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Yamagata City
山形市
Location of Yamagata City
Yamagata City's location in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

Yamagata, Yamagata is located in Japan
Yamagata, Yamagata
Yamagata, Yamagata
Yamagata City's location in Japan.
Location
Country Flag of Japan Japan
Region Tōhoku
Prefecture Yamagata Prefecture
Physical characteristics
Area 381.34 km2 (147.24 sq mi)
Population (as of 2003)
     Total 255,304
Location 38°15′N 140°20′E / 38.25°N 140.333°E / 38.25; 140.333Coordinates: 38°15′N 140°20′E / 38.25°N 140.333°E / 38.25; 140.333
Symbols
Tree Japanese Rowan
Flower Safflower
Emblem of Yamagata City
Flag
Yamagata City Government Office
Mayor Akio Ichikawa
Address 2-3-25 Hatagomachi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken
990-8540
Phone number 023-641-1212
Official website: Yamagata City
Yamagata city z.JPG

Yamagata (山形市; Yamagata-shi, lit. mountain shape) is the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture in Japan.

The famed temple of Yamadera (Ryushakuji) lies within the city limits, 15 minutes by train from the center.

As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 255,304 and a density of 669.49 persons per km². The total area is 381.34 km².

The Hanagasa festival (花笠祭り; Hanagasa Matsuri), one of Tohoku's major summer festivals, is held in the city every August 5, 6 and 7. Yamagata also hosts the bi-annual Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. An autumn tradition is Imoni-kai (taro potato party). Taro potatoes, thin-sliced meat, and vegetables are cooked in a large pot at picnic spots. The banks of the Mamigasaki River are popular. Once a year, on the first Sunday in September, the city government serves thousands of bowls from its giant iron imoni pot, which is serviced by a building crane. In 2009, 30,000 servings were prepared and served, and still a crowd waited in line. [1]

Yamagata City is served by the Yamagata Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo, which detaches from the Tohoku Shinkansen at Fukushima City. The express train takes just under three hours, and the one-way cost is about 10,000 yen.

Yamagata City is located in a wide central valley (bonchi) that can heat up quickly in spring and summer and is often grey and humid, while to the east in Miyagi Prefecture on the Pacific coast it is usually clearer and more temperate. The opposite is the case in winter with the valley seeing frequent snow and the Pacific coast remaining clear and fine.

In the center of town northwest of the train station is the extensive Kajo park, the grounds of castle keep of feudal warlord Mogami Yoshiaki(最上義光, 1544 - 1614). While most of the park is athletic fields and public function buildings, the rebuilt walls, eastern main gate, and surrounding moat of the former castle are impressive.The Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum [1](free admission )nearby features items from Yoshiaki's time like his battle helmet and other fine swords and armor, and good information on these exhibits and the history of the castle town is also available in English. In spring, the park is filled with cherry blossoms and clouded with many people. It also contains a small public museum with nice displays of natural and social history.

The city is also the home of the Kojirakawa Campus and Iida Campus of Yamagata University. The Kojirakawa Campus houses the Faculty of Literature & Social Science, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Education, Art & Science. The Iida Campus includes the Faculty of Medicine, which also includes the School of Nursing and the University Hospital.

The city was founded on April 1, 1889.

Contents

Transportation

Train stations

Major roads

Trivia

Famous People from Yamagata

==Twin cities== often called "Sister Cities"

References

  1. ^ Yamagata Shinbun Newspaper, Sept.7, 2009
  2. ^ 河北新報 (Kahoku Shimpō newspaper) page 1; August 17, 2007.

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Flag of Yamagata Prefecture
Cities
Higashine | Kaminoyama | Murayama | Nagai | Nan'yō | Obanazawa | Sagae | Sakata | Shinjō | Tendō | Tsuruoka | Yamagata (capital) | Yonezawa
Districts
Akumi | Higashimurayama | Higashiokitama | Higashitagawa | Kitamurayama | Mogami | Nishimurayama | Nishiokitama
  See also: Towns and villages by district edit

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