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Akashi City Hall
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Akashi fromAkashi Castle

Шаблон:Nihongo is a city in southern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Шаблон:As of, the city had an estimated population of 304,274 in 135,323 households and a population density of 6,200 people per km².[1] The total area of the city is Шаблон:Convert.

Geography

Akashi is located in southern Hyōgo prefecture, and is a long and narrow municipality along the Seto Inland Sea. It is separated from Awaji Island by Harima Bay; however, the terminus of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, which connects Honshu to Awaji Island and to Shikoku, is not in Akashi but in Tarumi-ku, Kōbe. The 135th meridian east line that determines Japan Standard Time passes through the city.

Neighbouring municipalities

Hyōgo Prefecture

Climate

Akashi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot summers and cool to cold winters. Precipitation is significantly higher in summer than in winter, though on the whole lower than in most parts of Honshū, and there is no significant snowfall. The average annual temperature in Akashi is Шаблон:Convert. The average annual rainfall is Шаблон:Cvt with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around Шаблон:Convert, and lowest in January, at around Шаблон:Convert.[2] The highest temperature ever recorded in Akashi was Шаблон:Cvt on 13 August 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was Шаблон:Cvt on 30 January 2003.[3]

Шаблон:Weather box

Demographics

Шаблон:Historical populations

History

Akashi is mentioned in a waka (five-line, 31-syllable poem) written by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro in the 7th century and it is the setting for one of the chapters of the 11th-century novel The Tale of Genji. It developed as the castle town of Akashi Domain during the Edo Period, from 1617 to 1871 due to its location dominating the San'yōdō highway connecting the Kinai region with western Japan. The famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi is claimed to have laid out the design of the castle town. The town of Akashi was established on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to city status on November 1, 1919. The city annexed the neighboring villages of Hayashizaki on February 11, 1942 and Okubo, Uozumi and Futami on January 10, 1951 to reach its present dimensions. A proposal to merge with the city of Kobe was rejected by a referendum in 1955. The city suffered from the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995 with 4,839 houses were completely or partially destroyed and nine fatalities.

On July 21, 2001, 11 people were killed and 247 were injured during a stampede after a fireworks show. Five city officials were subsequently convicted of negligence in connection with the incident.[4]

Akashi became a Core city on April 1, 2018 with increased local autonomy.

Government

Akashi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 30 members. Akashi contributes four members to the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Hyōgo 9th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan. Akashi is governed by Mayor Fusaho Izumi, an independent.

Economy

Akashi is located within the Hanshin Industrial Area and Harima Seaside Industrial Area and has succeeded in attracting many companies to its Futami Seaside Industrial Park. the city has long been noted for aviation-related instrumentation manufacturers and electronic component manufacturers. Yamato Scale, a leading global manufacturer of commercial weighing and packaging equipment, is headquartered in the city.[5] Due to its transportation connections and location, numerous bedroom communities have developed for commuters to Kobe and Osaka, which is estimated to exceed 30% of the working population. The city has also been noted since the Edo Period for its production of sake.

Education

Akashi has 28 public elementary schools, 13 public middle schools and one public high school operated by the city government and seven public high schools operated by the Hyōgo Prefectural Department of Education. There is also one national elementary school. The city also operates one special education school for the handicapped. The nursing school of University of Hyogo is located in Akashi.

The city also has the National Institute of Technology Akashi College (NITAC( (Шаблон:Lang).[6]

The city once had a North Korean school, Шаблон:Nihongo[7] and Akashi Junior College (Шаблон:Lang).

Transportation

Railway

Файл:Shinkansen jrw.svg JR WestSan'yō Shinkansen

Файл:JR logo (west).svg JR WestSan'yō Main Line (JR Kobe Line)

Файл:Sanyo electric railway logo-5.svg Sanyo Electric Railway - Main Line

Highways

Ferries

International relations

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Twin towns – Sister/friendship cities

Akashi is twinned with:

Local attractions

Culture

Akashi is known for Akashiyaki, a kind of takoyaki particular to the region. Small pieces of octopus (tako) are placed inside a ball-shaped mold containing a mixture of flour and eggs, and this is then fried. Akashiyaki is often eaten by dipping in a thin soup. People who live in Akashi call it "tamagoyaki"(tamago, Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang, literally "egg").

Notable people from Akashi

References

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External links

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