Daisen, Akita

Daisen 大仙市
City
Daisen City Hall Daisen City Hall
Flag of Daisen Flag Official seal of Daisen Seal
Location of Daisen in Akita Prefecture Location of Daisen in Akita Prefecture
Daisen
Coordinates:
Country	Japan
Region	Tōhoku
Prefecture	Akita Prefecture
Area
• Total	866.77 km2 (334.66 sq mi)
Population (May 2015)
• Total	83,137
• Density	95.9/km2 (248/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
City symbols
• Tree	Japanese zelkova
• Flower	Cosmos
• Bird	Common kingfisher
Phone number	0187-63-1111
Address	1-1 Hanazono-chō, Daisen-shi, Akita-ken 014-8601
Website	Official website

Daisen (大仙市, Daisen-shi) is a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

As of May 2015, the city had an estimated population of 83,137 and a population density of 95.9 persons per km². The total area was 866.77 square kilometres (334.66 sq mi).

Geography

Daisen is located in the flatlands of central of Akita Prefecture, bordering on the city of Akita to the west and Iwate Prefecture and the Ou Mountains on the east.

Neighboring municipalities

• Akita Prefecture
  • Akita, Akita
  • Yurihonjō, Akita
  • Yokote, Akita
  • Senboku, Akita
  • Misato, Akita
• Iwate Prefecture
  • Nishiwaga, Iwate

Climate

Daisen has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) 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.

History

The area of present-day Daisen was part of ancient Dewa Province. During the Edo period, the area came under the control of the Satake clan, who had been relocated to Kubota Domain from their former holdings in Hitachi Province. After the start of the Meiji period, the area became part of Senboku District, Akita Prefecture in 1878.

The modern city of Daisen was established on March 22, 2005, from the merger of the city of Ōmagari, the towns of Kamioka, Kyōwa, Nakasen, Nishisenboku, Ōta and Semboku, and the village of Nangai (all from Semboku District).

After the merger, Daisen had the distinction of having the largest city assembly in all of Japan, 136 members.

Economy

The economy of Daisen is based on agriculture. Numerous sake brewers are located in Daisen.

Education

Daisen has 16 elementary schools, 11 middle schools and six high schools as well as one special education school.

Transportation

Rail

• JR East - Akita Shinkansen
  • Ōmagari
• JR East - Ōu Main Line
  • Ōmagari - Jingūji - Kawarino - Mineyoshikawa - Ugo-Sakai
• JR East - Tazawako Line
  • Uguisuno - Ugo-Nagano - Yariminai - Ugo-Yotsuya - Kita-Ōmagari - Ōmagari

Highways

• Akita Expressway
• National Route 13
• National Route 46
• National Route 105
• National Route 341

Sister city relations

• Tettnang, Germany
• Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea

Notable people from Daisen

• Eiji Gotō, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Gotō Chūgai, writer
• Kazuo Koike, manga writer
• Nobuhide Minorikawa, politician
• Kazuo Oga
• Hitoshi Okuda, Manga artist
• Toshirō Yanagiba, actor
• Ryōgoku Yūjirō, sumo wrestler
• Sukeshiro Terata, politician

External links

• (Japanese)
• Kariwano Otsunahiki, the traditional tug-of-war in DaisenNHK (video)