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Tantō, Hyōgo
was a town in Izushi District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , Tantō district has an estimated population of 4,742. Retrieved 17 June 2015 On April 1, 2005, Tantō, along with the towns of Kinosaki, Hidaka and Takeno (all from Kinosaki District), and the town of Izushi (also from [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Towns Of Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a Local government, local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with Prefectures of Japan, prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), Cities of Japan, city (''shi''), and Villages of Japan, village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a Districts of Japan, district. The same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a Wards of Japan, ward in a city. This is a legacy of when smaller towns were formed on the outskirts of a city, only to eventually merge into it. Towns See also * Municipalities of Japan * List of villages in Japan * List of cities in Japan * Japanese addressing system References External links "Large City System of Japan"; graphic shows towns compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1 [PDF 7 of 40 /nowiki>] {{Asia topic, List of towns in Towns in Japan, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izushi District, Hyōgo
was a district located in Hyōgo, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 16,601 and a density of 66.12 persons per km2. The total area was 251.09 km2. Towns and villages * Izushi *Tantō Merger * On April 1, 2005 - the towns of Izushi and Tantō A is a traditionally made Japanese knife () that was worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years to become more ornate. were used in tradit ..., along with the towns of Hidaka, Kinosaki and Takeno (all from Kinosaki District), were merged into the expanded city of Toyooka. Izushi District was dissolved as a result of this merger. References Former districts of Hyōgo Prefecture {{Hyogo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, and Okayama Prefecture, Okayama and Tottori Prefecture, Tottori prefectures to the west. Kobe is the capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, seventh-largest city in Japan, with other List of cities in Hyōgo Prefecture by population, major cities including Himeji, Nishinomiya, and Amagasaki. Hyōgo Prefecture's mainland stretches from the Sea of Japan to the Seto Inland Sea, where Awaji Island and a small archipelago of islands belonging to the prefecture are located. Hyōgo Prefecture is a major economic center, transportation hub, and tourist destination in western Japan, with 20% of the prefecture's land area designated as List of national parks of Japan#History, Natural Parks. Hyōgo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinosaki, Hyōgo
was a town in Kinosaki District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Merger On April 1, 2005, Kinosaki, along with the towns of Hidaka and Takeno (all from Kinosaki District), and the towns of Izushi and Tantō (both from Izushi District), were merged into the expanded city of Toyooka and they no longer exist as independent municipalities. , the Kinosaki district of Toyooka had an estimated population of 3,778. Tourism Kinosaki is a resort area, with ''onsen'' (Japanese hot springs). The Onsen town has a history of 1,300 years. In 1913, the writer Shiga Naoya came to Kinosaki and stayed there for three weeks. Kinosaki provided the inspiration for his short story, "Kinosaki ni te" or "In Kinosaki". Onsen Resort There are seven public onsen bath houses in Kinosaki Onsen: * Kouno-yu * Mandara-yu * Goshono-yu * Ichino-yu * Yanagi-yu * Jizou-yu * Satono-yu Tourists staying in many of the ryokans (Japanese traditional inns) in Kinosaki can receive a free pass to all seven. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidaka, Hyōgo
was a town located in Kinosaki District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the district of Hidaka has an estimated population of 17,242. Retrieved 17 June 2015 On April 1, 2005, Hidaka, along with the towns of Kinosaki and Takeno (all from Kinosaki District), and the towns of Izushi and |
Takeno, Hyōgo
was a List of towns in Japan, town in Kinosaki District, Hyōgo, Kinosaki District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. On April 1, 2005, Takeno, along with the towns of Kinosaki, Hyōgo, Kinosaki and Hidaka, Hyōgo, Hidaka (all from Kinosaki District, Hyōgo, Kinosaki District), and the towns of Izushi, Hyōgo, Izushi and Tantō, Hyōgo, Tantō (both from Izushi District, Hyōgo, Izushi District), was merged into the expanded city of Toyooka, Hyōgo, Toyooka, and no longer exists as an independent Municipalities of Japan, municipality. , the district of Takeno had an estimated population of 4,973. Retrieved 17 June 2015 Tourism Takeno beach is a tourist destination during the summer months.References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinosaki District, Hyōgo
was a district in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The district was dissolved in 2005, and its towns were merged into Mikata District and the city of Toyooka, both within Hyōgo Prefecture. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 41,455 and a density of . The total area was . Former towns and villages * Hidaka * Kasumi * Kinosaki * Takeno Mergers * On April 1, 2005, the town of Kasumi was merged with the towns of Mikata and Muraoka (both from Mikata District) to create the town of Kami (in Mikata District). * On April 1, 2005, the towns of Hidaka, Kinosaki, and Takeno, along with the towns of Izushi and Tantō A is a traditionally made Japanese knife () that was worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years to become more ornate. were used in tradit ... (both from Izushi District), were merged into the expanded city of Toyooka. Kinosaki District was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izushi, Hyōgo
was a town in Izushi District, Hyōgo, Izushi District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is now part of the city of Toyooka, Hyōgo. Demographics Izushi district had an estimated population of 10,259. Retrieved 17 June 2015 Because of yearly flooding problems and cheaper modes of transit, Izushi's ancient river port has long been closed. The railways were also taken out, leaving Izushi accessible by car, bus, and bike only. The average weather temperatures in the Toyooka area range between -3 °C (26 °F) in January to 35 °C (95 °F) in August. On April 1, 2005, Izushi, along with the towns of Kinosaki, Hyōgo, Kinosaki, Hidaka, Hyōgo, Hidaka and Takeno, Hyōgo, Takeno (all from Kinosaki District, Hyōgo, Kinosaki District), and the town of Tantō, Hyōgo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyooka, Hyōgo
is a Cities of Japan, city in the northern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 78,348 in 37,769 households and a population density of 110 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Toyooka is located in the northern part of Hyōgo Prefecture and the Kinki region, facing the Sea of Japan in the north. It lies entirely within the San'in Kaigan Geopark. The Maruyama River flows through the central part of the city, and the Toyooka Basin, which is the largest basin in the Tajima region, spreads out in the central part of the city. Toyooka is located in the Snow country (Japan), "snow country" of Japan and is characterized by heavy accumulations of snow in winter. One of Toyooka's famous geological features is a basalt cave called Gembudō. Gembudō was formed 1.6 million years ago from the eruption of an ancient volcano. In 1926, Professor Motonori Matuyama of Kyoto University first proposed the theory of geomagnetic polarit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Japan
Japan has three levels of governments: national, prefectural, and municipal. The nation is divided into 47 prefectures. Each prefecture consists of numerous municipalities, with 1,719 in total as of January 2014. There are four types of municipalities in Japan: cities, towns, villages and special wards of Tokyo (). In Japanese, this system is known as , where each kanji in the word represents one of the four types of municipalities. Some designated cities also have further administrative subdivisions, also known as wards. But, unlike the special wards of Tokyo, these wards are not municipalities. Status The status of a municipality, if it is a village, town or city, is decided by the prefectural government. Generally, a village or town can be promoted to a city when its population increases above fifty thousand, and a city can (but need not) be demoted to a town or village when its population decreases below fifty thousand. The least-populated city, Utashinai, Hokkaid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolved Municipalities Of Hyōgo Prefecture
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