![Tatsuno City Office](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Tatsuno_City_Office.JPG)
is a city in
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...
, Japan. , the city had an estimated
population
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of 74,414 in 31119 households and a
population density
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of 6200 persons per km².
The total area of the city is .
The city's name is spelled "たつの," using
hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...
, but the name of
Tatsuno Station uses the kanji characters "竜野," while the historic name for the place uses the characters "龍野." According to the
''Harima no Kuni Fudoki'', the origin of the name "Tatsuno" was that upon the death of
Nomi no Sukune
was a legendary figure in Japanese history, regarded as the founder of sumo wrestling. He was the founder of the Haji no Muraji clan.
Life
Sukune is said to have lived during the reign of Emperor Suinin (29 BC – 70). Allegedly, in 23 B.C., ...
in
Ibo District
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(now in the city of Tatsuno), many came from
Izumo Izumo (出雲) may refer to:
Locations
* Izumo Province, an old province of Japan
* Izumo, Shimane, a city located in Shimane Prefecture
** Izumo Airport
* Izumo-taisha, one of Japan's most ancient and important Shinto shrines
Ships
* ''Izumo ...
and used rock from the
Ibo River
The Ibo River (揖保川) is a river in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The Ibo, Kako, Ichi, Yumesaki, and Chikusa rivers are collectively referred to as the Harima Gokawa, the five major rivers that flow into the Harima Sea. The basin area is the se ...
to make a grave, standing stones in a row on the plain. Thus, it was called "立野," with characters meaning "stand" and "plain," from which it is thought to have changed to "龍野".
Nomi no Sukune Shrine is located at the place said to be his grave.
Geography
![Tatsuno city center area Aerial photograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Tatsuno_city_center_area_Aerial_photograph.1980.jpg)
Tatsuno is located in southwestern Hyōgo Prefecture extending largely south to north. The city's northern region is mountainous, the southern region faces the
Seto Inland Sea
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, and the Ibo River runs through from north to south.
*Mountains:
Mt. Ayabe (in Mitsu-chō)
*Rivers:
Ibo River
The Ibo River (揖保川) is a river in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The Ibo, Kako, Ichi, Yumesaki, and Chikusa rivers are collectively referred to as the Harima Gokawa, the five major rivers that flow into the Harima Sea. The basin area is the se ...
, Kurisu River
*Passes and Hills:
Aisaka Pass (
Japan National Route 179),
Futagi Pass (
Prefectural Route 5
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), Azawara Pass, Iwami Pass
M.t Ayabe.JPG, Mt. Ayabe
Shingutown Hashizaki Tatusnocity Hyogopref Ibo river.JPG, Ibo River
Taken at Hashisaki, Shingū-chō
Ibogawatown Umaba Tatsunocitoy Hyogopref Hyogoprefectural road 442 Iwami Ibogawa line No,3.JPG, Iwami Hill
Neighboring Municipalities
*North:
Shisō;
Sayō,
Sayō District
*West:
Aioi;
Kamigōri,
Akō District
*East:
Himeji
260px, Himeji City Hall
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...
;
Taishi
Taishi may refer to:
Names
*Taishi (surname), Chinese family name
*Taishi (given name), Japanese given name
Ranks
* Grand Preceptor, ancient Chinese top civilian position: ''taishi'' () in Chinese
*Taishi, an alternate name of the Japanese Daij ...
,
Ibo District
Ibo District is a small district of Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeast ...
*South:
Himeji
260px, Himeji City Hall
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...
(
Ieshima Islands)
Climate
Tatsuno has a
Humid subtropical climate
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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tatsuno is 14.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1519 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.7 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,
Hyōgo population statistics
/ref> the population of Tatsuno has remained relatively constant over the past 40 years.
History
The Tatsuno area was part of ancient Harima Province and was an important location for traffic on the Izumo Kaidō Izumo (出雲) may refer to:
Locations
* Izumo Province, an old province of Japan
* Izumo, Shimane, a city located in Shimane Prefecture
** Izumo Airport
* Izumo-taisha, one of Japan's most ancient and important Shinto shrines
Ships
* Izumo-clas ...
highway running along the Ibo River, and was the location of Kinoyama Castle, a stronghold of the Akamatsu clan
is a Japanese samurai family of direct descent from Minamoto no Morifusa of the Murakami-Genji. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Akamatsu" at ''Nobiliare du Japon ...
in the Muromachi period
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. After Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
gained supremacy during the Sengoku period
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The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
, the area became the territory of the Ikeda clan
was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021) of the Seiwa Genji. Minamoto no Yasumasa, the fourth generation descending from Yorimitsu, and younger brother of Minamoto no Yorimasa (1104-1180), was the first t ...
, who ruled Himeji Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Harima Province in what is now the southern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around Himeji Castle, which is located in what is now the ...
in the early Edo period
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. Following Ikeda Toshitaka Ikeda may refer to:
* Ikeda (surname), a Japanese surname
* Ikeda (comics), a character in ''Usagi Yojimbo''
* Ikeda clan, a Japanese clan
* Ikeda map, chaotic attractor
* ''Ikeda'' (annelid) a genus of the family Ikedidae
Places
* Ikeda, Osaka i ...
