Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyūshū Region, Japan

Geography | Surrounding municipalities | History | Government | Economy | Education | Transport : Rail : Road | Local attractions | Historic Sites

🇯🇵 Yamaga is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1954. On January 15, 2005, Yamaga absorbed the towns of Kahoku, Kamoto, Kaō and Kikuka to create the new and expanded city of Yamaga.

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Geography Yamaga is located in the northern inland area of Kumamoto Prefecture, about 30 km north of Kumamoto City. The city borders Fukuoka Prefecture from the north to the north-east, and Oita Prefecture to the east. The area from the urban centre, which is slightly south of the geographic centre, to the southern part (former Kikuka Town) is a basin. The northern to north-eastern part of the city near the prefectural border is part of the Kyushu Mountains. The Kikuchi River flows through the centre of the city.

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Surrounding municipalities Fukuoka Prefecture • Yame; Kumamoto Prefecture • Gyokutō • Kikuchi • Kumamoto • Nagomi; Ōita Prefecture • Hita.

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History The area of Yamaga was part of ancient Higo Province. There are many burial mounds dating from the Kofun period within the city limitsm and the name "Yamaga" appears in early 8th century records. During the Kamakura period, the area developed as a hot spring town and in the Muromachi period it developed into a commercial settlement and a post town on the Buzen Kaido highway, and was noted for its production of umbrellas. During the Edo Period it was part of the holdings of Kumamoto Domain. It was the site of a battle during the 1877 Satsuma rebellion. After the Meiji restoration, the town of Yamaga was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On January 15, 2005, Yamaga absorbed the towns of Kahoku, Kamoto, Kaō and Kikuka (all from Kamoto District) to create the new and expanded city of Yamaga.

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Government Yamaga has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 20 members. Yamaga contributes two members to the Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Kumamoto 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

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Economy The local economy is based on agriculture and light manufacturing.

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Education Yamaga has 15 public elementary schools and six public junior high schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Kumamoto Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school. The prefecture also operates a special education school for the handicapped.

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Transport: Rail Yamaga has no passenger railway services. The nearest train stations are Shin-Tamana Station on the Kyushu Shinkansen or either Tamana Station or Ueki Station on the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line.

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Transport: Road The Kyushu Expressway passes through the western part of the city, but there are no interchanges within the city • National Route 3 • National Route 325 • National Route 443,

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Local attractions Attractions include the Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum. • Yamaga Bon-dancing Lantern Festival, every August event • Yachioza Traditional Theater,

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Historic Sites • Benkei-ga-ana Kofun • Chibusan-Obusan Kofun • Iwabaru Kofun cluster • Katōda Higashibaru Site • Kikuchi Castle ruins • Kumabe Clan Yakata • Nabeta Cave Tombs,

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Asia/Tokyo/Kumamoto 
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Image: Photo by Tomo Ueda on Unsplash

Yamaga has a population of over 49,080 people. Yamaga also forms one of the centres of the wider Kumamoto Prefecture which has a population of over 1,748,134 people.

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North of: 33.007

🇺🇸 Wylie 33.017

🇮🇱 Nahariya 33.02

🇺🇸 Plano 33.029

🇺🇸 LaGrange 33.033

🇺🇸 Encinitas 33.033

🇯🇵 Ōmuta 33.033

🇺🇸 Florence 33.033

🇺🇸 Flower Mound 33.039

🇺🇸 Lewisville 33.044

🇺🇸 Maricopa 33.05

East of: 130.689

🇯🇵 Kumamoto 130.7

🇯🇵 Kumamoto City 130.712

🇯🇵 Kōshi 130.78

🇦🇺 Darwin 130.841

🇯🇵 Kanoya 130.847

🇯🇵 Kyushu 130.851

🇯🇵 Kitakyushu 130.875

🇯🇵 Hita 130.933

🇯🇵 Shimonoseki 130.933

🇨🇳 Jixi 130.971

West of: 130.689

🇯🇵 Iizuka 130.683

🇯🇵 Uki 130.679

🇯🇵 Aira 130.617

🇯🇵 Yatsushiro 130.6

🇯🇵 Yame 130.564

🇯🇵 Tamana 130.56

🇯🇵 Kagoshima 130.55

🇯🇵 Munakata 130.533

🇯🇵 Dazaifu 130.517

🇯🇵 Kurume 130.517

Antipodal to Yamaga is: -49.311,-33.007

Locations Near: Yamaga 130.689,33.007

🇯🇵 Tamana 130.56,32.92 d: 15.5  

🇯🇵 Kōshi 130.78,32.88 d: 16.5  

🇯🇵 Kumamoto 130.7,32.8 d: 23  

🇯🇵 Kumamoto City 130.712,32.794 d: 23.7  

🇯🇵 Yame 130.564,33.203 d: 24.7  

🇯🇵 Ōmuta 130.45,33.033 d: 22.5  

🇯🇵 Arao 130.437,32.986 d: 23.6  

🇯🇵 Yanagawa 130.416,33.159 d: 30.5  

🇯🇵 Kurume 130.517,33.317 d: 38  

🇯🇵 Uki 130.679,32.649 d: 39.8  

Antipodal to: Yamaga -49.311,-33.007

🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19732.5  

🇧🇷 Osorio -50.265,-29.894 d: 19657.3  

🇧🇷 Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 19698.7  

🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 19652.3  

🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 19641.2  

🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 19638.3  

🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 19635.9  

🇧🇷 Porto Alegre -51.229,-30.028 d: 19637.2  

🇧🇷 Canoas -51.183,-29.915 d: 19628.2  

🇧🇷 Sapucaia do Sul -51.146,-29.842 d: 19622.5  

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