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06204 ／さかたし

Sakata City

A reputed capital, east gate restored.

Kinowasaku Site, East Gate

Photo by Mukasora (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Lighthouse

A wooden hexagonal lighthouse built at a river mouthis preserved in Hiyoriyama Park.

Lighthouse in Sakata City — Photo by Inook2011 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Former Sakata Lighthouse is a wooden hexagonal Western-style lighthouse, which the prefecture records as completed in 1895 at the mouth of the Mogami River, on its left bank. It was later moved to the opposite bank, and when a modern lighthouse was completed at Takasago in 1958, it was relocated and preserved.

Completed 1895
First lit by oil lamp
Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property (structure), 1988

02 ／ Seabirds

Tobishima's black-tailed gull breeding groundsare designated national natural monuments.

The city writes that the Tobishima black-tailed gull breeding grounds were designated a national natural monument in 1938, and that six sites are now designated. It adds that at one of them nesting has not been confirmed since the 2014 survey, while at another it continues.

National Natural Monument, 1938
Six designated sites
Nesting continues at one site

03 ／ Warehouse

Warehouses of a rice exchangestand with a row of zelkova trees behind.

The Sankyo Warehouses were built in 1893 as annex warehouses of the Sakata Rice Exchange, storing and trading Shonai rice. The Agency for Cultural Affairs writes that 12 warehouses built by 1916, including six from the original construction, and the zelkova row west of them survive.

Built 1893
12 warehouses built by 1916
National Historic Site, 2021

Sakata City from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

20231974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

2023 (shot FY2023)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（年度別空中写真（2023年度）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

Sakata Station on the Uetsu Main Line opened in 1914.

about 100,000 people

The city writes that Sakata Station opened on December 24, 1914, and that its station building was renovated in March 2021. The Uetsu Main Line runs north to south, and the Rikuu West Line reaches Sakata from Shinjo. To reach Tokyo, change to a Shinkansen at Niigata or Shinjo.

People living here: 100,273people
Area: 602.98km²
Households: 39,402households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,837yen
Healthcare: 5 hospitals ／ 92 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-11-01 に新設合併（八幡町・松山町・平田町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —34 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 8 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Sakata City in Japan38.915°N 139.837°E

Territory of Sakata City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.

North to south

49.0km

Yamagata Prefecture: Shonai Town, Yuza Town, Mamurogawa Town, Tozawa Village, Sakegawa Village, Mikawa Town, Tsuruoka City
Akita Prefecture: Yurihonjo City

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Sakata City isthis kind of town.

01Kinowasaku Site in Kinowa, Sakata, is a national historic site, a ruin discovered in 1931 and measuring about 720 meters on a side and 52 hectares. It is said to be the site of the provincial capital of Dewa in the Heian period, and the south gate and east gate of the government office and part of the earthen wall have been restored
02The Former Sakata Lighthouse, a wooden hexagonal Western-style lighthouse completed in 1895 on the left bank of the Mogami River mouth, is preserved in Hiyoriyama Park, and the Tobishima black-tailed gull breeding grounds were designated a national natural monument in 1938
03The Sankyo Warehouses were built in 1893 as annex warehouses of the Sakata Rice Exchange and became a national historic site in 2021

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