Asahi | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Image Map1: | Asahi in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg |
Pushpin Map: | Japan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | |
Coordinates: | 38.3°N 149°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Japan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tōhoku |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Yamagata |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nishimurayama |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 196.73 |
Population Total: | 7020 |
Population As Of: | April 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
Utc Offset1: | +9 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Symbols |
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Blank1 Name Sec1: | • Tree |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Siebold’s beech |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | • Flower |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Lilium rubellum |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | • Bird |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Varied tit |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | • Animal |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | Japanese serow |
Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
Blank Info Sec2: | 0237-67-2111 |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 1115 Miyajuku, Asahi-machi, Nishimurayama-gun, Yamagata-ken 990-1442 |
thumb|right|270px|Mount Asahi is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan., the town had an estimated population[1] and a population density of 36 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 196.73km2.
Asahi is located in mountainous central Yamagata, and contains Mount Asahi within its borders. The Mogami River forms the western border of the town.
Asahi has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Asahi is 8.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1715 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around -3.7 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Asahi has declined over the past 60 years.
The area of present-day Asahi was part of ancient Dewa Province. After the start of the Meiji period, the area became part of Nishimurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture. The town of Asahi was established on November 1, 1954, by the merger of the town of Miyajuku with the villages of Oya, and Nishiimogawa.
The economy of Asahi is based on agriculture.
Asahi has three public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.
Asahi does not have any passenger railway service. The nearest station is Aterazawa Station in the neighboring town of Ōe.