was a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Senboku District,
Akita Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is approximately 966,000 (as of 1 October 2019) and its ge ...
,
Japan
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.
In 2003, the town had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 12,471 and a
density
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of 18.56 persons per km². The total area was 672.06 km².
On September 20, 2005, Tazawako, along with the town of
Kakunodate, and the village of
Nishiki (all from
Senboku District), was merged to create the city of
Semboku.
Eponymous
Lake Tazawa
is a caldera lake in the city of Semboku, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. It is the deepest lake in Japan at . The area is a popular vacation area and several hot spring resorts can be found in the hills above the lake. Akita Prefecture ...
is the deepest lake in Japan at 423 meters. The town has several popular
onsen
In Japan, are the country's hot springs and the bathing facilities and traditional inns around them. As a volcanically active country, Japan has many onsens scattered throughout all of its major islands. There are approximately 25,000 hot ...
.
The area is served by
Tazawako Station
is a railway station on the Tazawako Line in Semboku, Akita, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Tazawako Station is served by the Tazawako Line and the Akita Shinkansen, and is located 40.1 rail km from the terminu ...
, which is served by the
Akita Shinkansen and the
Tazawako Line
The is a railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Morioka Station in Morioka, Iwate and Ōmagari Station in Daisen, Akita, Japan.
Akita Shinkansen '' Komachi'' trains travel over the line, which was regauge ...
.
External links
Official Website(English)
(Japanese)
Dissolved municipalities of Akita Prefecture
Semboku, Akita
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