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is a
city
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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 ...
,
Japan. , the city had an estimated
population
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of 23,158 in 9987 households, and a
population density
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of 140 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Uenohara is located in the extreme eastern edge of Yamanashi Prefecture, on a
fluvial terrace
Fluvial terraces are elongated terraces that flank the sides of floodplains and fluvial valleys all over the world. They consist of a relatively level strip of land, called a "tread", separated from either an adjacent floodplain, other fluvial t ...
of the
Sagami River
The is a river in Kanagawa and Yamanashi Prefectures on the island of Honshū, Japan.
The upper reaches of the river in Yamanashi prefecture are also sometimes known as the , and the portion near the river mouth as the . The river overall was ...
.
* Mountains: Mount Mikuni, Mount Mitou, Mount Ougi
* Rivers: Sagami River, Tsuru River, Nakama River
Surrounding municipalities
* Yamanashi Prefecture
**
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*Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
*Ōtsuki Station, a railway station in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan
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is a town in the Hata District, Kōchi Prefecture, Jap ...
,
Tsuru,
Dōshi,
Kosuge
*
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
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Okutama
is a town located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 4,949, and a population density of 22 persons per km2. The total area of the town is .
Geography
Okutama is located in the Okutama Mo ...
,
Hinohara
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Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...
**
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 ...
Climate
The city has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Uenohara is 13.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1497 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.2 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,
Uenohara population statistics
/ref> the population of Uenohara peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.
History
The area around present day Uenohara was heavily settled in the Jōmon period, and numerous Jōmon sites have been found within city limits. However, there are fewer Yayoi period
The started at the beginning of the Neolithic in Japan, continued through the Bronze Age, and towards its end crossed into the Iron Age.
Since the 1980s, scholars have argued that a period previously classified as a transition from the Jōmon ...
sites. During the Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from CE 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the c ...
'' ritsuryo'' organization of Kai Province, the area came under Tsuru County. From the middle of the Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ...
, much of the province came under the control of the Takeda clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. The clan reached its greatest influence under the rule of Taked ...
, although as a border area adjacent to the holdings of the Uesugi clan
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and the Odawara Hōjō clan, it was the location of many skirmishes and battles. 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 characte ...
, all of Kai Province was ''tenryō
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'' territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate
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. During this period, the Kōshū Kaidō
The was one of the five routes of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The route continues from there to connect with the Nakasendō's Shimosuwa-shuku in ...
, one of the Edo Five Routes
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, passed through Uenohara, which had four of the 45 post stations on that route. The area was also a noted center for sericulture
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.
After the Meiji restoration
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, the village of Uenohara was established on December 27, 1897 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Uenohara became a town on April 1, 1955 ny annexing seven neighboring villages. The modern city of Uenohara was established on February 13, 2005 by the mergers of the former town of 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 ...
(from Kitatsuru District), absorbing the village of Akiyama
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*, general in the Imperial Japanese Army and considered father of the Japanese Cavalry
*Denis Akiyama (1952–2018), Japanese-Canadian actor ...
(from Minamitsuru District).
Government
Uenohara 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 multi ...
city legislature of 16 members.
Economy
The economy of Uenohara is dominated by agriculture, sericulture and textile manufacturing.
Education
Uenohara has five public elementary schools and three public junior high schools operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school. The city also hosts the private Teikyo University of Science.
* Universities
** Teikyo University of Science
* High Schools
** Uenohara High School
** Japan University Meisei High School
* Middle schools
** Uenohara Middle School
** Akiyama Middle School
** Nishi Middle School
* Primary Schools
** Nishi Elementary School
** Shimada Elementary School
** Uenohara Elementary School
** Saihara Elementary School
** Akiyama Elementary School
Transportation
Railway
*
East Japan Railway Company - Chūō Main Line
** –
Highway
* Chūō Expressway
The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by NEXCO Central.
Naming
Officially the expressway is designated as the Chūō Expressway Nishinomiya Route (from Takaido Interchange to Komaki Junction), the Chūō Expressway Na ...
*
* Kōshū Kaidō
The was one of the five routes of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The route continues from there to connect with the Nakasendō's Shimosuwa-shuku in ...
Local attractions
*Mushono-Dainembutsu dance (National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property)
Notable people
* Ken Mizorogi, actor
References
External links
Official Website
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Cities in Yamanashi Prefecture