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Encyclopedia > Yokote, Akita

Yokote (横手市; -shi) is a city located in Akita in Tohoku region of Japan.


As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 39,817 and the density of 360.11 persons per km². The total area is 110.57 km².


Yokote is well known for its Kamakura Festival, a midwinter festival in which children build houses out of snow and stay inside through the night with candles.


The city was founded on April 1, 1951.


External links

  • Official website (http://www.yhk.yokote.akita.jp/yokote/) in Japanese
  Akita Prefecture
Cities
Akita (capital) | Honjo | Kazuno | Noshiro | Oga | Odate | Omagari | Yokote | Yuzawa
Districts
Hiraka | Kazuno | Kitaakita | Minamiakita | Ogachi | Senboku | Yamamoto | Yuri

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Akita Prefecture Summary (986 words)
Akita is bordered by the Sea of Japan and by Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata Prefectures.
Located in the north of Honshu Island, Akita Prefecture faces the Sea of Japan in the west and is bordered by Aomori in the north, Iwate in the east, Miyagi in the south east, and Yamagata in the south.
Akita Prefecture is rectangular in shape, roughly 181 km from north to south and 111 km from west to east.
Akita Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (801 words)
Located in the north of Honshū Island, Akita Prefecture faces the Sea of Japan in the west and is bordered by Aomori in the north, Iwate in the east, Miyagi in the south east, and Yamagata in the south.
Akita Prefecture is rectangular in shape, roughly 181 km from north to south and 111 km from west to east.
Akita is renowned for having the highest consumption of sake in Japan.
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