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{{nihongo|'''Ōe'''|大江町|Ōe-machi}} is a [[towns of Japan|town]] located in [[Nishimurayama District, Yamagata|Nishimurayama District]], [[Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata]], [[Japan]].
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As of [[2003]], the town has an estimated [[population]] of 10,160 and a [[population density|density]] of 66.01 persons per [[square kilometer|km²]]. The total area is 153.92 km².
{{Nihongo| '''Ōe'''|大江町|Ōe-machi}} is a [[Towns of Japan|town]] located in [[Yamagata Prefecture]], Japan. {{As of|2020|02|01}}, the town had an estimated [[population]] of 7,894 in 2828 households,<ref>[http://www.town.oe.yamagata.jp/basis/S-page/011-oshirase/pdf/oetown_jinkou/20200201_jinko.pdf Ōe Town official statistics] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> and a [[population density]] of 51 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area of the town is {{convert|153.92|km2|0|abbr=out}}.


==Geography==
The name Ōe means "Big River", and is a reference to the Mogami River that forms its eastern border.
Ōe is located in mountainous central Yamagata. Like many small towns in Japan, Ōe is a collection of smaller hamlets. Elevation rises and populations decrease from east to west. The easternmost hamlet is Aterazawa, and contains about 4/5 of the town's population. The town extends from the west end of the central part of the Yamagata basin to the Asahi Mountains. In addition, it has several enclaves in Sagae city and Nakayama town, bordering the east. Administratively, the town area is divided from the east into the Sazawa, Hongo, and Shichiken districts. The [[Mogami River]] forms the eastern border of the town.


===Neighboring municipalities===
Like many small towns in Japan, Ōe is a collection of smaller hamlets. Elevation rises and populations decrease as one moves westward. The easternmost village is called Aterazawa, and contains about 4/5 of the town's population.
*Yamagata Prefecture
**[[Asahi, Yamagata|Asahi]]
**[[Nakayama, Yamagata|Nakayama]]
**[[Nishikawa, Yamagata|Nishikawa]]
**[[Sagae, Yamagata|Sagae]]
**[[Yamanobe, Yamagata|Yamanobe]]


