Shōnai ( 庄内町 , Shōnai-machi ) is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture , Japan . As of 29 February 2020, the town has an estimated population of 20,940 in 7108 households, and a population density of 87.5 per km². The total area of the town is 249.17 square kilometres (96 sq mi).
6-547: Shōnai is located in the coastal plains of north-central Yamagata Prefecture. The Mogami River flows through the town. Mount Gassan , the highest of the Three Mountains of Dewa is at the intersection of the borders of Shōnai, Tsuruoka, Ōkura and Nishikawa. Shōnai 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
12-574: Is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Shōnai is 12.0 °C (53.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,074.1 mm (81.66 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.5 °C (76.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 0.6 °C (33.1 °F). Per Japanese census data,
18-726: 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 the influential 17th-century poet Matsuo Bashō composing several hokku regarding
24-652: The Yamagata Prefectural Board of Education. [REDACTED] East Japan Railway Company - Rikuu West Line [REDACTED] East Japan Railway Company - Uetsu Main 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 the three most rapid rivers of Japan (along with
30-470: The population of Shōnai peaked around 1950 and has declined gradually since then. It is now less than it was a hundred years ago. The area of present-day Shōnai was part of ancient Dewa Province . After the start of the Meiji period , the area became part of Higashitagawa District , Yamagata Prefecture. The town of Amarume was established on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system, and
36-446: The town of Karikawa on April 1, 1937. Karikawa merged with the neighboring villages of Kiyokawa and Tachiyazawa on October 1, 1954, and was renamed Tachikawa. On July 1, 2005, the towns of Tachikawa and Amarume merged to form the new town of Shōnai. The economy of Shōnai is based on agriculture. Shōnai has five public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by
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