third 1855 Edo earthquake would strike less than a year later. Background The southern coast of Honshu runs parallel to the Nankai Trough, which marks the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate. Movement on this convergent plate boundary leads to many earthquakes, some of them of the megathrust type. The Nankai megathrust has five distinct segments (A–E) that can rupture independently, the segments have ruptured either singly or together repeatedly over the last 1300 years. Megathrust earthquakes on this structure tend to occur in pairs, with a relatively short time gap between them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidakagawa, Wakayama
file:Dojoji Gobo Wakayama15s3200.jpg, 270px, Dōjō-ji is a List of towns in Japan, town in Hidaka District, Wakayama, Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 9,556 in 4246 households and a population density of 29 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Hidakagawa is located in central Wakayama Prefecture. It is about 35 km east–west and about 10 km north–south. The Hidaka River runs through the central part, and about 90% of the total area is forest. It occupies about 7% of the total area of Wakayama Prefecture and is the third largest municipality in terms of area in the prefecture. Neighboring municipalities Wakayama Prefecture *Gobō, Wakayama, Gobō *Tanabe, Wakayama, Tanabe *Hidaka, Wakayama, Hidaka *Inami, Wakayama, Inami *Hirogawa, Wakayama, Hirogawa *Aridagawa, Wakayama, Aridagawa Climate Hidakagawa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidaka, Wakayama
260px, Kumano Kodo at Hidaka is a town located in Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 7,970 in 3266 households and a population density of 170 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Hidaka is located on the coast in central Wakayama Prefecture, facing the Kii Channel. The coastline is a ria coast and the climate is mild.. Neighboring municipalities Wakayama Prefecture *Gobō *Hirogawa * Mihama * Hidakagawa * Yura Climate Hidaka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hidaka is 16.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1878 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 7.3 °C. The area is subject to typhoons in summer. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yura, Wakayama
270px, Shirasaki coast 270px, Yura port and old town is a town located in Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 5,442 in 2678 households and a population density of 180 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Yura is located on the coast in central Wakayama Prefecture, facing the Kii Channel to the north and west. The western part of the town contains the Shirasaki Prefectural Park, with a landscape made of limestone formations. Neighboring municipalities Wakayama Prefecture *Hirogawa * Hidaka Climate Yura has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yura is 16.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1839 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 7.3 °C. The area is subject ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aridagawa, Wakayama
file:Aragijima003.JPG, 270px, Aragijima rice terraces is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Arida District, Wakayama, Arida District, in central Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 25,940 in 10680 households and a population density of 74 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Aridagawa is located in the north-center of Wakayama prefecture, with the Aridagawa River running through the center of the town. Although there are some flatlands along the Aridagawa River, most of the town tends to be mountainous. * Mountains: Mt. Washigamine (589m) * Flatlands: Aridagawa Plain * Rivers: Aridagawa River (Futagawa Dam)It was established on January 1, 2006, by the merger of the towns of Kanaya, Wakayama, Kanaya, Kibi, Wakayama, Kibi and Shimizu, Wakayama, Shimizu, all from Arida District, Wakayama, Arida District. Neighboring municipalities Wakayama Prefecture :Arida, Wakayama, Arida, Kainan, Wakayama, Kainan, Tanabe, Wakayama, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuasa, Wakayama
is a town located in Arida District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,413 in 5338 households and a population density of 550 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Yuasa claims to be the birthplace of soy sauce Geography Yuasa is located on the coast in north-central Wakayama Prefecture, facing the Kii Channel. The coastline is a ria coast and the climate is mild due to the effects of the offshore Kuroshio Current. Neighboring municipalities Wakayama Prefecture * Arida *Hirogawa * Aridagawa Climate Yuasa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yuasa is 15.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1878 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.8 °C. The area is subject to typhoons in summer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arida District, Wakayama
is a Districts of Japan, district located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of September 1, 2008, the district has an estimated population of 50,095 and a density of 114 persons/km2. The total area is 437.88 km2. Towns and villages *Aridagawa, Wakayama, Aridagawa *Hirogawa, Wakayama, Hirogawa *Yuasa, Wakayama, Yuasa Neighbouring Regions * Yoshino District, Nara, Yoshino district, Nara Prefecture, Japan * Arida, Wakayama, Arida City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan * Hidaka District, Wakayama, Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan * Tanabe, Wakayama, Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan * Ito District, Wakayama, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan * Kainan, Wakayama, Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan * Kaisō District, Wakayama, Kaisō District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan Merger *On January 1, 2006 - the towns of Kanaya, Wakayama, Kanaya, Kibi, Wakayama, Kibi and Shimizu, Wakayama, Shimizu merged to form the new town of Aridagawa, Wakayama, Aridagawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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