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is a
city located in
Iburi,
Hokkaidō,
Japan.
As of 2008, the city has an estimated
population of 37,286 and the
density of 208.33 persons per
km². The total area is 444.28 km².
The city was founded on
April 1,
1972.
On
March 1,
2006, the village of
Ōtaki from
Usu District merged into the city of Date.
It is accessed by an expressway and has an interchange, the Date Interchange in the north and
route 37. The railway station is Date-Mombetsu.
Japan tries to avoid multiple cities with the same name in order to prevent administrative mistakes due to confusion. There are only two cases of cities in Japan with the same name:
Fuchū in
Hiroshima and
Tokyo, and
Date in
Hokkaidō and
Fukushima.
History of two Date Cities
In the
Edo period,
Date clan ruled the whole
Miyagi and South of
Iwate. Date clan was one of the most influential
daimyos, samurai. In the
Meiji period, many samurai lost their territories because of the
Meiji Restoration, Date clan too. A party led in
Watari-Date, a branch family of Date clan, settled in uncultivated Hokkaidō. This is the origin of Date City in Hokkaidō. On the other hand, the name of Date clan originated from the name of Date District in Fukushima. Date clan rose in Date District in 12th Century. Date City in Fukushima is the ancestral ground of Date clan. Date City in Hokkaidō is the ground of a descendant of Date clan. Two Date cities have indirect relation.
The home castle of Date clan was Yanagawa castle in Yanagawa in Date District before the Edo period. In the Edo period, the home castle was Sendai castle in
Sendai, Miyagi.
Geography
Mount Usu (702) m and
Choryu River
As a result of merging, Date can essentially be divided into two sections: The Otaki Forest area and the Date Historic City area. Otaki Forest is home to Sankaidaki Falls and The Shirakinu River Bed. The Historic City contains buildings that were built by the samurai, the most famous of which is the Usu-Zenkou temple.
- taken from translation from the La.TOYA visitors guide.
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