Semboku

Semboku-shi 仙 北市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Tōhoku
Prefecture :	Akita
Coordinates :	39 ° 42 '  N , 140 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 42 '0 "  N , 140 ° 43' 50"  E
Basic data
Surface:	1,093.64 km²
Residents :	25,305 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	05215-9
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
town hall
Address :	Semboku City Hall 30 Aza Miyanoushiro, Obonai, Tazawako Semboku shi Akita  014-1201
Website URL:	http://www.city.semboku.akita.jp/
Location of Sembokus in Akita Prefecture

Semboku ( Japanese 仙 北市 , - shi ) is a city in Akita Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan .

geography

Semboku is east of Akita and west of Morioka . The Ōu Mountains with the 1,637 m high Akita-Komagatake and the 1,366 m high Akita-Yake-yama are located east of the city. The Omono flows through the city.

history

The city was founded on September 20, 2005 from the communities of Kakunodate ( 角 館 町 , -machi ), Tazawako ( 田 沢 湖 町 , -machi ), and the village of Nishiki ( 西 木村 , -mura ) of Semboku County.

Attractions

Tazawa lake

Tsuru-no-Yu onsen

• Tazawa lake
• Nyūtō Onsenkyō ( 乳頭 温泉 郷 ): an area with several hot springs, of which the Tsuru-no-Yu-Onsen ( 鶴 の 湯 温泉 ) is the most famous

traffic

• Street:
  • National roads 46, 105, 341
• Train:
  • JR Akita Shinkansen
  • JR Tazawako Line

sons and daughters of the town

• Norihisa Satake (* 1947 in what was then Kakunodate), Japanese politician
• Tomiki Kenji (1900–1979 in what was then Kakunodate), Japanese aikidō teacher

Neighboring cities and communities

• Akita Prefecture
  • Daycare Akita
  • Akita
  • Daisen
  • Kazuno
• Iwate Prefecture
  • Hachimantai
  • Shizukuishi
  • Nishiwaga

Town twinning

• Ōmura , Japan, since 1979
• Sanuki , Japan, since 1996
• Shinjō , Japan, since 1996
• Takahagi , Japan, since 1996
• Hitachi-Ōta , Japan, since 1998

Web links

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