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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 ...
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. , the city had an estimated
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of 81,133 in 31,457 households, and a
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of 94 persons per km². The total area of the city is .


Geography

Daisen is located in the flatlands of central Akita Prefecture, bordering on the city of Akita to the west, and
Iwate Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture at , with a population of 1,210,534 (as of October 1, 2020). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefectur ...
and the Ōu Mountains on the east. The area of the city is greater than the total metropolitan area of Tokyo.


Neighboring municipalities

*Akita Prefecture ** Akita **
Yurihonjō is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 76,077 in 30,639 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Geography Yurihonjō is located in southwest corner of Akita Pre ...
**
Yokote is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 89,574 in 34,240 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Yokote is located in southeast c ...
** Semboku **
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*Iwate Prefecture ** Nishiwaga


Climate

Daisen has a
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(
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''Dfa / Cfa'') with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Daisen is . The average annual rainfall is with August as the wettest month. The temperature is highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .


Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Daisen peaked at around the year 1960 and has been in steady decline since then.


History

The area of present-day Daisen was part of ancient Dewa Province. 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 ...
, the area came under the control of the
Satake clan The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. Its first power base was in Hitachi Province. The clan was subdued by Minamoto no Yoritomo in the late 12th century, but later entered Yoritomo's service as vassals ...
, who had been relocated to Kubota Domain from their former holdings in Hitachi Province. After the start of the
Meiji period The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...
, and the establishment of the modern municipalities system, the area became part of Semboku District, Akita Prefecture in 1878. The city of Daisen was established on March 22, 2005, from the merger of the city of Ōmagari, the towns of
Kamioka is a Cities of Japan, city located in Gifu Prefecture, Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 24,726, and a population density of 31 persons per km2, in 8,905 households. The total area of the city was . The official ''kanji'' f ...
, Kyōwa, Nakasen, Nishisenboku, Ōta and Semboku, and the village of Nangai (all from Semboku District).


Government

After the merger, Daisen had the distinction of having the largest city assembly in all of Japan, 145 members. The city now has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
city legislature of 28 members. The city contributes five members to the Akita Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Akita District 3 of the
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of the
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.


Economy

The economy of Daisen is based on agriculture and the area is noted for its rice production. Numerous ''
sake Sake, also spelled saké ( ; also referred to as Japanese rice wine), is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japanese rice wine'', sake, and indee ...
'' brewers are located in Daisen.


Education

Daisen has 16 public elementary schools and 11 public middle schools operated by the city government and five public high schools operated by the Akita Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.


Transportation


Railways

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
- Akita Shinkansen *
East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
- Ōu Main Line * - - - -
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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 regauged ...
* - - - - -


Highways

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Sister city relations

* Tettnang, Germany * Dangjin,
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Media

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FM Hanabi is a Japanese FM station that is run by TMO Omagari in Daisen, Akita is a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 81,133 in 31,457 households, and a population density of 94 persons per km². The total area of ...


Local attractions

* Former Ikeda Family Gardens, National Historic Site * Hotta Fort, National Historic Site


Notable people from Daisen

* Eiji Gotō, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy *
Gotō Chūgai was the pen-name of Gotō Toranosuke, a Japanese essayist, novella writer, and literary critic active from the late Meiji through the early Shōwa periods of Japan. Biography Born in the rural Senboku District of Akita prefecture (in what ...
, writer *
Kazuo Koike was a prolific Japanese manga writer ( gensakusha), novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and entrepreneur. He is best known for his violent, artful ''seinen'' manga, notably ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' (with Goseki Kojima, 1970–6), '' Lady Snowblood'' ...
, manga writer *
Nobuhide Minorikawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ōmagari, Akita, he attended Keio University and received a master's degree from the School ...
, politician *
Kazuo Oga is an art director and background artist for many Madhouse Studio and Studio Ghibli anime films. Oga has worked with major directors Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Osamu Dezaki. He also published two artbooks and directed a sh ...
*
Hitoshi Okuda is a Japanese manga artist, most famous for his characterizations and stories set in the world of ''Tenchi Muyo!''. Okuda got his start as a ''doujinshi'' artist before debuting professionally, studying under Nobuteru Yūki and Yutaka Izubuch ...
, Manga artist *
Toshirō Yanagiba is a Japanese actor. Career Yanagiba has appeared in films such as the ''Bayside Shakedown'' series, ''Chinese Dinner'', and ''Space Battleship Yamato''. Filmography Film * '' Run Towards the South On the Road of Sea'' (1986) * ''Young Girls ...
, actor *
Ryōgoku Yūjirō is a district in Sumida, Tokyo. It is surrounded by various districts in Sumida, Chūō, and Taitō wards: Yokoami, Midori, Chitose, Higashi Nihonbashi, and Yanagibashi. In 1659, the Ryōgoku Bridge was built, spanning the Sumida River ju ...
, sumo wrestler * Sukeshiro Terata, politicianOfficial Profile


References


External links


Official Website
{{Authority control Cities in Akita Prefecture