{{nihongo|'''Yaotsu'''|八百津町|Yaotsu-chō}} is a [[List of towns in Japan|town]] located in [[Kamo District, Gifu|Kamo District]], [[Gifu Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. {{As of|2019|01|01}}, the town had an estimated [[population]] of 11,036 and a [[population density]] of 886 persons per km<sup>2</sup>, in 4311 households.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.town.yaotsu.lg.jp|title=ホーム/八百津町|access-date=Jun 7, 2020}}</ref> The total area of the town was {{convert|128.79|sqkm|sqmi}}.
==Geography==
{{nihongo|'''Yaotsu'''|八百津町|Yaotsu-chō}} is a [[List of towns in Japan|town]] located in [[Kamo District, Gifu|Kamo District]], [[Gifu Prefecture]], [[Japan]].
Yaotsu is located in south-central Gifu Prefecture, bordered by the [[Hida River]] to the north and the [[Kiso River]] to the south. Approximately 80% of the town area is forested. The town has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Yaotsu is 15.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2019 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/gifu-prefecture/yaotsu-769551/|title=Yaotsu climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Yaotsu weather averages - Climate-Data.org|website=en.climate-data.org|access-date=Jun 7, 2020}}</ref>
===Neighbouring municipalities===
As of July 2011, the town has an estimated [[population]] of 11,855. The total area is 128.81 km².
*Gifu Prefecture
**[[Ena, Gifu|Ena]]
**[[Minokamo, Gifu|Minokamo]]
**[[Kani, Gifu|Kani]]
**[[Mizunami, Gifu|Mizunami]]
**[[Kawabe, Gifu|Kawabe]]
**[[Hichisō, Gifu|Hichisō]]
**[[Shirakawa, Gifu (town)|Shirakawa]]
**[[Mitake, Gifu|Mitake]]
==Demographics==
Until recently there was also a thing saying Yaotsu was the birthplace of [[Chiune Sugihara]] , but it was clear that he was born in Mujiri-gun Kurichi-cho (present Mino City), not Yaotsu by confirmed his family register in the past,<ref>Where is your birth place? The fourth son of Sugihara Chiune rounds around Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd Evening news Ippou August 08, 2016</ref>
According to Japanese census data,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-gifu.php|title=Gifu (Japan): Prefecture, Cities, Towns and Villages - Population Statistics, Charts and Map|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=Jun 7, 2020}}</ref> the population of Yaotsu has declined gradually over the past 50 years.
{{Historical populations
| 1970 | 16,396
| 1980 | 15,451
| 1990 | 14,731
| 2000 | 13,632
| 2010 | 12,045
| 2020 | 10,195
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==History==
==Alleged falsification of the birthplace and handwritten notes of Chiune Sugihara of the UNESCO "Memory of the World" ==
The area around Yaotsu was part of traditional [[Mino Province]]. During the [[Edo period]], the area was part of the territory controlled by [[Owari Domain]] under by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. With the post-[[Meiji restoration]] cadastral reforms, Kamo District within Gifu Prefecture was created, and the town of Yaotsu was established on July 1, 1897 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Yaotsu annexed the neighbouring village of Chiwa in 1955 and villages of Kutami, Shionami and Fukuchi in 1956. A referendum to merge into the city of [[Minokamo, Gifu|Minokamo]], was defeated in 2004.
Yaotsu claims that own town is the birthplace of Chiune Sugihara and applies for registration as "Memory of the World" to UNESCO for its feat, but in applying for that, the town is located at the birthplace of Chiune and there is a doubt that falsification has been made and false allegations have been filed as application for 2 handwritten notes of Chiune.<ref>Where is your birth place? The fourth son of Sugihara Chiune rounds around Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd Evening news Ippou August 08, 2016</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=世界記憶遺産に申請、杉原千畝「命のビザ」手記に改竄疑惑 四男が語る|newspaper=Weekly Shincho |date=2016-11-02 |url=http://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2016/11130558/?all=1 |accessdate=2016-11-10}}</ref>
== Ya-Un-chi ==
==Education==
Yaotsu has five public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education.
