Yamagata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It has a population of 1,005,926 (1 February 2025) and an area of 9,325 Square kilometre, km2 (3,600 Square mile, sq mi). Its neighbours are Akita Prefectu ...
, a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region on Honshu island
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Yamagata (city)
is the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 242,505 in 103,165 households, and a population density of 636 persons per km2. The total area of the city is ...
, the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture
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Yamagata Airport
is an airport in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, north of the city of Yamagata.
History
Kamiyama Training Airfield was opened by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. It was briefly used by the United States military after the ...
(IATA code GAJ), an airport located in Yamagata
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Yamagata Shinkansen
The is a Mini-shinkansen route in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It provides service between Tokyo and Shinjō in Yamagata Prefecture over the tracks of the Tohoku Shinkansen and the Ōu Main Line.
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, one of Shinkansen lines running between Tokyo Station and Shinjo Station
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Yamagata Station
is a railway station in Yamagata, Yamagata, Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Yamagata Station is served by the following lines.
* Yamagata Shinkansen
* Ōu Main Line
* Senzan Line
* A ...
, the main train station of Yamagata City
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Yamagata, Gifu
Lake Ijira in Yamagata
is a city located in Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 27,356 in 10,868 households, and a population density of 120 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Geography
Yamagata is located in ...
, a city in Gifu Prefecture
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Yamagata, Nagano
is a village located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 8,726 in 3071 households, and a population density of 333 persons per km2. The total area of the village is .
Geography
Yamagata is located in the ce ...
, a village in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Japan
* Yamagata, Iwate, a village in Iwate Prefecture
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Yamagata District, Hiroshima
is a district located in northwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 29,978 and a density of 30.34 persons per km2. The total area is 988.11 km2.
Atomic bomb survivor Toshiyuki Mimaki ...
, a district in Hiroshima Prefecture
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Yamagata District, Gifu
was a district located in Gifu, Japan. On April 1, 2003 both towns and the village from the district merged, effectively turning the district into the city of Yamagata.
As of 2000,Yamagata, Ibaraki, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture
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Yamagata Domain
was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Dewa Province (modern-day Yamagata Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Yamagata Castle in what is now the city of Yamagata. Unlike some ''han'' whose control was relatively stable throughou ...
, a Japanese feudal domain in Dewa Province
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Yamagata Castle
is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the center of the city of Yamagata, Yamagata, Yamagata, eastern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Yamagata Castle was the headquarters for the ''daimyō'' of Yamagata Domain. The ...
, a castle in Japan
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Yamagata Ridge Yamagata Ridge () is a narrow linear nunatak, 3 miles (4.8 km) long and rising to 1690 m, located 5 miles (8 km) west of Seay Peak in the N-central part of Finger Ridges, Cook Mountains. Named after Noboru Yamagata, Institute of Public ...
, a nunatak in Oates Land, Antarctica
Other uses
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Yamagata (surname) Yamagata (written: 山形, 山像, 山片 or 山縣) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922), Japanese military leader and politician
* Yamagata Bantō (1748–1821), Japanese scholar and mer ...
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7039 Yamagata
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube.
As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has symbolic associations in religion, mythology, supers ...
, a main-belt asteroid
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Montedio Yamagata
is a Japanese people, Japanese professional association football club based in Tendo, Yamagata. The club currently playing in J2 League, the Japanese second tier of professional football.
Name origin
Montedio is a coined word combining the I ...
, a J. League club based in Yamagata Prefecture
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Yamagata (Akira)
is a Japanese cyberpunk post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was serialized biweekly in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Young Magazine'' from December 20, 1982, to June 25, 1990, with its 120 chapters c ...
, a fictional character in the anime film ''Akira''
* Yamagata dialect, the local dialect spoken in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
* B/Yamagata, lineage of ''Betainfluenzavirus''