===Climate===
By train, [[Aterazawa Station]] in Ōe is the last stop on the [[Aterazawa Line]], which connects it to the capital city, [[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata]].
Ōe has a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfa'') with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Ōe is {{cvt|10.7|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1410.6|mm}} with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|23.7|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|-1.3|C}}.<ref name ="normals"/>
{{Weather box
|width = auto
|collapsed = Y
|single line = Y
|metric first = Y
|location = [[:ja:左沢町|Aterazawa]], Ōe (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1976−present)
|Jan record high C = 12.3
|Feb record high C = 15.9
|Mar record high C = 20.9
|Apr record high C = 29.5
|May record high C = 33.0
|Jun record high C = 34.8
|Jul record high C = 36.2
|Aug record high C = 36.7
|Sep record high C = 34.7
|Oct record high C = 29.1
|Nov record high C = 25.7
|Dec record high C = 19.0
|Jan record low C = -15.4
|Feb record low C = -16.2
|Mar record low C = -13.6
|Apr record low C = -6.9
|May record low C = -1.0
|Jun record low C = 4.4
|Jul record low C = 8.5
|Aug record low C = 10.3
|Sep record low C = 3.8
|Oct record low C = -2.1
|Nov record low C = -7.5
|Dec record low C = -16.3
|Jan high C = 2.1
|Feb high C = 3.1
|Mar high C = 7.5
|Apr high C = 15.2
|May high C = 21.6
|Jun high C = 24.9
|Jul high C = 27.9
|Aug high C = 29.5
|Sep high C = 25.0
|Oct high C = 18.6
|Nov high C = 11.7
|Dec high C = 5.0
|Jan mean C = -1.3
|Feb mean C = -1.0
|Mar mean C = 2.3
|Apr mean C = 8.5
|May mean C = 14.7
|Jun mean C = 19.0
|Jul mean C = 22.7
|Aug mean C = 23.7
|Sep mean C = 19.4
|Oct mean C = 12.7
|Nov mean C = 6.4
|Dec mean C = 1.2
|Jan low C = -4.7
|Feb low C = -4.9
|Mar low C = -2.3
|Apr low C = 2.2
|May low C = 8.1
|Jun low C = 13.9
|Jul low C = 18.6
|Aug low C = 19.3
|Sep low C = 14.9
|Oct low C = 7.8
|Nov low C = 1.9
|Dec low C = -2.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 135.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 93.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 88.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 69.5
|May precipitation mm = 78.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 115.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 197.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 140.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 118.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 107.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 117.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 150.2
|year precipitation mm = 1410.6
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 21.5
|Feb precipitation days = 17.1
|Mar precipitation days = 15.3
|Apr precipitation days = 11.3
|May precipitation days = 9.7
|Jun precipitation days = 10.0
|Jul precipitation days = 13.5
|Aug precipitation days = 10.9
|Sep precipitation days = 11.1
|Oct precipitation days = 11.8
|Nov precipitation days = 15.1
|Dec precipitation days = 19.9
|Jan snow cm = 227
|Feb snow cm = 185
|Mar snow cm = 85
|Apr snow cm = 3
|May snow cm = 0
|Jun snow cm = 0
|Jul snow cm = 0
|Aug snow cm = 0
|Sep snow cm = 0
|Oct snow cm = 0
|Nov snow cm = 3
|Dec snow cm = 116
|year snow cm = 613
|unit snow days = 3 cm
|Jan snow days = 20.8
|Feb snow days = 18.7
|Mar snow days = 10.2
|Apr snow days = 0.5
|May snow days = 0
|Jun snow days = 0
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = 0
|Nov snow days = 0.4
|Dec snow days = 10.0
|Jan sun = 64.0
|Feb sun = 83.0
|Mar sun = 139.0
|Apr sun = 185.1
|May sun = 203.3
|Jun sun = 167.2
|Jul sun = 147.6
|Aug sun = 182.1
|Sep sun = 138.8
|Oct sun = 131.0
|Nov sun = 101.1
|Dec sun = 63.0
|year sun = 1609.5
|source 1 = [[Japan Meteorological Agency]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/rank_a.php?prec_no=35&block_no=0272&year=&month=&day=&view=h0
|script-title=ja:観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）
| publisher = [[Japan Meteorological Agency|JMA]]
| access-date = March 26, 2022}}</ref><ref name ="normals">{{cite web
| url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_amd_ym.php?prec_no=35&block_no=0272&year=&month=&day=&view=h0
|script-title=ja:気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）
| publisher = [[Japan Meteorological Agency|JMA]]
| access-date = March 26, 2022}}</ref>}}

==Demographics==
Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-yamagata.php Ōe population statistics]</ref> the population of Ōe has declined by more than half from its peak around 1950. It is now smaller than it was a century ago.

{{Historical populations
| 1920 | 12,619
| 1930 | 13,879
| 1940 | 13,987
| 1950 | 17,159
| 1960 | 15,819
| 1970 | 13,126
| 1980 | 11,374
| 1990 | 10,724
| 2000 | 10,477
| 2010 | 9,227
| 2020 | 7,646
|align = none
|footnote =
}}

==History==
The area of present-day Ōe was part of ancient [[Dewa Province]]. During the [[Kamakura period]] it was controlled by the [[Ōe clan]]. During the early [[Edo period]], it was the site of a castle and center of the briefly-lived Aterazawa Domain (12,000 ''[[koku]]''), which was absorbed into [[Tsuruoka Domain]]. After the start of the [[Meiji period]], the area became part of [[Nishimurayama District, Yamagata|Nishimurayama District]], Yamagata Prefecture. The village of Aterizawa was established on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The town of Ōe was established on August 20, 1959 by the merger of the town of Aterazawa and the village of Urushikawa.

==Economy==
The economy of Ōe is based on agriculture.

==Education==
Ōe has two public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the Town government and one public high schools operated by the Yamagata Prefectural Board of Education.