Ya-Un-chi (八うんち?) is a mascot created by the Yaotsu-cho village, Japan.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.town.yaotsu.lg.jp/contents/view.cfm?id=953&g1id=12&g2id=78 | title = 八百津町イメージキャラクターやうんちについて | publisher = [[八百津町]] | date = 2016-07-12 | accessdate = 2016-11-18 }}</ref>
==Trafic ==
==Transportation==
===Railway===
*[[Japan National Route 418|National Route 418]]
*Yaotsu does not have any passenger railway service.
*Futamata Tunnel alias "Korea tunnel"
:"Futamata Tunnel"(二股トンネル) in the Yaotsu on Route 418 is called the alias "Korea tunnel"(朝鮮トンネル)― Korean forcibly dug tunnel.It has been known as quite a dangerous psychic spot in [[Gifu Prefecture]].During the [[World War II|Second World War]], many Korean workers forcibly taken to the Japanese government were forced to work on this tunnel construction.However, it is said that this construction was difficult and buried Korean workers as a pillar in the wall inside the tunnel.There is also the theory that the workers involved in the disposal of the Koreans who died in the accident buried in the wall for hiding.As a result, many ghosts of Korean workers are still witnessed.Besides, various strange phenomena such as being caught by a shadow, grasping a body, hearing screams are reported.<ref>http://ghostmap.net/spotdetail.php?spotcd=83</ref>
=== Bus ===
* The only form of public transport that accesses Yaotsu is Yao Bus which serves western Yaotsu from [[Kani, Gifu|Kani City.]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.city.kani.lg.jp/3150.htm | title=Yaoバス/可児市 }}</ref>
===Highway===
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|418}}
==Local attractions==
*[[File:The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall 20210723 02.jpg|thumb|The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall]]Futamata Tunnel (a.k.a. "Korea tunnel"(朝鮮トンネル)), claimed to be a haunted location as it was constructed during [[World War II]] by Korean forced labor, some of whom died in the construction and whose bodies were allegedly buried in the walls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ghostmap.net/spotdetail.php?spotcd=83|title=二股トンネル（朝鮮トンネル） - 岐阜県の心霊スポット|website=全国心霊マップ|access-date=Jun 7, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall|url=http://www.sugihara-museum.jp/index_en.html|access-date=2021-09-03|website=www.sugihara-museum.jp|language=en}}</ref> commemorating Japanese diplomat [[Chiune Sugihara]] and aiming to educate Japanese citizens on the history of [[Judaism]] in Europe and [[History of the Jews in Japan|Japan]]. Yaotsu formerly claimed it was the birthplace of Chiune Sugihara based on two handwritten notes, and applied for registration as a "Memory of the World" to [[UNESCO]]; however, it was later determined that these notes were false and a family register proved that Sugihara was actually born in Mujiri-gun Kurichi-cho (present [[Mino, Gifu|Mino City]])<ref>Where is your birth place? The fourth son of Sugihara Chiune rounds around Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd Evening news Ippou August 08, 2016</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-11-02|title=世界記憶遺産に申請、杉原千畝「命のビザ」手記に改竄疑惑 四男が語る|newspaper=Weekly Shincho|url=http://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2016/11130558/?all=1|access-date=2016-11-10}}</ref>[[File:Jindounooka monument0006.jpg|right|thumb|JIndogaoka Monument]]
*[[Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall#Jindogaoka Park|Jindogaoka Park]], Park outside of the Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall with monuments to the Holocaust, Sugihara and to Japanese-Lithuanian relations.
