Yamatsuri矢祭町

Yamatsuri-machi. The name ends in 町 (machi), the word for town.

Yamatsuri (矢祭町, Yamatsuri-machi) is a town in Fukushima Prefecture. Population 5,392 (2020 census), area 118.27 km². Borders 4 places.

A town (町 / chō or machi) in Higashishirakawa District, Fukushima Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan. The district in its address groups towns and villages; it is not a government.

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Facts

Japanese name

矢祭町

Reading

Yamatsuri-machi

Kind

Town (町): a local government

District (郡)

Higashishirakawa District 東白川郡, a name in the address, not a government

Prefecture

Fukushima 福島県

Region

Tōhoku 東北

Population

5,392 (2020 census)

Change since 2015

-9.4% from 5,950

Area

118.27 km²

Density

46 people per km²

Households

1,867

Under 15

11.1%

65 and over

39.4%

Foreign residents

23 (0.4%)

Code

07482 (団体コード, the municipality code)

Website

www.town.yamatsuri.fukushima.jp

Wikipedia

English / 日本語

Neighbouring municipalities

4 places share a land border with Yamatsuri. Borders across water are not counted.

• Tanagura Town棚倉町
• Hanawa Town塙町
• Hitachiota City常陸太田市(Ibaraki)
• Daigo Town大子町(Ibaraki)

Questions about Yamatsuri

Is Yamatsuri a city, a town, or a village?

Yamatsuri (矢祭町) is a town (町, machi) in Fukushima Prefecture. A town is a municipality on the same tier as a city, with its own mayor and assembly. The difference is size: a municipality generally needs 50,000 residents to become a city. Its address puts it in Higashishirakawa District (東白川郡), which is a name for a group of towns and villages, not a government.

Where is Yamatsuri?

Yamatsuri is in Fukushima Prefecture (福島県), in the Tōhoku region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.

What is the population of Yamatsuri?

5,392 at the 2020 census, down 9.4% from 5,950 in 2015. The area is 118.27 km², which is 46 people per km². 1,867 households. 39.4% of residents are 65 or older and 11.1% are under 15.

Which municipalities border Yamatsuri?

Four: Tanagura Town (棚倉町), Hanawa Town (塙町), Hitachiota City (常陸太田市) in Ibaraki, and Daigo Town (大子町) in Ibaraki. These are the municipalities that share a land border with Yamatsuri in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.

How is Yamatsuri written in Japanese?

矢祭町, read Yamatsuri-machi. The last character, 町 (machi), is the word for town, and the name is often used without it in English.

How does an address in Yamatsuri begin?

福島県東白川郡矢祭町… (Fukushima-ken, Higashishirakawa-gun, Yamatsuri-machi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the district name, then the town name. The district name is written but the district is not a government. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.