's death, his lands were divided by the Tokugawa shogunate
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and Honda Masatomo
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Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a producti ...
, was installed as ''daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and n ...
'' of the newly-created Tatsuno Domain
250px, Tatsuno Castle
250px, Wakisaka Yasuaya, final ''daimyō'' of Tatsuno Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in Harima Province in what is now the southwestern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefec ...
. The town prospered as a castle town
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and the domain passed through various rulers, ultimately coming under the rule of the Wakisaka clan Wakisaka (written: 脇阪) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese racing driver
*, Japanese singer-songwriter based in the United States
*, Japanese samurai and ''daimyō''
*, Japanese ...
beginning in 1672, lasting 200 years and 10 generations, after which came the Meiji Restoration
The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ...
. The castle town's area from the early modern period is extant today in what is now the "old Tatsuno-chō area,” which still contains samurai residences and white-plastered earthen storehouses, giving the city the moniker of"Little Kyoto of Harima".[地名 歴史 p. 238]
The town of Tatsuno was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On October 1, 2005, the towns of Ibogawa, Mitsu
Mitsu may refer to:
* Mitsubishi Motors, a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer
Places
* Mitsu, Hyōgo, former town in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
* Mitsu, Okayama, former town in Okayama Prefecture, Japan
People
* Okita Mitsu (1833 ...
and Shingū (all from Ibo District
Ibo District is a small district of Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique
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) were merged into Tatsuno. To reflect the new character of the city, the ''kanji
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'' characters in the city's name were changed from to .
Government
Tatsuno has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral
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Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
city council of 22 members. Tatsuno, together with the town of Taishi, contributes one member to the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly
The is the prefectural parliament of Hyogo Prefecture.
The assembly's 87 members are elected every four years in 40 districts by single non-transferable vote. Nine of the electoral districts correspond with the wards of Kobe city and the rema ...
. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Hyōgo 12th district of the lower house
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of the Diet of Japan
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.
Economy
Tatsuno has traditionally been famous for production of sōmen
, ''somyeon'' ( ko, 소면; 素麵), or ''sùmiàn'' () is a very thin noodle made of wheat flour, less than 1.3 mm in diameter. The noodles are used extensively in East Asian cuisines. Japanese ''sōmen'' is made by stretching the dough ...
and soy sauce
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in Japan. However, much of the city is rural, with rice farming and commercial fishing
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playing roles in the economy. The city is increasing becoming a bedroom community
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, with 25.0% of those commuting to work go to Himeji
260px, Himeji City Hall
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...
(2010 National Census).
Education
Tatsuno has 16 public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Hyōgo Prefectural Department of Education. There is also one private elementary school and one private middle school. The prefecture also operates two special education schools for the handicapped.
Transportation
Railway
JR West
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...
– San'yō Main Line
*
JR West
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...
– Kishin Line
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Highways
*
San'yō Expressway
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*
Harima Expressway
The is a national Expressways of Japan, expressway in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by West Nippon Expressway Company. It is signed as E29 under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "2016 Proposal f ...
*
*
*
*
Sister city relations
* - Covington, Washington
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, sister city since 2015
Local attractions
* Tatsuno Castle and surrounding Important Preservation District for Traditional Buildings
* Yoshima Kofun, National Historic Site
* Shingū Miyauchi Site, National Historic Site
Notable people from Tatsuno
*Akira Hori
Akira Hori (堀晃, born 1944 in Tatsuno, Hyogo) is a Japanese science fiction writer. He has been involved in science fiction since high school and has a degree from Osaka University in engineering. He won the first Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1980 ...
, author
* Kazuya Maruyama Kazuya Maruyama may refer to:
* Kazuya Maruyama (politician)
* Kazuya Maruyama (baseball)
{{hndis, Maruyama, Kazuya ...
, politician
* Rofū Miki, composer of the folk melody " Akatombo" (The red dragonfly)
*Shizuichi Tanaka
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Japanese Military Governor of the Philippines during World War II.
Biography Early life and military service
Tanaka was born in Issai village, Hyōgo prefecture (now part of the city of Tatsun ...
, Imperial Japanese Army general and Japanese Military Governor of the Philippines during World War II
* Fumito Ueda
is a Japanese video game designer. Ueda is best known as the director and lead designer of '' Ico'' (2001) and ''Shadow of the Colossus'' (2005) while leading Team Ico at Japan Studio, and ''The Last Guardian'' (2016) through his own development ...
, director of Ico
is an action-adventure game developed by Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, released for the PlayStation 2 video game console in 2001 and 2002 in various regions. It was designed and directed by Fumito U ...
and Shadow of the Colossus
''Shadow of the Colossus'' is a 2005 action-adventure game developed by Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It takes place in a fantasy setting and follows Wander, a young man who ...
References
External links
*
Tatsuno City official website
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Cities in Hyōgo Prefecture
Populated coastal places in Japan
Tatsuno, Hyōgo