Country Japan Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture Area 280.3 km² Local time Monday 2:24 AM | Region Chūbu - Flower Lilium auratum Population 25,352 (1 Nov 2015) University Ohtsuki City College | |
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Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) - Tree Yaezakura (Prunus lannesiana) Weather 1°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 96% Humidity | ||
Ōtsuki (大月市, Ōtsuki-shi) is a city located in eastern Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
Contents
- Map of Otsuki Yamanashi Prefecture Japan
- Geography
- Surrounding municipalities
- History
- Education
- Railway
- Highway
- Sister city relations
- Local attractions
- Noted people
- References
Map of Otsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
As of November 2015, the city had an estimated population of 25,252 and a population density of 90.5 persons per km². The total area was 380.25 square kilometres (146.82 sq mi).
Geography
Ōtsuki is located in eastern Yamanashi Prefecture, approximately 80 kilometers from Tokyo.
Surrounding municipalities
Yamanashi Prefecture
History
Located in the headwaters of the Sagami River, the area around present-day Ōtsuki was heavily settled in the Jōmon period, and over 80 Jōmon sites have been found within city limits. However, there are fewer Yayoi period sites. During the Nara period ritsuryo organization of Kai Province, the area came under Tsuru County. From the middle of the Kamakura period, much of the province came under the control of the Takeda clan.
During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, although the portion around modern day Ōtsuki was part of the short-lived Tamimura Domain, which was suppressed in 1704. Also during the Edo period, the Kōshū Kaidō, one of the Edo Five Routes, passed through Ōtsuki, which with 12 of the 45 post stations has more post stations than any other municipality in Japan. The eleven post stations spread from Shimotorisawa-shuku to Kuronoda-shuku.
During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period in July 1, 1889, the village of Hirosato was created within Kitatsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. On April 1, 1933 the village was raised to town status, and renamed Ōtsuki. The town was bombed by the United States on August 13, 1945, only two days before the end of World War II. The town was elevated to city status on August 8, 1954.