Country Japan District Minamikoma Area 112 km² Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture | Region Chūbu
Tōkai Phone number 0556-22-1111 Population 16,009 (1 Jul 2012) Local time Saturday 4:28 PM | |
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Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Address 1134 Tenjinnakajo Fujkawa-cho Minimikoma-gun, Yamanashi-ken 400-0592 Weather 10°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 74% Humidity Points of interest Oboshi Park, Mt Kushigata, Daiyanagawakeiryu Park, Shofukuji | ||
Fujikawa (富士川町, Fujikawa-chō) is a town in Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of July 2012, the town had an estimated population of 16,009 and a population density of 143 persons per km². The total area was 111.98 km².
Contents
- Map of Fujikawa Minamikoma District Yamanashi Prefecture Japan
- Geography
- Neighboring municipalities
- History
- Highway
- Noted people from Fujikawa
- References
Map of Fujikawa, Minamikoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Geography
Fujikawa is in the southwestern in Yamanashi Prefecture, bordered by the 2000-meter Kushigatayama to the west, and the Fuji River to the east.
Neighboring municipalities
History
During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period in April 1, 1889, Minamikoma District within Yamanashi Prefecture was created and organized into 22 villages. Kajikazawa village was raised to town status on August 1 1898 and Masuho on April 3, 1951. In 2003, a proposal was raised to merge the towns of Masuho and Kajikazawa with the towns of Ichikawadaimon, Mitama and Rokugō from Nishiyatsushiro District into a new city, or to merge with neighboring Minami-Alps. The proposal was not successful, and instead the three towns in Nishiyatsushiro merged to form Ichikawamisato on October 1, 2005, whereas Masuho and Kajikazawa merged to form Fujikawa on March 8, 2010.