Takasaki

Takasaki
高崎市
Left: Takasaki Kannon Statue [ja], Takasaki Castle, Gunma Music Center [ja], Right: Mount Haruna and Lake Haruna, Takasaki Daruma Doll (all items from above to bottom)
Flag of Takasaki
Official seal of Takasaki
Map
Location of Takasaki in Gunma Prefecture
Location of Takasaki
Takasaki is located in Japan
Takasaki
Takasaki
 
Coordinates: 36°19′18.8″N 139°0′11.8″E / 36.321889°N 139.003278°E / 36.321889; 139.003278
CountryJapan
RegionKantō
PrefectureGunma
First official recordedlate 5th century AD (official)
City settledApril 1, 1900
Government
 • MayorKenji Tomioka (since May 2011)
Area
 • Total459.16 km2 (177.28 sq mi)
Population
 (August 31, 2020)
 • Total372,369
 • Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number027-321-111
AddressTakamatsu-cho 35-1, Takasaki-shi, Gunma-ken 370-8501
ClimateCwa
WebsiteOfficial website
Symbols
BirdJapanese bush-warbler
FlowerSakura
TreeZelkova serrata, Cyclobalanopsis
Takasaki City Hall
City view from Takasaki Kannon
Takasaki Guanyin

Takasaki (高崎市, Takasaki-shi, [takasakiɕi]) is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2020, the city had an estimated population of 372,369 in 167,345 households,[1] and a population density of 810 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 459.16 square kilometres (177.28 sq mi). Takasaki is famous as the hometown of the Daruma doll, theoretically representing the Buddhist sage Bodhidharma and in modern practice a symbol of good luck. Takasaki has been the largest city in Gunma Prefecture since 1990 after overtaking Maebashi.

  1. ^ "Takasaki City official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.