Yamanashi Prefecture

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Yamanashi-ken
山 梨 県
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Basic data
Administrative headquarters : Kofu
Region : Chūbu
Main island : Honshu
Area : 4,465.27  km²
Water content: 1.3  %
Residents : 812,056
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 182 inhabitants per km²
Counties : 5
Municipalities : 27
ISO 3166-2 : JP-19
Governor : Hitoshi Gotō
Website: www.pref.yamanashi.jp
Symbols
Prefecture flag :
Yamanashi Prefecture Flag
Prefecture tree : maple
Prefecture flower : Prunus incisa
Vogel prefecture : Japanese Bush Warbler
Prefecture mammal : Japanese serau
Prefecture song : Yamanashi-ken no uta
("Song of Yamanashi Prefecture")
Citizens Day: 20th November

The Yamanashi Prefecture ( Jap. 山梨県 , Yamanashi-ken ) is a prefecture of Japan . The prefecture is located in the Chūbu region on the island of Honshū . The seat of the prefecture administration is Kofu .

The name literally means mountain pear and denotes the Pyrus pyrifolia var. Pyrifolia .

history

The prefecture is territorially the successor to the ancient province of Kai , consisting of the four districts of Yamanashi , Yatsushiro , Koma and Tsuru . This was the dominion of Takeda Shingen during the Warring States Period . In addition, the Kai Hyakuhachi Reijō , the 108 spiritual places of Kai, are also located in Yamanashi .

In the Edo period , the principality (- han ) Kofu was initially located here and at times also other smaller principalities; but Kofu fell to the Shogunate in 1724 when the Yanagisawa were transferred to Kōriyama in Yamato Province . Since then, the province of Kai belonged essentially (without spiritual property and similar small territories) to the shogunate domain ( bakuryō ) and was administered by various administrators / bailiffs (daikan) , part of the province of Kai was under the control of the Gosankyō family branch at the end of the Edo period the Tayasu [-Tokugawa].

The prefecture of Kai ( 甲 斐 府 , Kai-fu ) was created in the Meiji Restoration in 1868 through the amalgamation of the prefectures (-ken) Fuchū ( 府中 ), Isawa ( 石 和 ) and Ichikawa ( 川 ), which came from the shogunate administrations / bailiffs (daikan -sho) in Kai Province. In 1869, Kai Prefecture was renamed Kofu Prefecture ( 甲 府 県 , Kōfu-ken ). In 1870 the land held by the Tayasu was added to this. In 1871 previously managed areas in Kai were transferred to Kofu from Nirayama Prefecture (another prefecture from former Shogunate country, then to Ashigara Prefecture, now Kanagawa, Shizuoka and Tokyo), so that the prefecture included the entire Kai Province. On (Gregorian) December 31, 1871 (in the then still valid lunisolar calendar of November 20), Kofu was renamed Yamanashi. Today, Gregorian November 20th is "Prefectural Citizens Day" ( kenmin no hi , 県 民 の 日 ) in Yamanashi .

The first 30-member prefectural assembly (then kenkai , "prefectural assembly ") of Yamanashi was elected in March 1879 and convened in April.

geography

Yamanashi is located on the southern part of the Japanese Alps and shares Mount Fuji with Shizuoka Prefecture , to which it serves as a starting point.

politics

Political groups in the prefecture parliament
(as of June 25, 2019)
      
A total of 37 seats
  • Jimintō Seishinkai (自民党 誠心 会 ): 26
  • Liberal Yamanashi (with KDP , DVP ): 6
  • Reiwakai : 2
  • Team Yamanashi : 1
  • Kōmeitō : 1
  • KPY : 1

The governor of Yamanashi is in his first term of office Kōtarō Nagasaki , a former liberal-democratic member of the lower house who, in January 2019 with the support of the national governing parties LDP and Kōmeitō, with a significantly higher turnout with almost 50% of the votes against the incumbent KDP and DVP- supported incumbent Hitoshi Gotō (barely 42%) prevailed. The 37 MPs in the Yamanashi Parliament were elected in a unified election in April 2019 . The only party noteworthy is the Liberal Democratic Party , which won 17 seats.

For the lower house of the national parliament , Yamanashi belongs, although geographically mostly not to Kantō , together with the heavily urbanized prefectures of Chiba and Kanagawa to the proportional electoral block of South Kantō . In the majority election for the lower house, Yamanashi has only elected two MPs since 2014, 2017 Katsuhito Nakajima (3rd term, Minshintō independent, now part of the Shakaihoshō o tatenaosu kokumin kaigi faction ) and Noriko Horiuchi (1st term, LDP-Kōmeitō-supported independent, LDP-nominated). In the upper house Yamanashi after the elections in 2016 and 2019 by the Liberal Democrats Hiroshi Moriya and the Democrat Yuka Miyazawa (now the KDP) represented.

