was a
village
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located in
Seta District,
Gunma Prefecture
is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of . Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuk ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated
population
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of 12,184 and a
density
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of 155.63 persons per km
2. The total area was 78.29 km
2.
On February 20, 2006, Akagi, along with the town of
Ikaho, the villages of
Komochi and
Onogami (all from
Kitagunma District), and the village of
Kitatachibana (also from
Seta District), was merged into the expanded city of
Shibukawa.
Geography
* Mountains:
Mount Akagi
* Rivers:
Tone River
The is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano River) and has a drainage area of (the largest in Japan). It is nicknamed Bandō Tarō (); ''Bandō'' is an obsolete alias of the ...
History
* 1889 - the villages of Yokono and Shikishima were created in Minamiseta District.
* 1896 - Minamiseta District is merged into Higashiseta District, renamed Seta District.
* 1956 - the villages of Yokono and Shikishima merged to form the village of Akagi.
* February 20, 2006 - Akagi, along with the town of
Ikaho, the villages of
Komochi and
Onogami (all from
Kitagunma District), and the village of
Kitatachibana (also from
Seta District), was merged into the expanded city of
Shibukawa.
Heritage
There is a Kabuki stage that was constructed about 200 years ago. Occasionally, Kabuki is performed on that stage.
Popular culture
Akagi is the home of the fictional Takahashi Brothers (street racers who drive two generations of the
Mazda RX-7
The Mazda RX-7 is a front mid engine, Rear-wheel drive, rear-wheel-drive, rotary engine-powered sports car, manufactured and marketed by Mazda from 1978 through 2002 across three generations, all of which incorporated the use of a compact, light ...
) from the hit manga and anime series ''
Initial D
is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 volumes. The ...
'', and serves as the home course of the Akagi Redsuns (later reformed as Project D).
References
External links
Shibukawa official website
Dissolved municipalities of Gunma Prefecture
Shibukawa, Gunma
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