is a

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located in

Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the no ...

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. , the village had an estimated

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of 1,676 across 623 households, and a

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of 21 persons per km². The total area of the village is 79.57 km².

Geography

Dōshi is in the far southeastern corner of Yamanashi Prefecture, in the

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, which isolate it from the rest of the prefecture to the north and east. The village is mostly forest and has numerous campsites.

Neighboring municipalities

Yamanashi Prefecture *

Uenohara is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 23,158 in 9987 households, and a population density of 140 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Uenohara is located in the extre ...

* Tsuru * Yamanakako Kanagawa Prefecture *

Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...

* Yamakita

Climate

The village has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (

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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Dōshi is 11.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1677 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.0 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Dōshi has gradually decreased over the past 70 years.

History

During the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

, all of Kai Province was ''

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'' territory under direct control of the

Tokugawa shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...

. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early

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in 1889, the village of Dōshi was created in

Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi is a rural district located in southeastern Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of July 2012, the district had an estimated population of 48,832 and a population density of 116 persons per km2. The total area was 420.78 km2. The district form ...

Prefecture. From 1897, the Dōshigawa River, which runs through the village, was designated as a primary source of water for the growing city of

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...

. From 1916 a large portion of the village land area was designated as a protected

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. On June 12, 2003, 653 of the village residents signed a petition to be allowed the village to merge with the city of Yokohama. However, the petition was rejected by the Yamanashi Prefectural Assembly, citing complications over a cross-prefectural merger and issues with the village becoming an

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of the Yokohama metropolis.

Economy

The economy of Dōshi is primarily based on forestry and agriculture.

Education

Dōshi has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railway

* Dōshi has no railway service.

Highway

References

External links

Official Website
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