Yamanashi

• Name — Yamanashi • Type — City • Blank Emblem Type — Emblem • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Japan • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Chūbu (Tōkai) • Subdivision Type2 — Prefecture • Subdivision Name2 — Yamanashi • Established Title — First official recorded • Established Date — 111 AD • Established Title2 — City settled • Established Date2 — July 1, 1954 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Haruo Takagi (since October 2017) • Area Total Km2 — 289.80 • Population Total — 34738 • Population As Of — July 1, 2019 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone1 — Japan Standard Time • Utc Offset1 — +9 • Custom Label Sec1 — City Symbols • Custom Label1 Sec1 — - Tree • Custom Data1 Sec1 — Pinus • Custom Label2 Sec1 — - Flower • Custom Data2 Sec1 — Azalea • Custom Label3 Sec1 — -Bird • Custom Data3 Sec1 — Plovers • Custom Label Sec2 — Phone number • Custom Data Sec2 — 0553-22-1111 • Custom Label1 Sec2 — Address • Custom Data1 Sec2 — West Kohara 843, Yamanashi City, Yamanashi-ken 405-8501 • Illustration — Yamanashi city center from the Fuefuki River

Yamanashi City is located in north-central Yamanashi Prefecture in the northeastern end of the Kofu Basin. The city is flat in the south, rising toward mountains to the north. The Fuefuki River flows through the city.

• Nagano Prefecture • Minamisaku District: Kawakami • Saitama Prefecture • Chichibu • Yamanashi Prefecture • Fuefuki • Kōfu • Kōshū

The city has a Humid continental climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively severe winters (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Yamanashi is 6.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1834 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 18.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around -5.5 °C.

Per Japanese census data, the population of Yamanashi has been in decline since the year 2000.

The village of Yamanashi was founded on July 1, 1942, by the merger of two hamlets within Higashiyamanashi District. It was elevated to city status on July 1, 1954. On March 22, 2005, Yamanashi absorbed the town of Makioka, and the village of Mitomi (both from Higashiyamanashi District).

Yamanashi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 16 members.

The economy of Yamanashi is based primarily on horticulture, with grapes and peaches as the main cash crops.

Yamanashi has 12 public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education.

• Illustration — View of Mount Fuji from Mount Kentoku • Illustration — View of Chichibu Mountain Range, from Mount Kentoku • Illustration — Panorama view of Yamanashi city and Kōfu Basin, from hill of Fuefuki River Fruit Park • Illustration — A night view of Kōfu Basin and Yamanashi city, from Fuefuki River Fruit Park

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