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25-564: Miyazu is located in the northern part of Kyoto Prefecture at the base of the Tango Peninsula , facing Wakasa Bay of the Sea of Japan to the east. Located in Miyazu City is Amanohashidate or the "bridge to heaven", said to be one of Japan's three most beautiful sights . The naturally formed land bridge is 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long and covered in pine trees. Kyoto Prefecture Miyazu has

50-692: A humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), featuring a marked seasonal variation in temperature and precipitation. Summers are hot and humid, but winters are relatively cold with occasional snowfall. The average annual temperature in Miyazu is 14.8 °C (58.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,917.8 mm (75.50 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8 °C (80.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.1 °C (39.4 °F). Its record high

75-639: A cadet branch of the Makino clan . Mineyama Domain remained with the Kyōgoku until the Meiji restoration . Territory directly controlled by the shogunate was administered by Kumihama daikanshō . During the Edo Period, Tango province was somewhat of a backwater, due to its geographical location. In the mid-Edo period, Mineyama Domain brought in craftsmen from Nishijin to introduce the technique of producing silk crepe cloth, which

100-709: A cadet branch of the Matsudaira clan from Miyazu Castle . After the Meiji restoration , the town of Miyazu was established within Yosa District with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Miyazu became a port for trading with the United States and the United Kingdom in July 1899. On June 1, 1954, Miyazu merged with the neighboring villages of Kunda, Yoshizu, Fuchu, Hioki, Seya, Yoro, and Higatani to form

125-418: A transportation center towards Asia. The province of Tango was created in 713 during the reign of Empress Genmei by separating the northern five districts (Kasa District, Yoza District, Tamba District (later Naka District), Takeno District, and Kumano District) of northern Tanba Province. In Wadō 5 (712), Mutsu Province had been severed from Dewa Province . The " Wamyō Ruijushō " lists 35 townships in

150-579: A wise decision, as in 1666 The Kyōgoku clan was dispossessed of Miyazu Domain for bad administration, and reduced to hatamoto status. Miyazu Domain was reduced in size and passed to a number of fudai daimyō clans until 1758 when it came under the control of the Honjō-Matsudaira clan. Tango-Tanabe Domain fared better in that it remained in Kyōgoku hands until 1668, when the clan was transferred to Toyooka Domain in Tajima Province and replaced by

175-443: Is 38.8 °C (101.8 °F), reached on 22 August 2018, and its record low is −7.7 °C (18.1 °F), reached on 12 February 1984. Per Japanese census data, the population of Miyazu in 2020 is 16,758 people. Miyazu has been conducting censuses since 1920. The city's population peaked in 1945 and has declined gradually in the decades since. It is now less than half what it was post- World War II . The area of present-day Miyazu

200-559: The Kinai ( 畿内 ) or capital region, plus seven dō ( 道 ) or circuits , each of which contained provinces of its own. When Hokkaido was included as a circuit after the defeat of the Republic of Ezo in 1869, the system was briefly called Gokihachidō ( 五畿八道 , "five provinces and eight circuits") . The abolition of the han system abolished the -han (early modern feudal domains) in 1871, -dō/circuits and provinces were per se not abolished by

225-746: The Tango Kokubun-ji (also in Miyazu) is known, and is a National Historic Site . The Engishiki records of 927 list seven major and 58 minor Shinto shrines , with Kono Jinja as the ichinomiya of the province. During the early Muromachi period , the Yamana clan were shugo of Tango province, but they were supplanted by the Isshiki clan in 1392. The Isshiki ruled until replaced by Hosokawa Fujitaka in 1579, who constructed Tanabe Castle , also known as “Maizuru Castle” under orders of Oda Nobunaga . In 1600,

250-774: The Xin dynasty of northern China have been found in the from the Hakoishihama Site in Kumihama, Kyōtango, it is clear that the area had trade connections with the Asian continent. Also, in the Nihon Shoki , when the Yamato Kingdom sent four generals in four directions to conquer the country, ancient Tanba was the only specific destination mentioned, highlighting its importance to the Yamato rulers as

275-655: The "near countries" (近国) in terms of distance from the capital. The provincial capital was located in what is now the city of Miyazu . The ichinomiya of the province is the Kono Shrine also located in Miyazu. The province had an area of 1,283.43 square kilometres (495.54 sq mi). The Tango region prospered around the Takeno River basin (present-day Kyōtango city) during the Kofun period , during which time many keyhole-shaped burial mounds were constructed. As coins from

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300-509: The -dō was fully regarded as a prefecture: from 1946, the prefectures (until then only -fu/-ken) were legally referred to as -dō/-fu/-ken, from 1947 as -to/-dō/-fu/-ken. The five Kinai provinces were local areas in and around the imperial capital (first Heijō-kyō at Nara , then Heian-kyō at Kyōto ). They were: The seven dō or circuits were administrative areas stretching away from the Kinai region in different directions. Running through each of

