Takasaki, Gunma

Takasaki 高崎
Core ceety
高崎市 · Takasaki
Takasaki White Wear Kannon Statue
Flag
Location of Takasaki in Gunma
Coordinates: 36°19′N 139°0′E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefectur	Gunma
Govrenment
• Mayor	Kenji Tomioka (syne Mey 2011)
Area
• Total	459.41 km2 (177.38 sq mi)
Population  (November 1, 2010)
• Total	375,342
• Density	817.01/km2 (2,116.0/sq mi)
Symbols
• Tree	Zelkova serrata, Cyclobalanopsis
• Flouer	Sakura
• Bird	Japanese Bush-warbler
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
Website	www.city.takasaki.gunma.jp

Takasaki (高崎市, Takasaki-shi) is a ceety locatit in Gunma Prefectur, Japan. The ceety wis foondit on Aprile 1, 1900. Takasaki is a regional transportation hub acause its train station (Takasaki Station) is the junction o several rail lines as well as a Shinkansen ("bullet train") stap. As o November 1, 2010, the ceety haed an estimatit population o 375,342 an a tot aurie o 459.41 km², givin a population density o 817.01 persons per km².

Takasaki is famous as the hometoun o the Daruma doll, theoretically representin the Buddhist sage Bodhidharma an in modren practice a seembol o guid luck.

History

Mergers

• On Januar 23, 2006, the touns o Gunma, Kurabuchi an Misato, aw frae Gunma Destrict, an the toun o Shinmachi, frae Tano Destrict, merged intae the expanded ceety o Takasaki.
• On October 1, 2006, the toun o Haruna, frae Gunma Destrict, merged intae Takasaki. Gunma Destrict wis dissolved as a result o this merger.
• On Juin 1, 2009, the toun o Yoshii, frae Tano Destrict, merged intae Takasaki.

Surroundin municipalities

• Gunma Prefectur
  • Maebashi
  • Annaka
  • Fujioka
  • Kanra
  • Shibukawa
  • Shintō
  • Tamamura
  • Naganohara
  • Higashiagatsuma
• Nagano Prefectur
  • Karuizawa
• Saitama Prefectur
  • Kamisato

Daruma dolls at Daruma-ji temple

Takasaki Ceety Haw

Sichtseein

• Takasaki Castle
• Munt Haruna
• Lake Haruna
• Haruna Shrine
• Minowa Castle

Sport

• Arte Takasaki - fitbaa (soccer) club

Sister ceeties

In Japan

• Higashikurume, Tokyo

Ootside Japan

• Battle Creek, Michigan, Unitit States
• Santo Andre, Brazil
• Chengde, Cheenae
• Pilsen, Czech Republic
• Muntinlupa Ceety, Philippines

Notable fowk

• Takeo Fukuda, umwhile Prime Meenister o Japan
• Yasuo Fukuda, umwhile Prime Meenister o Japan (Takeo Fukuda's son)
• Kyosuke Himuro, muisicker (umwhile member o BOØWY)
• Tomoyasu Hotei, muisicker (umwhile member o BOØWY)
• Fujio Masuoka, inventor o flash memory
• Hirofumi Nakasone, politeecian (Yasuhiro Nakasone's son)
• Yasuhiro Nakasone, umwhile Prime Meenister o Japan
• German architect Bruno Taut lived for some time in Takasaki
• Kenji Tsukagoshi, navigator an aviator

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid (in Japanese)
• Takasaki film festival