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19-699: Sōja is located ancestral Okayama Prefecture. The Takahashi River runs through the city from northwest to south. The northern and western parts are located in the southern part of the Kibi plateau, and the southern part also forms a hilly area. The central area, which is the urban area, originally formed a small basin in the floodplain of the Takahashi River. Okayama Prefecture Sōja has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ) with very warm summers and cool winters. The average annual temperature in Sōja

38-578: A directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 22 members. Sōja contributes two members to the Okayama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Okayama 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Sōja has a mixed economy. Production of automobile parts dominates the local industry, although food processing is also important. The city also has

57-645: A strong agricultural sector. Sōja has 13 public elementary schools and three public junior high schools and one public compulsory education School operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Okayama prefectural Board of Education. Okayama Prefectural University is also located in Sōja. [REDACTED] JR West (JR West) - Hakubi Line [REDACTED] JR West (JR West) - Kibi Line [REDACTED] Ibara Railway Company Ibara Line Sōja has been twinned with Chino, Nagano in Japan since 1984. This Okayama Prefecture location article

76-539: Is 14.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1392 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 26.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.5 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Sōja has been increasing for the past 50 years. The Sōja area is part of ancient Bitchū Province and was the center of the ancient Kingdom of Kibi . The Tsukuriyama Kofun ,

95-867: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Takahashi River The Takahashi River ( 高梁川 , Takahashi-gawa ) is a Class A major river in the western part of Okayama Prefecture . It acts as the main drainage for the Takahashi River Drainage System, and is one of the three main drainage rivers in Okayama Prefecture (the others being the Yoshii River and the Asahi River ). The Takahashi River originates from Akechi Pass near Hanamiyama in Tottori Prefecture , 1,188 m (3,898 ft) above sea level . It flows through

114-637: Is home to the Tottori Sand Dunes , the largest sand dunes system in Japan, and Mount Daisen , the highest peak in the Chūgoku Mountains . The word "Tottori" in Japanese is formed from two kanji characters. The first, 鳥 , means "bird" and the second, 取 means "to get". Early residents in the area made their living catching the region's plentiful waterfowl. The name first appears in the Nihon shoki in

133-584: The Chūgoku region of Honshu . Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 538,525 (2023) and has a geographic area of 3,507.13 square kilometres (1,354.11 sq mi). Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hiroshima Prefecture to the southwest, Okayama Prefecture to the south, and Hyōgo Prefecture to the east. Tottori is the capital and largest city of Tottori Prefecture, with other major cities including Yonago , Kurayoshi , and Sakaiminato . Tottori Prefecture

152-446: The Meiji restoration , the village of Sōja was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889 and was raised to town status on February 26, 1896. Sōja was elevated to city status on March 31, 1954. On March 22, 2005, the villages of Yamate and Kiyone (both from Tsukubo District ) were merged into Sōja. Sōja has a mayor-council form of government with

171-623: The 10th largest burial mound in Japan, and the mountain-fortress of Ki Castle are among the many surviving relics of that period. During the Nara period , the Bitchū Kokubun-ji and provincial capital were located in what is now Sōja. The area prospered in the Muromachi period onwards as a "temple town" at the gates of the Bitchū-no-kuni Sōja-gū from which it derives its name. Following

190-562: The 23rd year of the Emperor Suinin (213 AD) when Yukuha Tana, an elder from the Izumo, visits the emperor. The imperial Prince Homatsu-wake was unable to speak, despite being 30 years of age. "Yukuha Tana presented the swan to the emperor. Homatsu-wake no Mikoto played with this swan and at last learned to speak. Therefore, Yukaha Tana was liberally rewarded, and was granted the title of Tottori no Miyakko." (Aston, translation) Tottori Prefecture

209-687: The Imperial court and various temples. Successive clans controlled the region during the Sengoku period (15th to 17th century), most notably the Yamana clan , but after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 the region was pacified. The Tokugawa shogunate installed the Ikeda clan at Tottori Castle . The clan retained control of the area until throughout the Edo period (1603–1868) and

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228-587: The cities of Niimi , Takahashi , Sōja , and Kurashiki , eventually flowing into the Mizushimanada area of the Inland Sea . The mouth is located between the Mizushima and Tamashima areas of Kurashiki. Reconstruction and repairs in 1907 created the eastern and western branches of the Takahashi River. Tottori Prefecture Tottori Prefecture ( 鳥取県 , Tottori-ken ) is a prefecture of Japan located in

247-467: The colonial areas. Before the end of World War II the prefecture was hit by a massive magnitude 7.2 earthquake, the 1943 Tottori earthquake , which destroyed 80% of the city of Tottori, and greatly damaged the surrounding area. In the postwar period land reform was carried out in the prefecture, resulting in a great increase of agricultural production. Tottori is home to the Tottori Sand Dunes , Japan's only large dune system. As of 1 April 2012, 14% of

266-664: The prefecture. In 645, under the Taika reforms , the area in present-day Tottori Prefecture became two provinces, Hōki and Inaba . During the Genpei War (1180–1185) between the Taira and Minamoto clans in the late- Heian period , Tottori became a base for anti-Taira forces, specifically at two temples, Daisen-ji and Sanbutsu-ji . By the beginning of the Kamakura period (1185–1333) shōen estates were established to directly support

285-573: The region had extensive linguistic diversity. While the standard Tokyo dialect of the Japanese language is now used in Tottori Prefecture, several other dialects are also used. Many of them are grouped with Western Japanese , and include the Chugoku and Umpaku dialects. The sports teams listed below are based in Tottori. The symbol is derived from the first mora in Japanese for " と " combined with

304-607: The resources of the area financially and materially supported the shogunate. The two provinces remained in place until the Meiji Restoration in 1868, and the boundaries of Tottori Prefecture were established in 1888. After the occupation of Korea and Taiwan in the 20th century, and the establishment of the Manchukuo puppet state in 1932, Tottori's harbors on the Japan Sea served as an active transit point for goods between Japan and

323-647: The total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks , namely the Daisen-Oki and Sanin Kaigan National Parks; Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku and Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Parks; and Misasa-Tōgōko , Nishi Inaba , and Okuhino Prefectural Natural Parks. Mount Misumi is located within the former area of Mochigase that was merged into the city of Tottori in 2004. Four cities are located in Tottori Prefecture: These are

342-409: The towns and villages in each district : Per Japanese census data, Tottori is the least populated prefecture in Japan. Tottori Prefecture is heavily agricultural and its products are shipped to the major cities of Japan. Some of the famous products are the nashi pear , nagaimo yam , Japanese scallion , negi , and watermelon . The prefecture is also a major producer of rice . Historically,

361-602: Was settled very early in the prehistoric period of Japan, as evidenced by remains from the Jōmon period (14,000 – 300 BC). The prefecture has the remains of the largest known Yayoi period (300 BC – 250 AD) settlement in Japan, the Mukibanda Yayoi remains , located in the low foothills of Mount Daisen in the cities of Daisen and Yonago . Numerous kofun tumuli from the Kofun period (250 – 538) are located across

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