Administrative division

The present day parishes in Yamanashi; Independent cities / -shi pink, city / -machi / -chō brown, villages / -mura turquoise
Community division before the Great Heisei Territorial Reform of the 2000s
Main building of the prefecture administration in the Marunouchi district of Kofu.

Since 2010 there are still 27 communities in Yamanashi: 13 [district] cities (- shi ) , of which only the capital Kofu in a special form for large cities (since 2019 "core city" ), eight [district] cities ( 6 -chō / 2 - machi ) and six villages (- mura ) . After the introduction of today's municipal forms in 1889, there were 246 municipalities, in 1945 only 201, in 1955 already 88 and in 1999 before the major Heisei regional reform, 64.

Remarks:

  • There are areas with an unclear course of the municipal boundaries, including Lake Motosu with 4.70 km², which was not assigned to a municipality in the list but is included in the prefectural area,
    and unclear external prefecture borders with Shizuoka.
List of parishes in Yamanashi Prefecture
code Surname Area (in km²) population Population
density (inh / km²) 3
Rōmaji Kanji October 1, 2017 1 October 1, 2019 2 October 1, 2015 3
19201 Kofu- shi 甲 府 市 212.47 188,406 193.125 908.95
19202 Fujiyoshida- shi 富士 吉田 市 121.74 47.211 49.003 402.52
19204 Tsuru- shi 都 留 市 161.63 30,751 32.002 198.00
19205 Yamanashi- shi 山 梨 市 289.80 33,420 35.141 121.26
19206 Ōtsuki- shi 大 月 市 280.25 23,128 25,419 90.70
19207 Nirasaki- shi 韮 崎 市 143.69 29,576 30,680 213.52
19208 Minamiarupusu shi 南 ア ル プ ス 市 264.14 69,810 70,828 268.15
19209 Hokuto- shi 北 杜 市 602.48 43,756 45.111 74.88
19210 Kai- shi 甲 斐 市 71.95 75.291 74,386 1033.86
19211 Fuefuki- shi 笛 吹 市 201.92 68.168 69,559 344.49
19212 Uenohara- shi 上 野 原 市 170.57 23.052 24,805 145.42
19213 Koshu- shi 甲 州市 264.11 29,705 31,671 119.92
19214 Chūō- shi 中央 市 31.69 31,002 31,124 982.14
19340 Nishiyatsushiro-gun 西 八 代郡 75.18 15,673 208.47
19346   Ichikawamisato-chō 市 川 三 郷 町 75.18 14,770 15,673 208.47
19360 Minamikoma gun 南 巨 摩 郡 984.82 37,098 37.67
19364   Hayakawa-cho 早川 町 369.96 995 1068 2.89
19365   Minobu- chō 身 延 町 301.98 10,956 12,669 41.95
19366   Nambu-cho 南部 町 200.87 7341 8067 40.16
19368   Fujikawa-cho 富 士川 町 112.00 14,363 15,294 136.55
19380 Nakakoma gun 中 巨 摩 郡 9.08 19,505 2148.13
19384   Shōwa-chō 昭和 町 9.08 20,583 19,505 2148.13
19420 Minamitsuru-gun 南 都 留 郡 420.99 48,511 115.23
19422   Dōshi-mura 道 志 村 79.68 1612 1743 21.88
19423   Nishikatsura-chō 西 桂 町 15.22 4116 4342 285.28
19424   Oshino-mura 忍 野村 25.05 9242 8968 358.00
19425   Yamanakako-mura 山 中 湖村 53.05 5152 5208 98.17
19429   Narusawa- mura 鳴 沢 村 89.58 2944 2921 32.61
19430   Fujikawaguchiko- machi 富士 河口湖 町 158.40 25.502 25,329 159.91
19440 Kitatsuru-gun 北 都 留 郡 154.08 1289 8.37
19442   Kosuge-mura 小 菅 村 52.78 686 726 13.76
19443   Tabayama-mura 丹波 山村 101.30 518 563 5.56
Shi-bu ( All Shi , proportion of urban districts) 市 部 2816.42 698.756 712.854 253.11
Gun-bu ( All Gun , percentage of counties) 郡 部 1648.85 119,635 122.076 74.04
19000 Yamanashi-Ken (Yamanashi Prefecture) 長野 県 4465.27 818.391 834.930 186.98

Sources
1 Area data from 2017
2 Estimated population 2018
3 Results of the 2015 census

