Yaotsu, Gifu

Yaotsu
八百津町
Town
Yaotsu Town Hall

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Location of Yaotsu in Gifu Prefecture
Yaotsu
 
Coordinates: 35°28′33.7″N 137°8′29.6″E / 35.476028°N 137.141556°E / 35.476028; 137.141556Coordinates: 35°28′33.7″N 137°8′29.6″E / 35.476028°N 137.141556°E / 35.476028; 137.141556
Country Japan
Region Chūbu
Prefecture Gifu
District Kamo
Government
 • Mayor Masanori Kaneko
Area
 • Total 128.79 km2 (49.73 sq mi)
Population (December 1, 2017)
 • Total 11,282
 • Density 88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
City symbols  
- Tree Pine
- Flower Lilium japonica[1]
Phone number 0574-43-2111
Address Yaotsu 3903-2, Yaotsu-chō, Kamo-gun, Gifu-ken 505-0392
Website Official website
JIndogaoka Monument

Yaotsu (八百津町, Yaotsu-chō) is a town located in Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2017, the town had an estimated population of 11,282 and a population density of 88 persons per km2, in 4328 households.[2] The total area of the town was 128.79 square kilometres (49.73 sq mi).

Geography

Yaotsu is located in south-central Gifu Prefecture, bordered by the Hida River to the north and the Kiso River to the south. Approximately 80% of the town area is forested. The town has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Yaotsu is 15.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2019 mm with September as the wettest month.The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C.[3]

Neighbouring municipalities

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Yaotsu has decreased slightly over the past 40 years.

Census Year Population
1970 16,396
1980 15,451
1990 14,731
2000 13,632
2010 12,045

History

The area around Yaotsu was part of traditional Mino Province. During the Edo period, the area was part of the territory controlled by Owari Domain under by the Tokugawa shogunate. With the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Kamo District within Gifu Prefecture was created, and the town of Yaotsu was established on July 1, 1897 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Yaotsu annexed the neighbouring village of Chiwa in 1955 and villages of Kutami, Shionami and Fukuchi in 1956. A referendum to merge into the city of Minokamo, was defeated in 2004.

Education

Yaotsu has five public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railway

  • Yaotsu does not have any passenger railway service.

Highway

Local attractions

  • Yaotsu Old Power Plant Museum
  • Futamata Tunnel (a.k.a. "Korea tunnel"(朝鮮トンネル)), claimed to be a haunted location as its was constructed during World War II by Korean forced labor, some of whom died in the construction and whose bodies were allegedly buried in the walls[5]
  • Jindogaoka Park, commemorating Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara. Yaotsu formerly claimed it was the birthplace of Chiune Sugihara based on two handwritten notes, and applied for registration as a "Memory of the World" to UNESCO; however, it was later determined that these notes were false and a family register proved that Sugihara was actually born in Mujiri-gun Kurichi-cho (present Mino City)[6][7]

Ya-o-chi

Ya-o-chi (やおっち) is a mascot created by the Yaotsu-cho village, Japan.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 統計>ふるさと40年の歩み. Yaotsu official website (in Japanese). Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ Official home page statistics
  3. ↑ Yaotsu climate data
  4. ↑ Yaotsu population statistics
  5. ↑ http://ghostmap.net/spotdetail.php?spotcd=83
  6. ↑ Where is your birth place? The fourth son of Sugihara Chiune rounds around Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd Evening news Ippou August 08, 2016
  7. ↑ "世界記憶遺産に申請、杉原千畝「命のビザ」手記に改竄疑惑　四男が語る". Weekly Shincho. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  8. ↑ "八百津町イメージキャラクターやおっちについて". 八百津町. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2016-11-18.


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