Akita, Akita

is the caipital city o Akita Prefectur in the Tohoku region o Honshu, the lairgest o  Japan's islands.

As o Juin 11, 2005, wi the merger o the umwhile Kawabe Destrict (includin the umwhile touns o Kawabe an Yūwa), the city haes an estimatit population o 323,310 an density o . The tot aurie is .

While the modren city wis offeecially foondit on Aprile 1, 1889, Akita haes been ane o the maist important ceeties in the Tohoku region syne the medieval period. The Ashina an Satake daimyo clans established thair caipital in present-day Akita.

## History
Historically, Akita haes seen chynges throughoot at least fower historical Japanese periods; Edo, Meiji, Showa an Heisei. The beginnins o Akita wur in the Edo period. A dounset, kent as Kubota Castle Toun, wis fairmed that wad later become the centre o Akita. Construction is datit tae 1604.

### Meiji
Progress in the Meiji era includit the renamin o the "Taihei" Schuil (太平学校) tae "Akita Normal" Schuil (師範学校) on Aprile 12 o 1878. In Julie, the schuil seestem wis dividit intae 2 seestems, the Kitaakita an Minamiakita destricts. A year later, on Aprile 1, 1889, Akita wis offeecially established. In Julie the city haw o Akita wis locatit inside the umwhile Minamiakita Destrict office. Transportation bi horsecaur began in Julie frae Shindaikumachi tae Tsuchizaki. This later became the Akita City Rail service. In Mey the first bank opened.

### Showa
War devastatit the city on August 14, 1945. 137 fowk wur killed in an air raid o 134 B-29s, attackin the city frae midnicht tae the early dawn o August 15. A Nippon Company ile refinery in the Tsuchizaki aurie wis targetit. This wis reportedly the farthest-range an an aa the last bombin mission in Warld War II, comin anly oors afore Japan annoonced its surrender.

### Heisei Era
On Aprile 1, 1997 Akita wis designatit as a core city in Japan. In August 2001 The Warld Gemmes wur held in Akita, wi the openin ceremony held in the Yabase Track an Field Stadium. In 2004, the city celebratit its 400t anniversary an its beginnins as Kubota Castle toun.

### Merger wi Kawabe Destrict
On Januar 11, 2005, the city addit the touns o Kawabe an Yūwa tae become the new city o Akita. This incorporatit what remained o Kawabe Destrict, sicweys dissolvin the destrict. The merger celebration wis held at AL☆Ve.

The location o Akita City Haw did nae chynge, an umwhile Kawabe an Yūwa Toun Haws are uised as civic centres.

## Geography

### Rivers an canals
*Omono River
*Akita-unga Canal (Formerly Omono-gawa River)
*Asahi-kawa River
*Iwami-gawa River

### Neighborin ceeties
*Kitaakita
*Katagami
*Yurihonjō
*Daisen
*Minami-Akita Destrict: Gojōme, Ikawa
*Kita-Akita Destrict: Kamikoani
*Senboku Destrict: Nishiki

### Climate
Akita belangs tae a climatic transeetion zone humid subtropical climate (Köppen *Cfa*) an is interestingly the maist populous city havin absolute northren extremity o this climate zone within Japan, borderin very closely wi the humid continental climate zone, comparable tae New York City, USA. Akita City is characterized wi cauld, verra snawy, winters, an verra warm, humid simmers. Monthly means range frae  in Januar tae  in August. Due tae its location near the Sea o Japan coast, it receives hivy snawfaw, wi juist abuin  per saison, wi accumulation occurring maistly frae December tae Mairch. Precipitation is well-distributit an signeeficant throughoot the year, but is greater in the latter hauf.

## Sister / friendship ceeties

### Internaitional sister / friendship ceeties
* August 5, 1982: Lanzhou, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
* Aprile 8, 1984: Passau, Germany
* Julie 15, 1987: Malabon City, Philippines 
* Januar 22, 1992: Kenai, Alaska, Unitit States o Americae
* 1993: St. Cloud, Minnesota, Unitit States o Americae (wi Yūwa, Akita, which merged intae Akita, Akita)
* Juin 29, 1992: Vladivostok, Roushie

### Domestic sister ceeties
*Hitachiōta, Ibaraki
*Daigo, Kuji Destrict Ibaraki

## Transportation

### Rail
*East Japan Railway Company
**Akita Shinkansen: Akita
**Ōu Main Line: Ōbarino, Wada, Yotsugoya, (Akita Service Center), Akita, (Akita Freight Station), (Akita General Service Center: Adjacent tae Tsuchizaki, branches tae the richt haund side afore the station), Tsuchizaki, Kami-Iijima, Oiwake
**Oga Line: Oiwake
**Uetsu Main Line: Katsurane, Araya, Ugo-Ushijima, Akita
*Akita Rinkai Railway (Freight)
**Tsuchizaki—Port o Akita
***North Line: Port o Akita—North Port o Akita
***Sooth Line: Port o Akita—Mukaihama
*Akita Destrict Forest Service
**Nibestu Shinrin Railway (Abolished)

### Road
*Expressways
**Akita Expressway: Akita North Interchynge, Akita Chūō Interchynge, Akita Sooth Interchynge
**Japan Sea-Tōhoku Expressway: Akita Airport Interchynge
**Kawabe Junction：Akita Expressway, Japan Sea-Tōhoku Expressway
*Akita Central Highway
*Naitional Highways (Ordinary)
**Highway 7
**Highway 13
**Highway 341

### Bus
*Akita Chūō Kōtsū

### Air
*Akita Airport

### Boat

*Port o Akita (designatit port)
**North Port o Akita (Akita Ferry Terminal)
**Sooth Port o Akita

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Offeecial wabsteid in Japanese wi airts tae versions in ither leids
*Inglis version  o offeecial wabsteid