ÅŒtsuchi, Iwate
Otsuchi (Japanese大 槌 町, -chō ) is a Japanese town in the district Kamihei in Iwate Prefecture.
Geography
The municipality is located on the Pacific Sanriku Riasküste. The southern part of the town center is located on the northern and north-western shore of Otsuchi Bay (大 槌 湾, Otsuchi - wan), an elongated, mountain -fringed bay, between the Hakozaki Peninsula (箱 崎 半岛, Hakozaki - Hanto ), the neighboring Kamaishi in the south, with the Mihako Cape (御 箱 埼, Mihako - zaki ) than at the end, and the Kirikiri Peninsula (吉里吉 里 半岛, Kirikiri - Hanto ) in the north to the barrier island Noshima (野 岛), the Cape Samehana (鲛 鼻, dt. " shark nose " ) marks the northern end. On the opposite side of Kirikiri Peninsula, the Bay Funakoshi (船 越 湾, Funakoshi -wan ), the south shore is also part of the municipality is located. Just off the coast, the Kitakami Highlands follows, so that the population is concentrated on the coast, and some river valleys. The highest point in the municipality is the Kujira -san (鲸 山) with 610.2 m on the border with Yamada, located on the opposite side of the Funakoshi Bay. In the northwest the municipality borders on Miyako, as well as on a small corner in the west Tono.
The community consists of 17 districts. The northernmost of the Funakoshi Bay is Kirikiri (吉里吉 里). On the north shore of Otsuchi Bay to Akahama is on the opposite side of the peninsula (赤 浜). On the northwest shore in the immediate vicinity of the resort center is in a funnel-shaped flow double mouth with the districts, counterclockwise, Minatomachi (港 町, " Port District " ), Ando (安 渡), Shinminatomachi (新港 町, " new harbor district " ), Shincho (新 町, " new District " ), SUEHIROCHO (末 広 町), Ōmachi (大 町, "big county " ), Honcho (本 町, " Capital District " ), Kamicho (上 町, "Lower District " ), Sakaecho (栄 町) and Sukachō (须 贺 町 ). Along the northern river Otsuchi -gawa (大 槌 川, " big hammer flow " ) of the double mouth, followed by the lower reaches of the districts Otsuchi (大 槌) Ogakuchi (大ケ口) and then to several kilometers deep in the mountains Kanezawa (金泽), as well as along the lower reaches of the southern river Kozuchi -gawa (小锤 川, " small hammer flow " ) the districts Kozuchi (小锤) and Sakuragicho (桜 木 町).
The local center with the majority of the population is in the funnel-shaped estuary at the end of a wide bay with ascending mountains, tsunamis have a particularly devastating.
History
Today's church was established on April 1, 1889 during the reorganization of the Japanese community structures from the villages of Otsuchi, Kozuchi and Kirikiri. On April 1, 1955 Otsuchi was combined with the lying in the hinterland village Kanezawa merged to Otsuchi.
By triggered by the Tohoku earthquake on 11 March 2011 tsunami, the lower-lying districts were flooded. Until May 20, 766 dead and 952 missing persons were counted among the dead and the mayor. The photo of the stranded on a rooftop excursion boat Hamayuri (はまゆり) went around the world.
Traffic
Most important trunk road is the National Road 45 to Sendai or Aomori. Further the prefectural roads 26, 145, 231 and 280
The city is connected via the JR Yamada Line to Morioka Station in Morioka or Kamaishi to the rail network. Stops are Namiitakaigan (浪板 海岸 駅, -eki ), Kirikiri (吉里吉 里 駅, -eki ) and Otsuchi (大 槌 駅, -eki ).
Education
In Otsuchi primary schools are (大 槌 町 立X小学校, Otsuchi - chōritsu X shōgakkō ) Otsuchi, Ando, Kirikiri, Kozuchi, Akahama, Kanezawa and Otsuchi - Kita ( " Otsuchi - North " ), the middle schools (大 槌 町 立X中 学校, Otsuchi - chōritsu X chūgakkō ) Otsuchi and Kirikiri, as well as the prefectural high school Otsuchi (岩手 県 立 大 槌 高等学校, Iwate Otsuchi kenritsu Kōtō Gakko ).
Twinning
Otsuchi is since October 15, 2005 sister city with the Fort Bragg, California.