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Takehara (竹原市, Takehara-shi) is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on November 3, 1958.

Takehara 竹原市
City
Takehara city hall
Flag Seal
Location of Takehara in Hiroshima Prefecture
Takehara Location in Japan
Coordinates: 34°20′N 132°55′E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku (San'yō)
Prefecture	Hiroshima Prefecture
Area
• Total	118.3 km2 (45.7 sq mi)
Population  (October 2016)
• Total	26,035
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	5-1-35 Takehara Chuo, Takehara-shi, Hiroshima-ken 725-8666
Climate	Cfa
Website	www.city.takehara.lg.jp
Symbols
Flower	Ume
Tree	Bamboo

As of 2016, the city has an estimated population of 26,035 and a population density of 220 persons per km². The total area is 118.30 km².

Ōkunoshima, the island where a poison gas plant of the Imperial Japanese Army was located, belongs to Takehara.

Occupying a strategic location on the Seto Inland Sea, it became renowned as a port city in the Muromachi period and then flourished as a centre of the salt industry in the latter days of the Edo period. More recently, it has styled itself as "The Little Kyoto of Aki" and the Special Historical District of old warehouses was selected as one of Japan's "100 Most Scenic Towns".^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Climate

Takehara has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) characterized by cool to mild winters and hot, humid summers. The average annual temperature in Takehara is 15.4 °C (59.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,212.3 mm (47.73 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.5 °C (79.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.7 °C (42.3 °F).[1] The highest temperature ever recorded in Takehara was 34.8 °C (94.6 °F) on 6 August 2017; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −6.6 °C (20.1 °F) on 26 February 1981.[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Takehara in 2020 is 23,993 people.[3] Takehara has been conducting censuses since 1960.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1960	36,424	—
1965	35,018	−3.9%
1970	35,017	−0.0%
1975	36,273	+3.6%
1980	36,895	+1.7%
1985	36,286	−1.7%
1990	34,771	−4.2%
1995	33,451	−3.8%
2000	31,935	−4.5%
2005	30,657	−4.0%
2010	28,655	−6.5%
2015	26,426	−7.8%
2020	23,993	−9.2%
Takehara population statistics[3]

Tourism

Museums

• Takehara Museum [4]
• Kaguyahime Bamboo Princess Museum [5]
• Masayuki Imai (Ceramic Artist) Museum [6] (in Japanese)
• History of Takehara Museum [7]
• Ozasaya Sake Museum [8]

Mountains and Island

• Mount Asahi (Otake) [9] (in Japanese)
• Mount Kurotaki [10]
• Ōkunoshima Island [11]

Little Kyoto of Aki Province

• Takehara Historical Heritage [12]
• Okakae Jizo Statue [13]
• Chosei-ji Temple [14] (in Japanese)
• Saihō-ji (Takehara) Temple [15]
• Shoren-ji Temple [16]
• Kodo Ebisu-do Shrine [17] (in Japanese)

Hot spring and Sakura (Cherry Blossom Tree) Park

• Yusaka Onsen-kyo [18] (in Japanese)
• Comprehensive Park Bamboo Joy Highland [19] (in Japanese)

Festivals and Running Races

• Miyatoko Children's Festival at Tadanoumi [20] (April) (in Japanese)
• Nika Village Renge (Lotus) Festival [21] (April)
• Takehara Take (Bamboo) Festival in the Conserved Townscape [22] (May)
• Tadanoumi Gion (Purification Ritual) Festival [23] (July) (in Japanese)
• Takehara Tanabata Festival [24] (July) (in Japanese)
• Tadanoumi Tenjin Yoichi Summer Festival [25] (July)
• Takehara Sumiyoshi Shrine Sea Festival [26] (August) (in Japanese)
• Takehara Summer Festival Fireworks [27] (August) (in Japanese)
• Fukuda Shishimai Lion Dance[28] (October) (in Japanese)
• Bamboo Candle Light Festival Shokei no Michi [29] (October) (in Japanese)
• Takehara Ekiden [30] (October)
• Rabbit Cross Country Short Running Race on Ōkunoshima Island [31] (November)
• Shinmeisai Fire Festival at Futamado,Tadanoumi [32] (February) (in Japanese)

Transportation

Railways

There are two main lines running through Takehara Station. There is the West Japan Railway Company and the Kure Line.

Sister cities

Takehara has a sister city relationship with Damyang in South Korea.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

This section does not cite any sources. (July 2013)

• Shōgo Hamada, singer-songwriter
• Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister from 1960 - 1964
• Naganori Ito, Chief development engineer of Nissan Skyline[33]
• Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Japan's whisky industry

In popular culture

Takehara is the setting for the slice-of-life anime series Tamayura.[34]

• Massan - NHK Asadora (morning drama) television series inspired by the life of Taketsuru and his wife Rita[35][36]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Takehara, Hiroshima.

• Takehara City official website (in Japanese)

На других языках

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[de] Takehara

Takehara (jap. .mw-parser-output .Hani{font-size:110%}竹原市, -shi, wörtlich: „Bambusebene“) ist eine Stadt in der Präfektur Hiroshima in Japan. Die Stadt grenzt an Mihara und Higashihiroshima.

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- [en] Takehara, Hiroshima

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[ru] Такехара

Такеха́ра (яп. 竹原市 Такэхара-си) — город в Японии, находящийся в префектуре Хиросима. Площадь города составляет 118,30 км²[1], население — 27 018 человек (1 июля 2014)[2], плотность населения — 228,39 чел./км².

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