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Yamagata Prefecture (山形県; Yamagata-ken)
Map of Japan with Yamagata highlighted
Capital Yamagata (city)
Region Tohoku
Island Honshu
Governor Hiroshi Saito
Area 9,323.34 km² (9th)
- % water 0.02%
Population (October 1, 2000)
- Population 1,240,877 (33rd)
- Density 133 /km²
Districts 9
Municipalities 44
ISO 3166-2 JP-06
Web site www.pref.yamagata.jp/
index-e.html
Prefectural Symbols
- Flower Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
- Tree Cherry tree
- Bird Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
Symbol of Yamagata Prefecture
Symbol of Yamagata Prefecture
Symbol of Yamagata Prefecture

Yamagata Prefecture (山形県; Yamagata-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. Its capital is Yamagata.

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History

Yamagata, with Akita Prefecture, composed Dewa Province until the Meiji Restoration.

Geography

Yamagata Prefecture is located in the southwest corner of Tohoku, facing the Sea of Japan. It border Niigata Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture on the south, Miyagi Prefecture on the east, and Akita Prefecture on the north. All of these boundaries are marked by mountains, with most of the population residing in a limited central plain.

Cities

Towns and villages

These are the towns and villages in each district.

(Amarume, Tachikawa)

Mergers and changes of municipalities

Merger: Southern Shonai (1 October 2005)

The City of Tsuruoka, the Towns of Fujishima, Atsumi, Haguro and Kushibiki and the Village of Asahi are to be merged to form the new City of Tsuruoka (Tsuruoka-Shi).

The merger of Mikawa with Tsuruoka has been postponed until 2007.

The Merger Council of Southern Shonai (in Japanese)

Merger: Northern Shonai (1 November 2005)

The City of Sakata, the Towns of Hirata, Matsuyama and Yawata are to be merged to form the new City of Sakata (Sakata-Shi).

The Merger Council of Northern Shonai (in Japanese)

Economy

Agriculture - Fruit

Yamagata Prefecture is the largest producer of cherries and pears in Japan. A large quantity of other kinds of fruits such as grapes, apples, peaches, melons, persimmons and watermelons are also produced here.

Demographics

Culture

Yamagata Prefecture has a number of annual festivals and events.

The largest is the hanagasa matsuri (花笠祭り) which takes place in Yamagata City on the first weekend in August, when thousands of people perform the hanagasa dance in the city centre and attracts up to 300,000 spectators.

In February, a snow lantern festival is held in Yonezawa at the Uesugi Shrine. Hundreds of candle-lit lanterns light pathways dug into the snow around the shrine.

Yonezawa is also the site of the Uesugi Festival (上杉祭り, uesugi matsuri) in mid-spring. The festival's highlight is a re-enactment of the 'Battle of Kawanakajima' on the banks of the Matsukawa River.

Yamagata City is the home of the bi-annual Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in October.

Yamagata Prefecture is also known for its local dialect Yamagata-ben, sometimes thought of as backward sounding and the butt of jokes in other parts of Japan.


Transportation

Airports

  • Yamagata Airport(Tokyo,Osaka,Nagoya,Sapporo byJALGroup)
  • Shonai Airport(Tokyo,Osaka,Sapporo byANAGroup)

Railways(JR East)

Tourism

The temple of Yamadera, carved into the mountainside near Yamagata City, is a major attraction.

The Dewa Sanzan are three holy mountains that form a traditional pilgrimage for followers of the Shugendo branch of Shinto. The famous Gojudo (five-story pagoda) is on one of these mountains, Haguro-san.

Mount Zao is a famous winter ski resort, also known for its snow monsters (frozen snow covered trees) in the winter, and the Okama crater lake, also known as the Goshiki Numa (Five Color Swamp) because its colour changes according to the weather.

Media

News Paper

  • Yamagata Shimbun

TV & Radio

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links


Yamagata Prefecture Symbol of Yamagata Prefecture
Symbol of Yamagata Prefecture
Cities
Higashine | Kaminoyama | Murayama | Nagai | Nanyo | Obanazawa | Sagae | Sakata | Shinjo | Tendo | Tsuruoka | Yamagata (capital) | Yonezawa
Districts
Akumi | Higashimurayama | Higashiokitama | Higashitagawa | Kitamurayama | Mogami | Nishimurayama | Nishiokitama | Nishitagawa
See also: Towns and villages by district
Prefectures of Japan
Aichi | Akita | Aomori | Chiba | Ehime | Fukui | Fukuoka | Fukushima | Gifu | Gunma | Hiroshima | Hokkaido | Hyogo | Ibaraki | Ishikawa | Iwate | Kagawa | Kagoshima | Kanagawa | Kochi | Kumamoto | Kyoto | Mie | Miyagi | Miyazaki | Nagano | Nagasaki | Nara | Niigata | Oita | Okayama | Okinawa | Osaka | Saga | Saitama | Shiga | Shimane | Shizuoka | Tochigi | Tokushima | Tokyo | Tottori | Toyama | Wakayama | Yamagata | Yamaguchi | Yamanashi
Regions of Japan
Hokkaido | Tohoku | Kantō | Chubu (Hokuriku - Koshinetsu - Tokai) | Kansai | Chugoku | Shikoku | Kyushu
Major Cities (Cities designated by government ordinance)
23 wards of Tokyo | Chiba | Fukuoka | Hiroshima | Kawasaki | Kitakyushu | Kobe | Kyoto | Nagoya | Osaka | Saitama | Sapporo | Sendai | Shizuoka | Yokohama

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