Biggest places

Former and Existing Cities (-shi)
October 1st census results
VZ year Residents
2015 2010 2005 2000
Fujiyoshida 49.003 50,619 52,572 54,090
Tsuru 32.002 33,588 35,017 35,513
Yamanashi 35.141 36,832 38,686 32.505
Ōtsuki 25,419 28,120 30,879 33,124
Nirasaki 30,680 32,477 33,801 32,707
Minamiarupusu 70,828 72,635 72,055 -
Hokuto 45.111 46,968 42,169 -
Quay 74,386 73,807 74,062 -
Fuefuki 69,559 70,529 71,190 -
Uenohara 24,805 27,114 28,986 -
Koshu 31,671 33,927 - -
Chūō 31,124 31,322 - -
Enzan - - 25,227 26,126
  • April 1, 2003 - six municipalities form the independent city of Minamiarupusu .
  • September 1, 2004 - three municipalities form the independent city of Kai .
  • October 12, 2004 - six municipalities form the independent city of Fuefuki .
  • November 1, 2004 - seven parishes form the independent city of Hokuto .
  • February 13, 2005 - the city of Uenohara integrates a community and becomes independent.
  • October 1, 2005 - three parishes form the independent city of Ichikawamisato .
  • November 1, 2005 - the independent city of Kōshū is formed from the city of Enzan and two other communities.
  • February 20, 2006 - the independent city of Chūō is formed from three parishes.

Population development in the prefecture

Census population
Census
year		 Total
population		 male
population		 female
population		 Gender
ratio
men to 1000 women 		Area
in km 2 		Population
density
per km 2
1920 583.453 290.817 292,636 994 4454.75 131.0
1925 600,675 300.289 300,386 1000 4454.75 134.8
1930 631.042 315,327 315.715 999 4465.87 141.3
1935 646.727 319,924 326,803 979 4465.87 144.8
1940 663.026 328.056 334.970 979 4465.87 148.5
1945 839.057 384.255 454.802 845 4465.87 187.9
1950 811,369 393,550 417.819 942 4463.56 181.8
1955 807.044 390.205 416,839 936 4463.48 180.8
1960 782.062 379.057 403.005 941 4463.48 175.2
1965 763.194 367,739 395.455 930 4463.48 171.0
1970 762.029 366.925 395.104 929 4463.48 170.7
1975 783.050 379.283 403,767 939 4463.48 175.4
1980 804.256 391,649 412,607 949 4463.48 180.2
1985 832.832 407.910 424.922 960 4463.48 186.6
1990 852.966 418.701 434.265 964 4465.37 191.0
1995 881.996 434,707 447.289 972 4465.37 197.5
2000 888.172 436,837 451,335 968 4465.37 198.9
2005 884.515 433,569 450.946 962 4465.37 198.1
2010 863.075 422,526 440,549 959 4465.37 193.3
2015 834.930 408,327 426,603 957 4465.27 187.0

Partnerships

According to the prefecture administration, Yamanashi has international partnerships with:

Literary processing

The well-known author Haruki Murakami has large parts of his novels Kafka am Strand (published 2002) and 1Q84 (published 2009) set in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Web links

Commons : Yamanashi Prefecture  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yamanashi Prefecture Administration : 県 民 の 日 と は？ .
  2. ↑ Yamanashi Prefecture Administration: History of Yamanashi Prefecture , 1879–1889 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Yamanashi Prefectural Parliament : MPs by Constituency , accessed August 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ 山 梨 県 知事 選 自 公 推薦 の 新人 長崎 幸 太郎 氏 が 初 当選 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. January 27, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ 統一 地方 選 2019 山 梨 県 議 選 各 党 議席 . In: NHK Senkyo Web. April 8, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019 (Japanese).
  6. ↑ Kokudo Chiriin : 平 成 26 年 全国 都 道 府 県 市区 町 村 別 面積 調 ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 45: 山 梨 県 ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gsi.go.jp @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gsi.go.jp
  7. ↑ Kokudo Chiriin (GSI - Geospatial Information Authority of Japan), gsi.go.jp 平 成 29 年全国都 道 府 県 市区 町 村 別 面積 調 (Nationwide survey of all prefectures and municipalities 2017), p. 50: 19 Yamashita-ken (Japanese ), accessed February 17, 2019
  8. ↑ e-stat (English), accessed on February 17, 2019
  9. ↑ e-Stat database , accessed on February 17, 2019 (English)
  10. ↑ e-Stat database , accessed on February 17, 2019 (English)
  11. ↑ Yamanashi Prefecture Administration : 山 梨 県 の 国際 交流

Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′  N , 138 ° 34 ′  E