Fukuchiyama

Fukuchiyama City Hall
Fukuchiyama-shi ; 福知山市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kinki
Prefecture :	Kyoto
Coordinates :	35 ° 17 ' N , 135 ° 7' E Coordinates: 35 ° 17 '0 " N , 135 ° 7' 0" E
Basic data
Surface:	552.57 km²
Residents :	76,677 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	139 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	26201-3
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Japanese zelkove , ume
Flower :	Balloon flower
Bird :	Colored pheasant
town hall
Address :	Fukuchiyama City Hall ; 13 - 1 , Aza Uchiki; Fukuchiyama -shi ; Kyōto 620-8501
Website URL:	http://www.city.fukuchiyama.kyoto.jp/
Location of Fukuchiyamas in Kyoto Prefecture

Fukuchiyama ( Japanese 福知山市 , - shi ) is a Japanese city in the north of Kyoto Prefecture .

geography

Fukuchiyama is located northwest of Kyoto and southeast of Tottori .

Fukuchiyama under the title "Kyoto by the Sea" ( 海の京都 umi no Kyōto ), a marketing slogan for the northwest coastal region of Kyoto on the Sea of Japan.

history

In the Ritsuryō administrative division of antiquity, the later core city area of Fukuchiyama was part of the Amata district of the Tamba province .

Fukuchiyama is a late medieval-early modern castle town that Toyotomi Hideyoshi built for his adopted son Hidekatsu. After his death in 1593 the castle came to Onoki Shigekatsu, who was deposed in 1600. After a few changes of occupation , the Kutsuki ( 朽木 ) ruled the Edo period principality of Fukuchiyama from 1689 to 1886 . The Castle Fukuchiyama is partly preserved.

Fukuchiyama ( 福知山県 , - ken ), which was converted from a principality to a prefecture after the Meiji Restoration , only existed for a short time before it was incorporated into Toyooka . This was divided between Hyōgo and Kyōto in 1876 , the Amata district came to the latter.

Fukuchiyama, previously known as Fukuchiyama- chō ( 福知山町 ) city in Amata County and seat of the county government until it was abolished in the 1920s, has been a district - free city since April 1, 1937 as Fukuchiyama-shi . It was the third in Kyoto after Kyoto and Fushimi (incorporated into Kyoto in 1931). After the major territorial reforms of the 20th and 21st centuries, Fukuchiyama also extended into Tango Province .

traffic

Street
- Maizuru-Wakasa Highway
- National road 9
- National roads 173, 175, 176, 426, 429
train
- JR San'in Main Line : to Kyoto and Shimonoseki
- JR Fukuchiyama Line : to Amagasaki

sons and daughters of the town

Kenta Kobashi (born 1967), wrestler
Yurika Nakamura (* 1986), long-distance runner
Yūko Nakazawa (* 1973), J-Pop singer
Shūhei Ōtsuki (* 1989), football player
Yūhei Ōtsuki (* 1988), football player
Satō Taisei (1913-2004), painter
Kōji Wada (1974-2016), singer
Kazuki Yoshimi (* 1984), baseball player

Neighboring cities and communities

Kyoto Prefecture
- Miyazu
- Maizuru
- Ayabe
- Kyōtamba
- Yosano
Hyogo Prefecture
- Tanba
- Toyooka
- Asago
- Sasayama

Individual evidence

↑ Kyōto Prefectural Tourism Association: umi no Kyōto (Japanese)
↑ Kyōto prefecture administration: Pages on the umi no Kyōto program (Japanese)
^ Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .

Web links

Commons : Fukuchiyama - collection of images, videos and audio files

Fukuchiyama City Hall

[1] Kyōto Prefectural Tourism Association: umi no Kyōto (Japanese)

[2] Kyōto prefecture administration: Pages on the umi no Kyōto program (Japanese)

[3] Papinot, Edmond: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .