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Yuzawa (湯沢市, Yuzawa-shi) is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 December 2019^[update], the city had an estimated population of 44,346 in 17,789 households,[1] and a population density of 56 persons per km². The total area of the city is 790.91 km² (305.37 sq mi). Yuzawa claims to be the birthplace of the famous Heian period poet Ono no Komachi.

Yuzawa 湯沢市
City
Shopping street of Yuzawa
Flag Seal
Location of Yuzawa in Akita Prefecture
Yuzawa
Coordinates: 39°9′50.7″N 140°29′41.4″E
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Akita
Government
• -Mayor	Toshio Suzuki
Area
• Total	790.91 km2 (305.37 sq mi)
Population  (December 2019)
• Total	44,346
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number	0183-73-2111
Address	1-1 Satakechō, Yuzawa-shi, Akita-ken 012-8501
Climate	Dfa
Website	Official website
Symbols
Bird	Copper pheasant
Flower	Cherry blossom
Tree	Japanese zelkova

Geography

Yuzawa is located at the far southeast corner of Akita Prefecture, bordered by mountains to the south, east and west.

Neighboring municipalities

• Akita Prefecture
  • Yurihonjō
  • Yokote
  • Ugo
  • Higashinaruse
• Yamagata Prefecture
  • Shinjō
  • Mogami
  • Kaneyama
  • Mamurogawa
• Miyagi Prefecture
  • Kurihara
  • Ōsaki

Demographics

Japanese census data,[2] the population of Yuzawa peaked in the 1950s, and has since declined to less than the level as a century ago.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1920	55,439	—
1930	60,550	+9.2%
1940	64,073	+5.8%
1950	79,056	+23.4%
1960	77,405	−2.1%
1970	68,621	−11.3%
1980	65,532	−4.5%
1990	62,537	−4.6%
2000	58,504	−6.4%
2010	50,863	−13.1%
2020	42,091	−17.2%

Climate

Yuzawa has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Yuzawa is 10.8 °C (51.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,567.4 mm (61.71 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.0 °C (75.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.5 °C (29.3 °F).[3]

History

The area of present-day Yuzawa was part of ancient Ugo Province, dominated by the Satake clan during the Edo period, who ruled Kubota Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. Much of the territory was part of the 20,000 koku subsidiary feudal domain of Iwasaki Domain (岩崎藩, Iwasaki-han).

After the start of the Meiji period, Iwasaki Domain became briefly “Iwasaki Prefecture”, before becoming Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture in 1878. The towns of Iwasaki and Yuzawa were created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, becoming the city of Yuzawa on March 31, 1954.

On March 22, 2005, the towns of Inakawa, Minase and Ogachi (all from Ogachi District) were merged into Yuzawa.

Government

Yuzawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 18 members. The city (together with the towns and villages of Ogachi District) contributes three members to the Akita Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Akita District 3 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Elections

• 2005 Yuzawa mayoral election

Economy

The economy of Yuzawa is based on agriculture, primarily rice cultivation, and the brewing of sake. The production of sake in Yuzawa accounts for about 70% of the total amount in Akita prefecture and the city positions sake brewing as one of the key industries. Sake brewing in Yuzawa had been known through the Edo period since the area included Innai Silver Mine, a large consumption area comparable to the jōkamachi of Kubota Domain. At its highest, it had more than 20 breweries and some still operate to this day.

Education

Yuzawa has 11 public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the city government and four public high schools operated by the Akita Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.

Media

FM Yutopia (JOZZ2AN-FM) is the only radio station located in Yuzawa. It is known as the second oldest community radio station in Akita Prefecture, airing on Feb 2, 1999.

Transportation

Railway

East Japan Railway Company - Ōu Main Line

• Innai - Yokobori - Mitsuseki - Kami-Yuzawa - Yuzawa - Shimo-Yuzawa

Highway

• Tōhoku-Chūō Expressway
• Yuzawa-Yokote Road
• National Route 13
• National Route 108
• National Route 398

Local attractions

• Takanoyu Onsen

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Yuzawa is twinned with:

• Csurgó, Hungary (1976) [7]
• Kushiro, Hokkaido (1987)
• Kulim, Malaysia (2003)

Other relations

Yuzawa carries out an exchange program for junior high school students with:

• Siegburg, Germany

Noted people from Yuzawa

• Terukuni Manzō, sumo wrestler
• Hiroe Kakizaki, basketball player
• Kiyokuni Katsuo, sumo wrestler
• Ryuzo Sato, economist
• Yoshihide Suga, former Prime Minister (2020-2021)
• Kantarō Suga, actor

References

External links

• Official Website (in Japanese)

На других языках

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[de] Yuzawa (Akita)

Yuzawa (jap. .mw-parser-output .Hani{font-size:110%}湯沢市, -shi) ist eine Stadt im Süden der Präfektur Akita auf Honshū, der Hauptinsel von Japan. Die Stadt liegt etwa in der Mitte der Ōu-Hauptlinie zwischen den Bahnhöfen Shinjō und Akita, wo die Yamagata-Shinkansen (Shinjō) bzw. die Akita-Shinkansen (Akita) ihre Endbahnhöfe haben.

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- [en] Yuzawa, Akita

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[ru] Юдзава (Акита)

Юдза́ва (яп. 湯沢市 Юдзава-си) — город в Японии, расположенный в юго-восточной части префектуры Акита в впадине Йокоте. Основан 31 марта 1954 года путём слияния посёлков Юдзава, Ивасаки и сёл Ямада, Мицусэки, Бэнтэн и Хатано уезда Огати. 22 мая 2005 года посёлки Минасэ, Инакава и Огати уезда Огати были поглощены городом.

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