Funagata ( 舟形町 , Funagata-machi ) is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture , Japan. As of 1 January 2020, the town has an estimated population of 5,101, and a population density of 43 persons per km². The total area of the town is 119.03 square kilometres (46 sq mi).
7-408: Funagata is located in mountainous north-central eastern Yamagata Prefecture. The Mogami River runs through the town. The area is known for extremely heavy snowfall in winter. Funagata has a Humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ) with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation
14-811: Is mentioned in Nara period documents as a location of a fortified settlement on the road connecting Akita Castle on the Sea of Japan with Tagajo on the Pacific coast . During the Sengoku period , the area was under the control of the Mogami clan . During the Edo period , the Funagata was a river port on the Mogami River and a post station on the sankin kotai route to Edo and for pilgrims en route to
21-512: Is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Funagata is 11.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1785 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.1 °C. The area of present-day Funagata was part of ancient Dewa Province and
28-607: The Three Mountains of Dewa . After the start of the Meiji period , the area became part of Mogami District , Yamagata Prefecture. The village of Funagata was established on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. It was elevated to town status on December 1, 1954. Per Japanese census data, the population of Funagata peaked around 1950 and has declined by more than half since then. Funagata has one public elementary and one public middle school operated by
35-479: The influential 17th-century poet Matsuo Bashō composing several hokku regarding the river during his travels alongside it. Some were revised as haiku in the memoir of his journeys , including this well-known poem: The character Yūko Aioi in Nichijou has inner monologues in haiku form, all ending with the name of the river as a complete non sequitur (as she cannot think of a full 5-7-5 haiku). Mogami-gawa
42-645: The three most rapid rivers of Japan (along with the Fuji River and the Kuma River ). The river rises from southern Yamagata Prefecture, flows to the north, and turns west at Shinjō , then flows into the Sea of Japan at Sakata . Water transportation once flourished on the river and carried local products such as safflowers and rice to the Kansai region. The Mogami River appears as an utamakura in Japanese poetry, with
49-517: The town government. The town does not have a high school. [REDACTED] East Japan Railway Company - Ōu Main Line [REDACTED] East Japan Railway Company - Rikuu East Line Mogami River The Mogami River ( 最上川 , Mogami-gawa ) is a river in Yamagata Prefecture , Japan . The river is 224 km long and has a watershed of 7,040 km . It is regarded as one of
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