Akeno, Yamanashi

Akeno (明野村, Akeno-mura) was a village located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Its territory includes Yama-Ogasawara, the village which gave its name to Ogasawara Nagakiyo, his clan of samurai, and—eventually—to the Ogasawara Islands in the North Pacific south of Tokyo. (Ogasawara itself is twinned with another location—Hara-Ogasawara in nearby Minami-Alps—due to the similar names.)

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 4,750 and a density of 169.04 persons per km2. The total area was 28.10 km2.

On November 1, 2004, Akeno, along with the towns of Hakushū, Nagasaka, Sutama and Takane, and the villages of Mukawa and Ōizumi (all from Kitakoma District), was merged to create the city of Hokuto.[1][2]

  1. ^ 現代用語の基礎知識 (in Japanese). 自由国民社. 2005. p. 478. ISBN 978-4-426-10123-7. 11 月 1 日山梨県北巨摩郡明野町・須玉町・高根町・長坂町・大泉村・白州町武川村が合併して北杜市が誕生する。
  2. ^ "合併の経緯". 山梨県北杜市公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-04. 平成16年11月1日、北巨摩郡7町村（明野村、須玉町、高根町、長坂町、大泉村、白州町、武川村）が合併し、北杜市が誕生しました。