is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
located in
Nagano Prefecture
is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,007,682 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture ...
,
Japan
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. , the town had an estimated
population
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of 15,025 in 6211 households, and a
population density
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of 280 persons per km
2. The total area of the town is .
Geography
Sakaki is located in the Toushin Region, or north-central region, of Nagano Prefecture. The
Chikuma River
The , known as the in its upper reaches, is the longest and widest river in Japan and the third largest by basin area (behind the Tone River and Ishikari River). It is located in northeastern Honshu, rising in the Japanese Alps and flowing g ...
flows through the town.
Surrounding municipalities
*Nagano Prefecture
**
Chikuma
**
Ueda Ueda may refer to:
Places
*Ueda, Nagano, a city in Japan
* Ueda Castle in Japan
* Ueda Domain of Japan
* Ueda Glacier in Antarctica
Other uses
* Ueda (surname)
*Siege of Ueda
Sekigahara campaign
Sieges of the Sengoku period
Attacks on castles ...
Climate
The town has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and cold winters (
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa''. The average annual temperature in Sakaki is 12.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1086 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around -0.3 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Sakaki has remained relatively constant over the past 70 years.
History
The area of present-day Sakaki was part of ancient
Shinano Province
or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture.
Shinano bordered Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The ancient capital was located near modern-day Matsumoto, whi ...
. The area was part of the holdings of the short-lived Sakaki Domain (1683–1702) during the early
Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
, and was thereafter ''
tenryō
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.
The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil war ...
'' territory controlled directly by the
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.
The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars ...
via the Naka-no-jō
''daikanshō'' until the
Meiji restoration
The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored Imperial House of Japan, imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Althoug ...
. The modern village of Sakaki was established on April 1, 1889 by the establishment of the municipalities system and was elevated to town status on July 12, 1904. The town annexed the neighboring villages of Nakanojō and Nanjō on April 1, 1955, and the village of Murakami from neighboring
Sarashina District on April 1, 1960.
Economy
Takeuchi Manufacturing
is a Japanese heavy construction machinery company that manufactures excavator
Excavators are heavy equipment (construction), heavy construction equipment primarily consisting of a backhoe, boom, dipper (or stick), Bucket (machine part), b ...
, a construction equipment manufacturer, has its headquarters in the city.
[Company Profile]
" Takeuchi Manufacturing
is a Japanese heavy construction machinery company that manufactures excavator
Excavators are heavy equipment (construction), heavy construction equipment primarily consisting of a backhoe, boom, dipper (or stick), Bucket (machine part), b ...
. Retrieved on September 17, 2015. Agricultural products include rice, horticulture (apples, pears and grapes) and cut flowers.
Education
Sakaki has three public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the town government, and one high school operated the Nagano Prefectural Board of Education.
Notable places
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Katsurao Castle
is the remains of a castle structure in Sakaki, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is located on a 816-meter mountain. The castle was a main bastion of the Murakami clan.
In, 1553, the castle was attacked by Takeda Shingen, Murakami Yoshikiyo abandone ...
- A castle ruin, home castle of the
Murakami clan Murakami may refer to:
* 3295 Murakami, a minor planet
* Murakami (crater), an impact crater on the far side of the Moon
* Murakami (name), a Japanese surname, including a list of people with the name
* Murakami, Niigata, a city in Niigata prefectu ...
.
Transportation
Railway
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Shinano Railway
The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 1996 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR East Shin'etsu Main Line within Nagano Prefecture when it was separated from the JR East network in Octob ...
-
Shinano Railway Line
The is a railway line operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It connects Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa with Shinonoi Station in Nagano.
Overview
Before October 1997, the right ...
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Highway
*
Jōshin-etsu Expressway
The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
is a kanji acronym consisting of 3 characters, each representing the former names of the prefectures that the route traverses. consis ...
*
References
External links
*
Official Website
Towns in Nagano Prefecture
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