==Transportation==
==Transportation==
===Train stations===
===Railway===
* [[East Japan Railway Company|JR East]]
[[File:JR logo (east).svg|20px]] [[East Japan Railway Company]] - [[Aterazawa Line]]
**'''[[Aterazawa Line]]''': [[Aterazawa Station|Aterazawa]]
* {{STN|Aterazawa|x}}

===Major roads===
===Highway===
* [[Route 287 (Japan)|Route 287]], [[Route 458 (Japan)|Route 458]]
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|287}}
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|458}}

==Local attractions==
===Events===
*Oe Doll's Festival (March)
*Mogami River rower's song contest (June)

===Landmarks===
*Tateyama Park (ruins of Tateyama Castle)
*Yanagawa spa
<gallery>
Image:Aterazawa Station 2006.jpg|[[Aterazawa Station]]
Image:Aterazawa Oe office 2006.jpg|Oe Office
Image:Aterazawa Mogami Bridge 2006.jpg|[[Mogami River]]
Image:Aterazawa Mogami Bridge Morning 2006.jpg|Mogami Bridge
Image:Aterazawa Haramachi 2006.jpg|Aterazawa Haramachi
Image:Aterazawa Kokain Temple 2009.jpg|Kokain Temple
Image:Yanagawa Onsen Passage 2008.jpg|Yanagawa spa
Image:Yanagawa Onsen 2002.jpg|Duck family
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Oe, Yamagata|Ōe, Yamagata}}
*[http://www.town.oe.yamagata.jp/ Ōe official website] (in Japanese)
*{{Official website|http://www.town.oe.yamagata.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}


{{Yamagata}}
[[Category:Towns in Yamagata Prefecture|Oe]]
{{Authority control}}
{{Yamagata-geo-stub}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Oe, Yamagata}}
[[fr:Ōe]]
[[Category:Ōe, Yamagata| ]]
[[ja:大江町 (山形県)]]
[[Category:Towns in Yamagata Prefecture]]

Latest revision as of 18:10, 5 January 2025

Ōe
大江町
Town
Aterazawa neighborhood of Ōe
Aterazawa neighborhood of Ōe
Flag of Ōe
Flag
Official seal of Ōe
Seal
Location of Ōe in Yamagata Prefecture
Location of Ōe in Yamagata Prefecture
Ōe is located in Japan
Ōe
Ōe
 
Coordinates: 38°22′50.7″N 140°12′24.5″E / 38.380750°N 140.206806°E / 38.380750; 140.206806
CountryJapan
RegionTōhoku
PrefectureYamagata
DistrictNishimurayama
Area
 • Total
153.92 km2 (59.43 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2020)
 • Total
7,894
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number0237-62-2111
Address882-1 Aterazawa, Ōe-machi, Nishimurayama-gun, Yamagata-ken 990-1101
ClimateCfa/Dfa
WebsiteOfficial website
Symbols
BirdCrested kingfisher
FishMasu salmon
FlowerHydrangea macrophylla
TreeCryptomeria

Ōe (大江町, Ōe-machi) is a town located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2020, the town had an estimated population of 7,894 in 2828 households,[1] and a population density of 51 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 153.92 square kilometres (59 sq mi).

Geography

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Ōe is located in mountainous central Yamagata. Like many small towns in Japan, Ōe is a collection of smaller hamlets. Elevation rises and populations decrease from east to west. The easternmost hamlet is Aterazawa, and contains about 4/5 of the town's population. The town extends from the west end of the central part of the Yamagata basin to the Asahi Mountains. In addition, it has several enclaves in Sagae city and Nakayama town, bordering the east. Administratively, the town area is divided from the east into the Sazawa, Hongo, and Shichiken districts. The Mogami River forms the eastern border of the town.