325-695: The 1870s and 1880s to resemble provinces, so many modern prefectures can be assigned to an ancient circuit. For example, the Western provinces of the Tōkai circuit (Tōkai-dō) are now part of prefectures that are often grouped together as the Tōkai region (Tōkai-chihō) . But there are still deviations, so that it is not comprehensively possible to describe circuits in terms of prefectures. For example, present-day Hyōgo in its borders since 1876 extends into five provinces ( Harima , Tajima , Awaji , Settsu , Tamba ) and thus into three circuits (San'yō, San'in, Nankai) as well as

350-539: The Hosokawa clan was transferred to Kyushu and all of Tango Province was awarded to Kyōgoku Takatomo , who established Miyazu Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate . In 1622, he divided his 123,000 koku holdings, with 35,000 koku going to his third son, Kyōgoku Takamitsu,who established a cadet branch at Tango-Tanabe Domain and 10,000 koku to a grandson, Kyōgoku Takamichi ,who established Mineyama Domain . This proved

375-408: The abolition of domains; but the prefectures that sprang from the domains became the primary administrative division of the country and were soon merged and reorganized to territorially resemble provinces in many places. "Hokkai circuit" (Hokkai-dō) was the only -dō that would survive as administrative division, but it was later increasingly treated as "Hokkai prefecture" (Hokkai-dō); finally after WWII,

400-514: The ancient capital region. A few Japanese regions, such as Hokuriku and San'yō , still retain their ancient Gokishichidō names. Other parts of Japan, namely Hokkaidō and the Ryukyu Islands , were not included in the Gokishichidō because they were not colonized by Japan until the 19th century, just as the Gokishichidō geographic divisions and the feudal han domains were being replaced with

425-656: The area, and states that the area was ruled by the Tanba-no-atai clan, who were the Kuni no miyatsuko . Per the Kujiki , this clan claimed descent from the kami Amenohoakari ,who was either the younger brother or son of Ninigi-no-mikoto . The provincial capital was located in Kasa District, possibly in the Fuchū neighborhood of Miyazu , but the precise location is uncertain. The site of

450-705: The city of Miyazu. The village of Yura was annexed on September 20, 1956. Miyazu has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 14 members. Miyazu, together with the town of Yosano contributes one member to the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly . In terms of national politics, the city is part of Kyoto 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Miyazu has an economy based on agriculture, regional commerce, and seasonal tourism. Miyazu has six public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by

475-676: The nation's resources, the province had 409 villages with a total kokudaka of 146,724 koku . Tango Province consisted of: Although the province no longer officially existed after 1871, the name continued to be used for some purposes. For example, Tango is explicitly recognized in treaties in 1894 between Japan and the United States and between Japan and the United Kingdom . [REDACTED] Media related to Tango Province at Wikimedia Commons Gokishichid%C5%8D Gokishichidō ( 五畿七道 , "five provinces and seven circuits ")

500-557: The seven areas was an actual road of the same name, connecting the imperial capital with all of the provincial capitals along its route. The seven dō were: The Gokishichidō roads should not be confused with the Edo Five Routes (五街道 Gokaidō ), which were the five major roads leading to Edo during the Edo period (1603–1867). The Tōkaidō was one of the five routes, but the others were not. Many prefectures were merged and reorganized in

525-557: The south, Tajima to the west, and Wakasa to the east. Its abbreviated form name was Tanshū ( 丹州 ) . It was also referred to as Hokutan ( 北丹 ) or Okutan ( 奥丹 ) . In terms of the Gokishichidō system, Tango was one of the provinces of the San'indō circuit. Under the Engishiki classification system, Tango was ranked as one of the "middle countries" (中国) in terms of importance, and one of

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550-510: The town government and two public high schools operated by the Kyoto Prefectural Department of Education. There is also one private high school. [REDACTED] Kyoto Tango Railway – Miyazu Line [REDACTED] Kyoto Tango Railway – Miyafuku Line Tango Peninsula Tango Province ( 丹後国 , Tango-no kuni ) was a province of Japan in the area of northern Kyoto Prefecture . Tango bordered on Tanba to

575-515: Was named Tango chirimen . This became a regional speciality and a source of income for both Miyazu and Mineyama Domains. Following the Meiji restoration , each of the domains (Miyazu, Tango-Tanabe and Mineyama) briefly became prefectures, which were annexed to Toyooka Prefecture in November 1871 and incorporated into Kyoto Prefecture in 1876. Per the early Meiji period Kyudaka kyuryo Torishirabe-chō ( 旧高旧領取調帳 ) , an official government assessment of

600-572: Was part of ancient Tango Province , and was then location of the provincial capital and the Tango Kokubun-ji during the late Nara and Heian period . The area came under the control of the Isshiki clan during the Muromachi period and then to Hosokawa Tadaoki in the Sengoku period . During the Edo Period , it was largely under 70,000 koku Miyazu Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate and ruled by

625-551: Was the name for ancient administrative units organized in Japan during the Asuka period (AD 538–710), as part of a legal and governmental system borrowed from the Chinese. Though these units did not survive as administrative structures beyond the Muromachi period (1336–1573), they did remain important geographical entities until the 19th century. The Gokishichidō consisted of five provinces in

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