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Aomori Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori (city), Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is border ...

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. , the town had an estimated population of 14,558 in 6162 households, and a population density of 390 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Fujisaki occupies the flatlands within Minamitsugaru District of south-central Aomori.

Neighboring municipalities

Aomori , officially Aomori City (, ), is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 264,945 in 136,781 households, and a population density of 321 people per squa ...

Hirosaki is a Cities of Japan, city located in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 163,639 in 71,044 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Hirosaki developed as a jōkamachi, ca ...

* Inakadate * Itayanagi * Kuroishi

Climate

The town has a cold

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''Dfb'') characterized by warm short summers and long cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Fujisaki is 10.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1288 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.8 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Fujisaki has steadily decreased over the past 60 years.

History

During the

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, the area around Fujisaki was controlled by the

Tsugaru clan The was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled the northwestern half of what is now Aomori Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The Tsugaru were ''daimyō'' of Hirosaki Domain and its semi-subsidiary, ...

Hirosaki Domain file:Hirosakijo.jpg, Hirosaki Castle, the seat of the Hirosaki Domain , also known as , was a ''tozama'' Han (Japan), feudal domain of Edo period JapanRavina, Mark. (1998) ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan,'' p. 222 It is located in Muts ...

. With the

Meiji period The was 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 colonizatio ...

establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889 Fujisaki was chartered as a village within

Minamitsugaru District, Aomori * Japan > Tōhoku region > Aomori Prefecture > Minamitsugaru District is a Districts of Japan, rural district located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2013, the district had an estimated population of 33,815 and an area of 222.98 ...

. On May 20, 1923, Fujisaki attained town status. On February 1, 1955, Fujisaki merged with neighboring Junisato Village. It annexed a portion of Itayanagi Village on August 10, 1956. On March 25, 2005, it

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with the neighboring town of Tokiwa. On September 1, 2007, a portion of the Namioka part of

Aomori City , officially Aomori City (, ), is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 264,945 in 136,781 households, and a population density of 321 people per square kilometer spre ...

merged into Fujisaki.

Government

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

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town legislature of 14 members. Minamitsugaru District (with the exception of the town of Ōwani contributes one member to the Aomori Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of

Aomori 3rd district Aomori 3rd district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu, in Aomori Prefecture, and includes the cities of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, and Ajigasawa. As ...

of the

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of the

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Economy

The economy of Fujisaki is heavily dependent on agriculture, notably rice and horticulture. The Fuji apple was developed here.

Education

Fujisaki town Fujisaki elementary school

Fujisaki has three public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railway

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(JR East) -

Ōu Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Fukushima Station (Fukushima), Fukushima Station through Akita Station to Aomori Station. Since the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen on July 1, 1 ...

(JR East) -

Gonō Line The is a railway line in Japan linking Higashi-Noshiro Station in Akita Prefecture with Kawabe Station in Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Honshu. The line stretches 147.2 km (91.5 mi) along the Sea of Japan coast ...

* -

Highway

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Notable people from Fujisaki

* Taro Kimura, politician (1965-2017) *

Ōnosato Mansuke was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from the Minamitsugaru District (now Fujisaki) in the Aomori Prefecture. Nicknamed , meaning 'Sumo god', he was one of the leaders of the Shunjuen Incident. History Born on April 1, 1892, in Aomori ...

, professional sumo wrestler (1892-1938)

Mascots

Fujisaki has two mascots, Fujimaru-kun and Jumbou-kun. *Fujimaru-kun (ふじ丸くん) is a winged apple. He is most likely a Fuji apple. Despite his wings, he cannot fly. *Jumbou-kun (ジャン坊くん) is a rice ball. His dream is to become mayor of Fujisaki. There are snacks of the same name produced in Fujisaki which feature Jumbou-kun's face.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Towns in Aomori Prefecture