| Yamatsuri | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | |
| Coordinates: | 36.8713°N 140.4247°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tōhoku |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fukushima |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Higashishirakawa |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Makoto Kobari |
| Area Total Km2: | 118.27 |
| Population Total: | 5702 |
| Population As Of: | March 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Japanese Red Pine |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | - Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Azalea |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | - Bird |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Oriental turtle dove |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | - Fish |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0247-46-3131 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 66 Tatemoto, Higashitate, Yamatsuri-machi, Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 963-5118 |
is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 5,702 across 2,095 households,[1] and a population density of 48 persons per km2. The total area of the town was 118.27km2.
Yamatsuri is located in the southernmost portion of Fukushima prefecture, bordering on Ibaraki Prefecture to the south and Tochigi Prefecture to the west. Mt. Yamatsuri is in the center of the town, and the Kuji River flows from north to south. To the east of the town are the Abukuma Mountains.
Yamatsuri has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Yamatsuri is . The average annual rainfall is 1428mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in Yamatsuri, at around .[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Yamatsuri has been declining over the past 60 years.
The area of present-day Yamatsuri was part of ancient Mutsu Province. The area formed part of the holdings of Tanagura Domain, in the early Edo period, but mostly became tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa Shogunate after 1729. After the Meiji Restoration, it was organized as part of Higashishirakawa District within the Nakadōri region of Iwaki Province.The villages of Toyosato, Takagi and Ishii were created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On March 31, 1955 Toyosato and a portion of the village of Takagi merged to form the village of Yamatsuri. It was elevated to town status on January 1, 1963.
The economy of Yamamtsuri is primarily agricultural.
Yamatsuri has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.
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