==Sister cities==
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Kaunas]], Lithuania, since February 14, 2019
== Pig cholera==
Gifu Prefecture announced that it was infected with a domestic animal infectious disease "[[Classical swine fever|pig cholera]]" although on November 26, 2018, it was found in a town wading field in the carcass of a wild boar. According to the prefecture, it is the first time that infected wild boar was found in the town. Neighbors found and delivered to the town. Because it was out of the area covered by the prefecture's survey, after examining the prefecture, we also conducted genetic tests at national research institutes, and both were positive. Furthermore, on December 2, it was also revealed that male wild boars captured by Kageuri trap in Yaotsu town (near Nanyo Temple) were infected with swine fever.<ref>{{Cite news|title=豚コレラ感染のイノシシ、八百津で初確認 計６０頭に|newspaper=岐阜新聞|date=2018-11-30|url=https://www.gifu-np.co.jp/news/20181130/20181130-94543.html|access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref>
== Ya-o-chi ==
Ya-o-chi (やおっち) is a mascot created by the Yaotsu-cho village, Japan.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.town.yaotsu.lg.jp/contents/view.cfm?id=953&g1id=12&g2id=78 | title = 八百津町イメージキャラクターやおっちについて | publisher = 八百津町 | date = 2016-07-12 | access-date = 2016-11-18 }}</ref>
==Local issues==
=== Acute myocardial infarction ===
The mortality rate of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) is 3.8 times the national average. Especially for women, it is 3.9 times very high, and it is the municipality with the highest mortality rate in municipalities with population over 10,000.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.town.yaotsu.gifu.jp/ Yaotsu official website] {{jaicon}} some content in English
*[http://www.town.yaotsu.gifu.jp/ Yaotsu official website] {{in lang|ja}} some content in English
*[http://www.yaotsu-kokusaikouryu.com/ International Club]
*[http://www.yaotsu-kokusaikouryu.com/ International Club]
Yaotsu (八百津町, Yaotsu-chō) is a town located in Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2019[update], the town had an estimated population of 11,036 and a population density of 886 persons per km2, in 4311 households.[2] The total area of the town was 128.79 square kilometres (49.73 sq mi).
Yaotsu is located in south-central Gifu Prefecture, bordered by the Hida River to the north and the Kiso River to the south. Approximately 80% of the town area is forested. The town has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classificationCfa). The average annual temperature in Yaotsu is 15.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2019 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C.[3]
The area around Yaotsu was part of traditional Mino Province. During the Edo period, the area was part of the territory controlled by Owari Domain under by the Tokugawa shogunate. With the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Kamo District within Gifu Prefecture was created, and the town of Yaotsu was established on July 1, 1897 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Yaotsu annexed the neighbouring village of Chiwa in 1955 and villages of Kutami, Shionami and Fukuchi in 1956. A referendum to merge into the city of Minokamo, was defeated in 2004.
Yaotsu has five public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education.
The Chiune Sugihara Memorial HallFutamata Tunnel (a.k.a. "Korea tunnel"(朝鮮トンネル)), claimed to be a haunted location as it was constructed during World War II by Korean forced labor, some of whom died in the construction and whose bodies were allegedly buried in the walls.[6]
Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall,[7] commemorating Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara and aiming to educate Japanese citizens on the history of Judaism in Europe and Japan. Yaotsu formerly claimed it was the birthplace of Chiune Sugihara based on two handwritten notes, and applied for registration as a "Memory of the World" to UNESCO; however, it was later determined that these notes were false and a family register proved that Sugihara was actually born in Mujiri-gun Kurichi-cho (present Mino City)[8][9]JIndogaoka Monument
Jindogaoka Park, Park outside of the Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall with monuments to the Holocaust, Sugihara and to Japanese-Lithuanian relations.
Gifu Prefecture announced that it was infected with a domestic animal infectious disease "pig cholera" although on November 26, 2018, it was found in a town wading field in the carcass of a wild boar. According to the prefecture, it is the first time that infected wild boar was found in the town. Neighbors found and delivered to the town. Because it was out of the area covered by the prefecture's survey, after examining the prefecture, we also conducted genetic tests at national research institutes, and both were positive. Furthermore, on December 2, it was also revealed that male wild boars captured by Kageuri trap in Yaotsu town (near Nanyo Temple) were infected with swine fever.[10]
The mortality rate of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) is 3.8 times the national average. Especially for women, it is 3.9 times very high, and it is the municipality with the highest mortality rate in municipalities with population over 10,000.[citation needed]
Kaunas, Lithuania, since February 14, 2019
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