Neighboring municipalities

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Climate

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Ōe has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Ōe is 10.7 °C (51.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,410.6 mm (55.54 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.7 °C (74.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.3 °C (29.7 °F).[2]

Climate data for Aterazawa, Ōe (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1976−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 12.3
(54.1) 		15.9
(60.6) 		20.9
(69.6) 		29.5
(85.1) 		33.0
(91.4) 		34.8
(94.6) 		36.2
(97.2) 		36.7
(98.1) 		34.7
(94.5) 		29.1
(84.4) 		25.7
(78.3) 		19.0
(66.2) 		36.7
(98.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8) 		3.1
(37.6) 		7.5
(45.5) 		15.2
(59.4) 		21.6
(70.9) 		24.9
(76.8) 		27.9
(82.2) 		29.5
(85.1) 		25.0
(77.0) 		18.6
(65.5) 		11.7
(53.1) 		5.0
(41.0) 		16.0
(60.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −1.3
(29.7) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		2.3
(36.1) 		8.5
(47.3) 		14.7
(58.5) 		19.0
(66.2) 		22.7
(72.9) 		23.7
(74.7) 		19.4
(66.9) 		12.7
(54.9) 		6.4
(43.5) 		1.2
(34.2) 		10.7
(51.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −4.7
(23.5) 		−4.9
(23.2) 		−2.3
(27.9) 		2.2
(36.0) 		8.1
(46.6) 		13.9
(57.0) 		18.6
(65.5) 		19.3
(66.7) 		14.9
(58.8) 		7.8
(46.0) 		1.9
(35.4) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		6.1
(42.9)
Record low °C (°F) −15.4
(4.3) 		−16.2
(2.8) 		−13.6
(7.5) 		−6.9
(19.6) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		4.4
(39.9) 		8.5
(47.3) 		10.3
(50.5) 		3.8
(38.8) 		−2.1
(28.2) 		−7.5
(18.5) 		−16.3
(2.7) 		−16.3
(2.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 135.0
(5.31) 		93.1
(3.67) 		88.8
(3.50) 		69.5
(2.74) 		78.2
(3.08) 		115.4
(4.54) 		197.2
(7.76) 		140.1
(5.52) 		118.3
(4.66) 		107.2
(4.22) 		117.8
(4.64) 		150.2
(5.91) 		1,410.6
(55.54)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 227
(89) 		185
(73) 		85
(33) 		3
(1.2) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		3
(1.2) 		116
(46) 		613
(241)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 21.5 17.1 15.3 11.3 9.7 10.0 13.5 10.9 11.1 11.8 15.1 19.9 167.2
Average snowy days (≥ 3 cm) 20.8 18.7 10.2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 10.0 60.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours 64.0 83.0 139.0 185.1 203.3 167.2 147.6 182.1 138.8 131.0 101.1 63.0 1,609.5
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[3][2]

Demographics

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Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Ōe has declined by more than half from its peak around 1950. It is now smaller than it was a century ago.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1920 12,619—    
1930 13,879+10.0%
1940 13,987+0.8%
1950 17,159+22.7%
1960 15,819−7.8%
1970 13,126−17.0%
1980 11,374−13.3%
1990 10,724−5.7%
2000 10,477−2.3%
2010 9,227−11.9%
2020 7,646−17.1%

History

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The area of present-day Ōe was part of ancient Dewa Province. During the Kamakura period it was controlled by the Ōe clan. During the early Edo period, it was the site of a castle and center of the briefly-lived Aterazawa Domain (12,000 koku), which was absorbed into Tsuruoka Domain. After the start of the Meiji period, the area became part of Nishimurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture. The village of Aterizawa was established on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The town of Ōe was established on August 20, 1959 by the merger of the town of Aterazawa and the village of Urushikawa.

Economy

[edit]

The economy of Ōe is based on agriculture.

Education

[edit]

Ōe has two public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the Town government and one public high schools operated by the Yamagata Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

[edit]

Railway

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East Japan Railway Company - Aterazawa Line

Highway

[edit]

Local attractions

[edit]

Events

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  • Oe Doll's Festival (March)
  • Mogami River rower's song contest (June)

Landmarks

[edit]
  • Tateyama Park (ruins of Tateyama Castle)
  • Yanagawa spa

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Ōe Town official statistics (in Japanese)
  2. ^ a b 気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）. JMA. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  3. ^ 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）. JMA. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  4. ^ Ōe population statistics
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