Nagai, Yamagata

Nagai (Japanese长 井 市, -shi ) is a city in the southwest of Yamagata Prefecture.

Geography

It extends in a valley, surrounded by the mountains and Asahi Iide and other mountain ranges. The area extends from north to south about 20.4 km and 22.7 km east-west direction. The center of the Nagaier valley by the river flows Mogami. The river Okitama - Nogawa ( 22.6 km ), which has its source at the foot of Asahi massif, flows through the city and flows like the river Okitama - Shirakawa ( 42.4 km ), which has its source at Iide massif and south to Nagai flows past, the Mogami. The highest elevation is the Hiraiwagama (平 岩山) with 1609 m.

History

In the area of the village of Nagai there was on May 30, 1922, a meteorite of type L6 ( olivine - hypersthene chondrite ) of 1810 grams in a rice field. The asteroid was named Nagai.

The city was founded on November 15, 1954 by merging the villages Hirano (平 野村, -mura ), Isazawa (伊佐 沢 村, -mura ), Nagai (长 井村, -mura ), Nishine (西 根 村, -mura ) and Toyoda (豊 田村, -mura ) of the district Nishiokitama.

Nature

  • In the spring of first flowering of the 1,200 -year-old cherry (久保 野 桜Kubonozakura ), which is a national cultural monument with a height of 13 meters and a circumference of 11 m.
  • End of May 3000 bloom white azaleas, some of which are older than 750 years. When viewers pretend a winter landscape.
  • The end of June bloom unique in Japan in 3.3 acres of park - Ayame (菖蒲 公园Ayame - kōen ) = one million Iris sanguinea ( Irises ).
  • In the fall of the Hagi - blooming shrubs ( Lespedeza bicolor var japonica, Fabaceae ), with its red and white flowers on an area of ​​7000 m² in the Hagipark (はぎ 公園Hagi - kōen ).

Find out more

  • Tsumugi ( pongee ): Nagai was made famous by the special technique of silk weaving all over Japan. First, the silk yarn is dyed and then woven into warm colorful patterns. In 1976, the weaving of the Ministry of Trade and Industry ( MITI) has been recognized as a traditional craft.
  • Narushima Pottery: for over 200 years, the Namakoyu is applied called cobalt blue glaze. It gives a unique shine.
  • Kanaigami - broom: Broom typical Japanese cypress is traditionally made in the Nagai.
  • Nerzzucht
  • Kokeshi Dolls from Nagai
  • The black dragon as a mask is rare and remarkable Japanese standards. Usually they are red. The appearance of the lion on his feast days is worth seeing.

Traffic

  • Roads: National Road 113.287
  • JR Yonesaka - line
  • Yamagata - tetsudō Flower Nagai Line

Partnerships

Twinning

Flowers partnership

Swell

  • Brochure Nagai, before 1991
  • Nagai shown. Brochure of Nagai in English, German and Japanese, 1996
  • DJG Friends Nagai - Bad Säckingen eV
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