| Ōtsuki | |||||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||||
| Settlement Type: | City | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Japan | ||||
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| Coordinates: | 35.6106°N 138.94°W | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Name: | Japan | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Chūbu (Tōkai) | ||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture | ||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Yamanashi | ||||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||||
| Leader Name: | Nobuyasu Kobayashi (from August 2019) | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 280.25 | ||||
| Population Total: | 21,835 | ||||
| Population As Of: | October 1, 2023 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time | ||||
| Utc Offset1: | +9 | ||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | Phone number | ||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0554-22-2111 | ||||
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Address | ||||
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 2-6-20 Ōtsuki, Ōtsuki-shi, Yamanashi-ken 401-8601 | ||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate | ||||
| Blank Info Sec2: | Cfa | ||||
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is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 21,835 in 10207 households,[1] and a population density of 86 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 380.25sqkm.
Ōtsuki is located in eastern Yamanashi Prefecture, approximately 80 kilometers from Tokyo. the city is located in the Chichibu and the Tanzawa Mountains and the Sagami River (known locally as the Katsura River) flows through the city.
Yamanashi Prefecture
The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Ōtsuki is 11.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1523 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around -0.5 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Ōtsuki has declined at an accelerating rate in recent decades.
Located in the headwaters of the Sagami River, the area around present-day Ōtsuki was heavily settled in the Jōmon period, and over 80 Jōmon sites have been found within city limits. However, there are fewer Yayoi period sites. During the Nara period ritsuryo organization of Kai Province, the area came under Tsuru County. From the middle of the Kamakura period, much of the province came under the control of the Takeda clan.
During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, although the portion around modern day Ōtsuki was part of the short-lived Tamimura Domain, which was suppressed in 1704. Also during the Edo period, the Kōshū Kaidō, one of the Edo Five Routes, passed through Ōtsuki, which with 12 of the 45 post stations has more post stations than any other municipality in Japan. The eleven post stations spread from Shimotorisawa-shuku to Kuronoda-shuku.
During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period on July 1, 1889, the village of Hirosato was created within Kitatsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. On April 1, 1933, the village was raised to town status, and renamed Ōtsuki. The town was bombed by the United States on August 13, 1945, only two days before the end of World War II. The town was elevated to city status on August 8, 1954, by merging with the neighboring towns of Saruhashi and Nanaho and the villages of Sasago, Nigioka, Hatsukari and Yanagawa.
Ōtsuki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 12 members.
Ōtsuki was noted traditionally for its production of fine silk. In the modern period, it became the location of numerous factories producing synthetic fibers.
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