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Takachiho Station
270px, Manai Falls 270px, Mount Sobo 270px, Yokagura is a town in Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. , the town has an estimated population of 11,065 in 4865 households, and a population density of 47 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Takachiho is in the northernmost part of Miyazaki Prefecture, in the Kyushu Mountains, bordering Kumamoto Prefecture on its north and northwest sides and Ōita Prefecture on its north and northeast sides. The 106-kilometer Gokase River flows from the west to the southeast part of town. Takachiho Gorge located slightly south of the town center, is a famous tourist destination. The urban center is around the now-defunct Takachiho Station and the business office of Takachiho Kotsu, the town's public transportation company, and is approximately 120 km northwest of Miyazaki, the prefectural capital, and approximately 80 km southeast of Kumamoto. Neighboring municipalities Kumamoto Prefecture * Aso District: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns Of Japan
A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a Local government, local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with Prefectures of Japan, prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), Cities of Japan, city (''shi''), and Villages of Japan, village (''mura''). Geographically, a town is contained within a Districts of Japan, district. The same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller regions, usually a part of a Wards of Japan, ward in a city. This is a legacy of when smaller towns were formed on the outskirts of a city, only to eventually merge into it. Towns See also * Municipalities of Japan * List of villages in Japan * List of cities in Japan * Japanese addressing system References External links "Large City System of Japan"; graphic shows towns compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1 [PDF 7 of 40 /nowiki>] {{Asia topic, List of towns in Towns in Japan, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokase, Miyazaki
is a town in Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. , the town has an estimated population of 3400 in 1504 households and a population density of 20 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Gokase is located in the northwest Miyazaki Prefecture, in the center of the Kyushu Mountains, and borders Kumamoto Prefecture from the northern part of the town to the northwest, west, and southwest. The area is generally high in altitude, with even the hilly area in the north, the center of the town, being over 500 meters above sea level, and the southern part of the town being mountainous, over 1,000 meters above sea level. It takes about 2 hours and 30 minutes to reach the prefectural capital, Miyazaki City, by car, while Kumamoto City can be reached in about 1 and a half hours, so the relationship with Kumamoto Prefecture is close. Neighbouring municipalities Kumamoto Prefecture *Yamato Miyazaki Prefecture * Morotsuka * Shiiba * Takachiho Climate Gokase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morotsuka, Miyazaki
270px, Route 327 in Morotsuka is a village in Higashiusuki District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. , the village has an estimated population of 1360 in 601 households, and a population density of 9.8 persons per km². The total area of the village is . Geography Morotsuka is located in northern Miyazaki Prefecture in the steep Kyushu Mountains. Approximately 90% of the village area is forest. Morotsuka has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. Neighbouring municipalities Miyazaki Prefecture * Gokase * Hinokage * Misato * Shiiba * Takachiho Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Morotsuka has declined in recent decades. History The area of Morotsuka was part of ancient Hyūga Province. During the Edo period, it was part of the holdings of Nobeoka Domain. The village of Morotsuka was established on April 1, 1889 within Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki with the creation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashiusuki District, Miyazaki
is a district located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 26,460 and the density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ... of 20.4 persons per km2. The total area is 1,294.21 km2. History History since the establishment of the county * January 26, 1884 - Usuki County becomes Higashiusuki District. The county office is set up in Okatomi. (3 towns and 53 villages) * May 1, 1889 - New towns and villages system is established, the following towns and villages were established. (2 towns and 16 villages) ** Nobeoka Town ← Nobeoka Castle, Okatomi Village, Funakura Town (now Nobeoka City) ** Okatomi Village ← Okatomi Village, Hozaijima Village (now Nobeoka City) ** Tsunetomi ← Misu, Tsunetomi, Dekitamu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamato, Kumamoto
file:Gorogataki Waterfall.jpg, 290px, Gorogataki Waterfall is a List of towns in Japan, town in Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto, Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 13,032 in 6274 households, and a population density of 24 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Yamato is located in northeastern Kumamoto, bordering Miyazaki Prefecture. The northern part of the town is dominated by plateaus on the southern outer rim of Mount Aso, and borders Minamiaso village and Takamori town via a mountain pass at an elevation of about 1000 meters. The southern part of the town is in the Kyushu Mountains, with their steep terrain and a series of mountains over 1000 meters in altitude. Settlements have developed mainly along the valleys, and the population is distributed over a wide area. Neighboring municipalities Kumamoto Prefecture * Mifune, Kumamoto, Mifune * Minamiaso, Kumamoto, Minamiaso * Misato, Kumamoto, Misat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto
is a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of the Yamato merger (but with 2003 population statistics), the district had an estimated population of 90,315 and a density of 115.2 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 784.03 km2. Towns and villages * Kashima *Kōsa *Mashiki * Mifune *Yamato Mergers *On February 11, 2005, the municipalities of Yabe and Seiwa merged with the town of Soyō from Aso District to form the new town of Yamato was originally the area around today's Sakurai, Nara, Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan, which became Yamato Province and by extension a Names of Japan, name for the whole of Japan. Yamato is also the dynastic name of the ruling Imperial .... Districts in Kumamoto Prefecture {{Kumamoto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takamori, Kumamoto
is a town located in Aso District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 5889 in 2965 households, and a population density of 34 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Takamori is located at the easternmost point of Kumamoto Prefecture, within the caldera of Mount Aso. It touches Ōita prefecture to the northeast and Miyazaki prefecture to the east. The town is divided into four areas, called Takamori, Shikimi, Kusakabe, and Nojiri. The city hall is situated in the Takamori area, where over half of the town population resides. *Mountains: Mount Aso, Nakadake, Nekodake, Takadake, Kishimadake, Eboshidake *Rivers: Shirakawa Surrounding municipalities Kumamoto Prefecture * Aso * Minamiaso *Yamato Miyazaki Prefecture *Takachiho Ōita Prefecture * Taketa Climate Takamori has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot, humid summers and cool winters. There is significant precipitation throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aso District, Kumamoto
is a Districts of Japan, district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of the Aso, Kumamoto, Aso and Yamato, Kumamoto, Yamato mergers (but with 2003 population data), the district has an estimated population of 40,841 and a population density, density of 58.1 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 703.01 km2. The Aso clan comes from it Towns and villages *Minamioguni, Kumamoto, Minamioguni *Oguni, Kumamoto, Oguni *Takamori, Kumamoto, Takamori *Minamiaso, Kumamoto, Minamiaso *Nishihara, Kumamoto, Nishihara *Ubuyama, Kumamoto, Ubuyama Mergers *On February 11, 2005 the old town of Aso, Kumamoto, Aso absorbed the town of Ichinomiya, Kumamoto, Ichinomiya, and the village of Namino, Kumamoto, Namino to become the new cities of Japan, city of Aso, Kumamoto, Aso. *On February 11, 2005 the town of Soyō, Kumamoto, Soyō merged with the town of Yabe, Kumamoto, Yabe, and the village of Seiwa, Kumamoto, Seiwa, both from Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto, Kamimashiki Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumamoto, Kumamoto
is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2. had a population of 1,461,000, as of the 2000 census. , Kumamoto Metropolitan Employment Area has a GDP of US$39.8 billion. It is not considered part of the Fukuoka–Kitakyushu metropolitan area, despite their shared border. The city was designated on April 1, 2012, by government ordinance. History Early modern period Shokuhō period Katō Kiyomasa, a contemporary of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was made ''daimyō'' of half of the (old) administrative region of Higo in 1588. Afterwards, Kiyomasa built Kumamoto Castle. Due to its many innovative defensive designs, Kumamoto Castle was considered impenetrable, and Kiyomasa enjoyed a reputation as one of the finest castle-builders in Japanese history. Edo period After Kiyomasa died in 1611, his son, Tadahiro, succeeded hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyazaki, Miyazaki
is the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 397,381 in 187,859 households, and a population density of 620 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Miyazaki is located at the southern end of the Miyazaki Plain, with the Ōyodo River flowing through the center and bordered by the Hyūga Sea to the east. Except for the southern part, which is part of the Wanizuka Mountains, most of the area of the city consists of flat alluvial plains. Surrounding municipalities Miyazaki Prefecture * Aya * Kobayashi * Kunitomi * Mimiata * Miyakonojō * Nichinan * Saito * Shintomi Climate Miyazaki has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and cool winters. During the summer, the city is particularly prone to typhoons, one of which drenched the city with of rain in one day on 16 October 1939. The wettest month since records began has been September 1886 with and the driest was Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōita Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,081,646 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2 (2,448 sq mi). Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kumamoto Prefecture to the southwest, and Miyazaki Prefecture to the south. Ōita is the capital and largest city of Ōita Prefecture, with other major cities including Beppu, Nakatsu, and Saiki. Ōita Prefecture is located in the northeast of Kyūshū on the Bungo Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across from Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. Ōita Prefecture is famous for its hot springs and is a popular tourist destination in Japan for its ''onsen'' and '' ryokan'', particularly in and around the city of Beppu. It has more ''onsen'' than any other Japanese prefecture. History Around the 6th century, Kyushu consisted of four regions: Tsukushi Province, Hi Province, Kumaso Province and Toyo P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
