is a

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located in Saihaku District,

Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 570,569 (2016) and has a geographic area of . Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hiro ...

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. , the town had an estimated

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of 15,321 in 5630 households and a

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of 81 persons per km². The total area of the town is . The town is known for

Mount Daisen , is a dormant stratovolcano in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It has an elevation of 1,729 metres. This mountain is the highest in the Chūgoku region, and the most important volcano on the Daisen volcanic belt, which is a part of the Southwestern H ...

, the tallest mountain in the

Chūgoku Region The , also known as the region, is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It consists of the prefectures of Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori, and Yamaguchi. In 2010, it had a population of 7,563,428. History ''Ch ...

. The mountain was an early center of

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and

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practice, and the town has numerous designated

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Geography

Daisen is located in western Tottori Prefecture, in the west of Saihaku District. The north of the town has a broad coast along the

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, and its inland area sweeps up to the

, specifically Mount Daisen. The

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flows north towards the Sea of Japan and forms an alluvial delta in Daisen. Much of the town is within the borders of the

Daisen-Oki National Park is a national park in the Chūgoku region, Honshū, Japan, and spans the prefectures of Okayama, Shimane, and Tottori. Mount Daisen is the focus of the park, which also includes the volcanic mountains and plains of Hiruzen, Mount Kenashi, Mo ...

Neighboring municipalities

Tottori Prefecture *

Yonago is a city in western Tottori Prefecture, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan and making up part of the boundary of Lake Nakaumi. It is adjacent to Shimane Prefecture and across the lake from its capital of Matsue. It is the prefecture's second larges ...

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* Hōki * Kotoura

Climate

Chizu has a Humid climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Chizu is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . Its record high is , reached on 22 August 2018, and its record low is , reached on 26 February 2011.

Demography

Per Japanese census data,Daisen population statistics
/ref> the population of Daisen has been as follows. The population has been slowly declining since the 1950s

History

The area of Daisen was part of ancient

Hōki Province was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the western part of Tottori Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Hōki bordered on Inaba, Mimasaka, Bitchū, Bingo, and Izumo Provinces. The ancient capital was in the area that is ...

. During the

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, it was controlled b the

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. Following the

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, the area was organized into villages within Saihaku District, Tottori with the creation of the modern municipalities system in 1896. The town of Daisen was formed from the merger of the towns of Nakayama and Nawa, both from Saihaku District on March 28, 2005.

Government

Daisen has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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town council of 16 members. Kotoura, collectively with the other municipalities of Saihaku District, contributes two members to the Tottori Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Tottori 2nd district of the

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of the

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Economy

The economy of Daisen is based agriculture and seasonal tourism.

Education

Daisen has four public elementary schools and three public junior high schools operated by the town government. The town does not have high school.

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 i ...

- San'in Line * - - - -

Highway

San'in Expressway *

Sister city relations

* -

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, United States

Local attractions

Daisen-ji 250px, Amida-do, An Important Cultural Property 250px, Main Hall is a Buddhist temple located in the town of Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism, and its '' honzon'' is a statue of Jizo Bosa ...

Ōgamiyama Shrine image:Ogamijinja02.jpg, 250px, Saino Kawara is a Shinto Shrines, shrine, in Daisen, Tottori, Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, Tottori, Japan. A number of its structures have been designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan, Important Cultural P ...

* Nawa Shrine * Mukibanda Yayoi remains

Noted people from Daisen

Shigeru Fukudome was an admiral and Chief of Staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Early life and career Born in Yonago, Tottori prefecture, Fukudome graduated from the 40th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1913, ra ...

, admiral and Chief of Staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

References

External links

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Daisen guide
Towns in Tottori Prefecture Daisen, Tottori Populated coastal places in Japan {{Tottori-geo-stub