Hagi (Yamaguchi)

Hagi City Hall
Hagi-shi ; 萩市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Chūgoku
Prefecture :	Yamaguchi
Coordinates :	34 ° 24 ' N , 131 ° 24' E Coordinates: 34 ° 24 '29 " N , 131 ° 23' 57" E
Basic data
Surface:	698.86 km²
Residents :	45,435 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	65 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	35204-7
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Hinoki cypress , pine
Flower :	Camellia , ; bush clover ("Hagi")
Fruit :	Citrus natsudaidai
town hall
Address :	Hagi City Hall ; 510 Ōaza Emukai; Hagi -shi ; Yamaguchi 758-8555
Website URL:	http://www.city.hagi.lg.jp/
Location Hagis in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Hagi ( Japanese 萩市 , - shi ) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan .

history

Hagi is an important old castle town , formerly ruled by the Mōri , with Hagi Castle , from which many famous men (see below) come who participated in the Meiji restoration and then worked in Tokyo. Hagi has been known for the Hagi pottery produced there since the beginning of the Edo period . After 1868, with the return of the fief to the Tennō ( 版籍奉還 , hanseki hōkan ), the place lost its importance, but on July 1, 1932, it was raised to an independent city (shi) .

Due to the rapid shift in the political focus, Hagi (along with Kanazawa , Kadonodate ) is one of those places where much has been preserved that can convey the flair of a place from the samurai era. Of the castle itself, however, only part of the outer bailey has been preserved.

Worth seeing are the Hagi local museum in the form of a samurai residence and the Kumaya art museum of the Kumaya, who were economic advisers to the Mōri for many generations. In addition to valuable picture scrolls, there are also objects that Siebold gave to his friend Kumaya, including his square piano . Also worth seeing is the large tomb in the forest near the Tokoji Temple, where some of the princes and members of the Mōri clan are buried.

geography

Hagi is west of Osaka , north of Yamaguchi and east of Nagato on the Sea of Japan .

traffic

Street:
- National Road 191, to Hiroshima or Shimonoseki
- National Road 262, to Hofu
- National Road 315, to Shūnan
- National road 490, to Ube
Train:
- JR West San'in Main Line to Kyoto or Shimonoseki

International partnerships

Korea South Ulsan , the oldest Japanese-Korean city partnership since October 29, 1968
Korea South(Ward) Deokjin- myeon , (county) Yeongam - gun , Jeollanam-do
GermanyIn 1992 the village of Asahi (now Akiragi-chiku and Sasanami-chiku), which was incorporated into Hagi on March 6, 2005, entered into a partnership with Ühlingen-Birkendorf .

Neighboring cities and communities

sons and daughters of the town

Noriko Anno (* 1976), judoka
Aoki Shūzō (1844–1914), Ambassador to Berlin, Foreign Minister
Hokkai Takashima (1850–1931), painter and botanist
Inoue Kenkabō (1870-1934), writer
Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909), politician and prime minister
Katsura Tarō (1848–1913), officer, politician and prime minister
Kido Takayoshi (1833–1877), politician of the Meiji Restoration
Miwa Kyūwa (1895–1981), potter
Miura Gorō (1847–1926), Lieutenant General and Consul in the Korean Empire
Nosaka Sanzō (1892-1993), politician and co-founder of the Communist Party of Japan
Shiga Yoshio (1901–1989), Marxist politician
Takasugi Shinsaku (1839–1867), military leader of the Meiji Restoration
Takeo Kawamura (* 1942), politician
Tanaka Giichi (1863–1929), general, politician and prime minister
Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922), military leader, politician, national hero and prime minister
Yoshida Shōin (1830-1859), intellectual, teacher and revolutionary

literature

N. Taylor Gregg and Sam Abell (Photographs): Hagi: Where Japan's Revolution Began . In: National Geographic . Vol. 165, June 1984, pp. 750-773 ( online ).

Individual evidence

^ On a list of Japanese-German parish partnerships published by the Japanese Embassy , Ühlingen-Birkendorf is listed together with Hagi; on the partner municipality list Ühlingen-Birkendorf ( memento from September 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), however, “Asahi” is found instead of “Hagi”.

Web links

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

[1] On a list of Japanese-German parish partnerships published by the Japanese Embassy , Ühlingen-Birkendorf is listed together with Hagi; on the partner municipality list Ühlingen-Birkendorf ( memento from September 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), however, “Asahi” is found instead of “Hagi”.