Ōtaki (大多喜町; -machi) is a town located in Isumi District, Chiba, Japan. A town (町 chō) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Isumi (夷隅郡; -gun) is a district located in Chiba, Japan. ... Chiba Prefecture (千葉県 Chiba-ken) is located in the Greater Tokyo Area of Honshu Island, Japan. ...
As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 11,650 and a density of 89.73 persons per km². The total area is 129.83 km². 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Ōtaki's primary attraction is its castle, Ōtakijō, which was renovated in the 1970s. It has a shiro-matsuri (castle festival) every September, which involves a parade and various plays and demonstrations on the grounds of one of the town's elementary schools. Representatives from Ōtaki's sister city, Cuernavaca, Mexico, often visit to attend the festival. Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... Categories: Japan-related stubs ... Cuernavaca is the capital city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. ...
External link
Official website (http://www.town.otaki.chiba.jp/) in Japanese
Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture.
Chiba borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north at the Tone River, Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture to the west at the Edo River, the Pacific Ocean to the east and Tokyo Bay around its southern boundary.
Chiba's population is one of the wealthiest in Japan due to the prefecture's strong commercial and industrial sectors.