Tsuchizaki Minato, Akita

Tsuchizaki-Minato
土崎港
Neighborhood of Akita City
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Tsuchizaki-Minato 土崎港 is located in Akita Prefecture
Tsuchizaki-Minato 土崎港
Tsuchizaki-Minato
土崎港
Tsuchizaki-Minato 土崎港 is located in Japan
Tsuchizaki-Minato 土崎港
Tsuchizaki-Minato
土崎港
Coordinates: 39°45′38.6″N 140°3′56.4″E / 39.760722°N 140.065667°E / 39.760722; 140.065667
Country Japan
Prefecture Akita Prefecture
City Akita
Area
 • Total6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Population
 (1 October 2009)
 • Total21,310
 • Density3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Yubin Bango
011-0046 etc[1]
Area code018[2]
Vehicle registrationAkita[3]

Tsuchizaki-Minato (土崎港, Tsuchizaki-Minato) is a neighbourhood located in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2009, the neighbourhood had an estimated population of 21,310 and a population density of 3,400 persons per km². The total area of the neibourhood is 6.29 square kilometres (2.43 sq mi). Annexed by the city in 1941, it borders the neighborhoods of Shogunno on the east, Iijima on the north, Mukaihama on the west and Terauchi on the south. The Tsuchizaki area is a port town that developed at the mouth of the Omono River and a place of Port of Akita and Japan Railway Tsuchizaki factory. Tsuchizaki Float Festival is a celebration in the neighbourhood, held every year from July 20 to 21.[4][5] The Tsuchizaki air raid burned the port facilities and killed more than 250 people on August 14 and 15, 1945.[6]

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  2. ^ "市外局番の一覧". 総務省. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
  3. ^ 秋田陸運支局 (22 April 2020). "秋田陸運支局管内図" (PDF). Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha Shrine Annual Celebration and Float Festival | Akita City Sightseeing/Event Information Website "Akitachi Plus"". www.akita-yulala.jp.
  5. ^ "土崎港曳山まつり - 国指定重要無形民俗文化財 土崎神明社祭の曳山行事". 土崎港曳山まつり - 国指定重要無形民俗文化財 土崎神明社祭の曳山行事.
  6. ^ "土崎空襲犠牲者追悼平和祈念式典 (Tozaki Air Raid Victims Memorial Ceremony of Peace and Prayer Ceremony)" (PDF) (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-03-29.