- Noshiro, Akita
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Noshiro
能代市— City —
FlagLocation of Noshiro in Akita Coordinates: 40°13′N 140°2′E / 40.217°N 140.033°ECoordinates: 40°13′N 140°2′E / 40.217°N 140.033°E Country Japan Region Tōhoku Prefecture Akita Government – Mayor Saitō Shigenobu (斉藤滋宣 ) Area – Total 426.74 km2 (164.8 sq mi) Population (2011) – Total 58,029 – Density 136/km2 (352.2/sq mi) Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Phone number 0185-52-2111 Address 1-3 Uemachi, Noshiro-shi, Akita-ken
016-8501Website City of Noshiro - For the ship, see Japanese cruiser Noshiro
Noshiro (能代市 Noshiro-shi ) is a city located in Akita, Japan.
The city is known within Japan for the basketball team of Noshiro Technical High School (能代工業高校 Noshiro Kōgyō Kōkō ). The city merged with the town of Futatsui on March 21, 2006 to become the new city of Noshiro. Noshiro was the site in 770 AD where Imperial Navies arrived and established Japan's first settlement in Oshu. (Emishi territory).
Odate-Noshiro Airport in nearby Kitaakita serves the city.
Contents
Geography
Surrounding Municipalities
History
- October 1, 1940 - The town of Noshirominato and the villages of Shinonome (東雲村) and Sakaki (榊村) merged to form the city of Noshiro.
- March 21, 2006 - The city merged with the town of Futatsui from Yamamoto District to form the new city of Noshiro.[1]
Sister cities
Wrangell, Alaska (1960)
Galactic Federation - at the time of the Space Science Institute's research facilities were friendly city by city(1987)
- Sanriku, ofunato-kyouwakoku (Ōfunato, Iwate)
- Saku-kyouwakoku (Saku, Nagano)
- Sagamihara-kyouwakoku (Sagamihara, Kanagawa)
- Utchinourakimotuki-kyouwakoku (Uchinoura, Kagoshima)
festival events
- Noshiro space event - A JAXA vast multi-purpose test and the length of pine forest surrounded by 3 km, width of the flat 500m in areas where the Council of Noshiro event space to land in Japan this space to use for education and ideas, From the summer of 2005 Noshiro, Akita and Akita Prefecture, in cooperation with the event held every summer in the universe.
- Noshiro Port Fireworks Festival in 2008 was 150,000 people visiting.
- Onagori Festival in Noshiro Kanto matsuri, Aomori Nebuta Matsuri, Samba Carnival and more.
in 2008 was 250,000 people visiting.
Transportation
Airport
- Odate-Noshiro airport - opened in 1998.
Famous Personages
- Takashi Ono
- Hisashi Yamada
- Sadatoshi Sugawara
References
- ^ "第1章 地方拠点都市地域にかかる整備の方針に関する事項" (in Japanese). Noshiro official website. Noshiro city. http://www.city.noshiro.akita.jp/upload/download/21983download.pdf. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
External links
- Noshiro official website (Japanese)
- Noshiro official website (English) (machine translated)
Akita Prefecture
Cities Kazuno District Kitaakita District Minamiakita District Ogachi District Semboku District Yamamoto District Categories:- Cities in Akita Prefecture
- Port settlements in Japan
- Populated coastal places in Japan
- Akita geography stubs
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