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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 ...
,
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. , the city had an estimated
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of 157,480 in 67,783 households, and a
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of 290 persons per km2. The total area of the city is , which makes it the fifth largest city in Nagano Prefecture in terms of area.


Geography

Ueda is located in central Nagano Prefecture, some 40 kilometers from the prefectural capital of Nagano City and 190 kilometers from
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. The Chikuma River divides the city into two parts.


Surrounding municipalities

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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 ...
** Tsumagoi *Nagano Prefecture ** Aoki ** Chikuhoku ** Chikuma ** Matsumoto ** Nagano ** Nagawa ** Suzaka ** Tōmi


Climate

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (
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''Cwa''). The average annual temperature in Ueda 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 .


History

Ueda is located in former
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 ...
and during the
Nara period The of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capita ...
was the provincial capital. The ruins of the Shinano Kokubunji (
provincial temple The are Buddhist temples in Japan, Buddhist temples established in each of the provinces of Japan by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794). The official name for each temple was Konkomyo Shitenno Gokoku-ji (Konkōmyō Shitennō ...
) are also located within Ueda. However, the provincial capital was shifted to Matsumoto during the early
Heian period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means in Japanese. It is a ...
. During the
Sengoku period The was the period in History of Japan, Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident (1454), Ōnin War (1467), or (1493) are generally chosen as th ...
, the area was the centre of the powerful
Sanada clan The is a Japanese clan.Edmond Papinot, Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)("Sanada," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 52 DF 56 of 80/nowiki> retrieved 2013-5-3. The Sana ...
. During the
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 ...
, Ueda was a
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and headquarters of Ueda Domain under 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 ...
. During the post-
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 ...
cadastral reform of April 1, 1889, the modern town of Ueda was established. Ueda was elevated to city status on May 1, 1919. On March 6, 2006, Ueda absorbed the neighbouring towns of Maruko and
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, and the village of Takeshi (all from Chiisagata District).


Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Ueda peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.


Government

Ueda has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
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city legislature of 30 members. The city contributes four members to the Nagano Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, Ueda is grouped with Komoro, Chikuma, Saku, Tōmi, Minamisaku District, Nagano, Kitasaku District, Nagano, Chiisagata District, Nagano and Hanishina District, Nagano to form Nagano 3rd District in the
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of the
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.


Economy

Ueda is a regional commercial centre with a mixed agricultural and light industrial economy. The main crops include rice, apples, grapes, cabbage and walnuts. The traditional industry of Ueda was
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and cotton-weaving. The city now hosts automobile components and electronics manufacturing.


Education


University and colleges

* Nagano University *
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* Ueda Women's Junior College


Primary and secondary education

Ueda has 25 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by the city government and one public middle school shared with the town of Nagawa. The city has five public high schools operated by the Nagano prefectural Board of Education, and four private high schools. * KLARK Memorial International High School (private) * Maruko Syugakkan High School * Sakura International High School (private) * Tsukuba Kaisei High School (private) * Ueda Chikuma High School * Ueda Higashi High School * Ueda High School * Ueda Nishi High school (private) * Ueda Someyaoka High School


Transportation


Railway

*
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Hokuriku Shinkansen The Hokuriku Shinkansen () is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo with Tsuruga, Fukui, Tsuruga in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It is jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR ...
** * Shinano Railway - Shinano Railway Line ** – – – * Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line ** – – – – – – – – – – – – – –


Highway

* Jōshin-etsu Expressway * * * * * * *


External relations

Ueda maintains friendship and sister cities relationships with the following cities.


Friendship cities

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, United States (from 2001 with former Maruko) *
Nerima, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City. , the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons ...
(from 1994 with former Takeshi) *
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, China (from 1995 with Ueda)


Sister cities

*
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, Graubünden, Switzerland (from 1976 with former Sanada) *
Jōetsu, Niigata is a Cities of Japan, city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 189,430, in 76,461 households with a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Jōetsu borders the S ...
(from 1979 with Ueda) *
Kamakura, Kanagawa , officially , is a Cities of Japan, city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 people per k ...
(from 1979 with Ueda) * Kudoyama, Wakayama (from 1977 with former Sanada) * Toyooka, Hyōgo (from 1979 between Ueda and former town of Izushi)


Cities with emergency collaboration pacts

Ueda has entered into pacts with all the Japanese cities listed above and two more cities listed below for mutual collaboration in case of emergency. *
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* Numazu, Shizuoka


Local attractions

* Anraku-ji in Bessho Onsen, Ueda has the only extant octagonal pagoda in Japan. The pagoda has been designated as National Treasure. *Bessho Onsen * Sanada-shi Yakata - A fortified residence of the
Sanada clan The is a Japanese clan.Edmond Papinot, Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)("Sanada," ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 52 DF 56 of 80/nowiki> retrieved 2013-5-3. The Sana ...
, main bastion of the Sanada clan until Sanada Masayuki moved their base to Ueda Castle in 1585. * Ueda Castle * Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum – An open-air museum with sculptures on the Utsukushigahara plateau, which opened in June 1981


Notable residents

* Juri Miyazawa, actress * Goichi Suda, video game designer, also known as Suda51 * Katsusaburō Yamagiwa (1863–1930), pathologist


In Popular Culture

*Ueda is the primary setting for the 2009 anime film '' Summer Wars'', directed by Mamoru Hosoda.


References


External links

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Official Website
{{Authority control Cities in Nagano Prefecture