Ōmihachiman

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native_name近江八幡市
native_name_langja
settlement_typeCity
image_skylineFlickr - yeowatzup - Mount Hachiman, Omihachiman, Shiga, Japan.jpg
image_captionOld city view from Mt. Hachiman
image_flagFlag of Omihachiman, Shiga.svg
image_sealEmblem of Ōmihachiman, Shiga.svg
image_mapOmihachiman in Shiga prefecture Ja.svg
map_captionLocation of Ōmihachiman in Shiga Prefecture
pushpin_mapJapan
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Japan
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameJapan
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Kansai
subdivision_type2Prefecture
subdivision_name2Shiga Prefecture
subdivision_type3District
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameOsamu Konishi (from April 2018)
leader_title1Vice Mayor
unit_prefMetric
area_total_km2177.45
population_total82233
population_as_of31 August 2021
population_density_km2auto
timezone1JST
utc_offset1+09:00
blank_name_sec2Phone number
blank_info_sec20748-33-3111
blank_name_sec1City hall address
blank_info_sec1236 Sakuragi-chō, Ōmihachiman-shi, Shiga-ken
523-8501
website
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thumb|right|260px|Traditional buildings Preservation Area Ōmihachiman is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 82,233 in 34747 households and a population density of 570 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 76.97 sqkm.

Geography

Ōmihachiman is located in central Shiga Prefecture, on flatlands along the eastern shore of Lake Biwa, and extending inland to the foothills of the Suzuka Mountains.

Neighboring municipalities

Shiga Prefecture

Climate

Ōmihachiman has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ōmihachiman is 14.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1602 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.7 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Ōmihachiman has recently plateaued after several decades of growth.

| 1950 | 54,461 | 1960 | 52,756 | 1970 | 52,171 | 1980 | 70,772 | 1990 | 77,730 | 2000 | 78,669 | 2010 | 81,738 | 2020 | 81,122 |align = none | footnote =

History

Ōmihachiman is part of ancient Ōmi Province and was originally a post station that developed around Musa-juku on the Tōsandō (later the Nakasendō) highway connecting Heian-kyō with the eastern provinces. During the Sengoku period, the warlord Oda Nobunaga built Azuchi Castle in the hills on the border with Higashiōmi. Under Toyotomi Hidetsugu the center shifted to a castle town at the base of Hachimanyama Castle, which attracted many merchants ("Ōmi shōnin"), especially after the destruction of Azuchi Castle. Former merchant's residences and a canal used for transport are preserved in an old city area, designated a Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings and an Important Cultural Landscape.

The town of Hachiman was established with Gamō District, Shiga with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. In 1905, an American architect William Merrell Vories came to Ōmihachiman as an English language teacher at commercial high school. Two years later he resigned the original work, but he remained in Ōmihachiman and spent most of his productive life here. He handed down western-style buildings, a pharmaceutical company, an educational foundation and a hospital to the city. The town expanded by annexing the neighboring villages of Utsuro in 1933 and Shima in 1951. On March 31, 1954, Hachiman merged with the villages of Okayama, Kanada, Kirihara and Mabuchi to form the city of Ōmihachiman. The name was changed from "Hachiman" to "Ōmihachiman" to avoid confusion with the then existing city of Yahata in Fukuoka Prefecture, as both "Hachiman" and "Yawata" are written in the same kanji characters. On March 21, 2010, the town of Azuchi was merged into Ōmihachiman.

Government

Ōmihachiman has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 24 members. Ōmihachiman contributes three members to the Shiga Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Shiga 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan, and is represented by Kenichiro Ueno.

Economy

Agriculture, commercial fishing and seasonal tourism are major components of the economy of Ōmihachiman. The key industries of Ōmihachiman include the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals.

Education

Ōmihachiman has 12 public elementary schools and four public middle schools operated by the city government and three high schools operated by the Shiga Prefectural Department of Education. The city also has one private elementary school, one private middle school and one private high school.

Transportation

Railway

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/JR_logo_(west).svg" caption="JR West]] – [[Biwako Line"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Ohtetsu_Logomark.svg" caption="Main Line"] ::

Highway

Sister cities

Ōmihachiman is twinned with:

Within Japan

Outside Japan

Places of interest

Hachiman area

Notable people

References

References

  1. "Ōmihachiman city official statistics".
  2. [https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/shiga/omihachiman-4801/ Ōmihachiman climate data]
  3. [https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-shiga.php Ōmihachiman population statistics]
  4. "Database of Registered National Cultural Properties". [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]].
  5. "Database of Registered National Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs.
  6. (2022-11-28). "公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律". [[House of Representatives (Japan).
  7. (2024). "衆議院選挙2024 滋賀(大津・彦根など)開票速報・選挙結果". NHK.
  8. [https://www.city.omihachiman.lg.jp/soshiki/machizukuri/4/1/1268.html Ōmihachiman official home page]

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