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15-541: [REDACTED] Look up hi:आशियाँ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ashiya may refer to: Ashiya, Hyōgo , Japan Ashiya University , Hyōgo Ashiya, Fukuoka , Japan Ashiya, a subcaste of Charans from Rajasthan, India Mizuki Ashiya , the lead character in the manga series Hana-Kimi Ashiya Station (disambiguation) See also [ edit ] Ashiya (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

30-512: A complete ban on flashing lights. Those laws still stand and there is no other municipal government with similar regulations in Japan. In 1991, Ashiya residents elected Harue Kitamura as the first woman to hold the office of mayor of a city in Japan. Kitamura was mayor when Ashiya suffered major damage during the Kobe earthquake on January 17, 1995. Over 50% of the urban area of Ashiya was destroyed by

45-512: Is 14.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1,578 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C (79.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.3 °C (37.9 °F). Per Japanese census data, the population of Ashiya has been increasing since the 1920s. The area of Ashiya was part of ancient Settsu Province and

60-695: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ashiya, Hy%C5%8Dgo Ashiya is located between Kobe and Nishinomiya, and is the second smallest municipality in Hyōgo Prefecture. The ground gentle slopes from the Rokko Mountains in the north to Osaka Bay in the south. Hyōgo Prefecture Ashiya has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ashiya

75-472: Is the main setting in Jun'ichiro Tanizaki 's novel Sasameyuki (細雪) ( The Makioka Sisters , Eng. trans. Edward G. Seidensticker ). Harue Kitamura Harue Kitamura ( 北村 春江 ( Kitamura, Harue ) 11 July 1928 – 13 March 2022) was a Japanese politician, lawyer, and feminist. She is the first woman to be elected mayor of a Japanese city, serving three terms as the mayor of Ashiya, Hyogo . Kitamura

90-579: The lower house of the Diet of Japan . Ashiya is primarily a residential city and commuter town for the Osaka and Kobe metropoles. Ashiya has eight public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Hyōgo Prefectural Board of Education. There are two private middle schools and three private high schools. In addition,

105-638: The Ashiya Education Commission to chair terms. Kitamura ran for mayor of Ashiya in 1991 as an independent, and became the first female mayor of a Japanese city. Her main supporters were mothers who supported her plans for public school reform. In 1992 Kitamura was presented with a Medal of Honor . The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred during her time in office, and 400 of Ashiya's citizens were killed. With transportation and official communications lines down, Kitamura had to call

120-511: The building of large single-family homes with tennis courts, swimming pools, and tea houses, etc. along the hills overlooking Osaka Bay . Seido was promoted to city status on November 10, 1940, changing its name to "Ashiya". In 1945, the City of Ashiya prohibited the operation of pachinko parlors , gambling and entertainment facilities as well as small factories. This ordinance includes prohibitions on rooftop advertisements, advertising balloons, and

135-492: The earthquake, and there were 444 fatalities. In 2023, Ashiya residents elected 26 year old Ryōsuke Takashima, making him the youngest mayor ever in Japan. Ashiya has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 21 members. Ashiya contributes one member to the Hyōgo Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Hyōgo 7th districts of

150-703: The mayors of Osaka, Beppu , and Izumo personally to ask for aid. Refugees stayed in city hall for weeks until housing was built. In 2003 Kitamura retired from political life, and chose not to run for re-election. She was publicly recognized by the governor of Hyogo prefecture, Toshizō Ido , for her work. Kitamura was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun , 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon ( 旭日中綬章 , Kyokujitsu chūjushō ) in 2004. Kitamura died from aspiration pneumonia in Nishinomiya on 13 March 2022, at

165-867: The prefecture also operates one public middle school and one special education school for the handicapped. The first railway line to the city was completed in 1905. Central Ashiya is served by JR West Ashiya Station . Hanshin Electric Railway Ashiya Station and Uchide Station serve the southern part of the city, while Hankyu Railway Ashiyagawa Station is located in the quieter northern area. [REDACTED] JR West - JR Kōbe Line [REDACTED] Hankyu - Hankyū Kōbe Main Line [REDACTED] Hanshin Electric Railway - Hanshin Main Line A sister city agreement

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180-448: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ashiya . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashiya&oldid=1171322117 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

195-597: Was born in Kyoto in 1928. Raised in Osaka , in 1952 she graduated from Ritsumeikan University 's law department. After experiencing gender discrimination in the workplace, Kitamura decided to become a lawyer to improve conditions and reduce inequality. She became the first Ritsumeikan alumna to pass the bar exam in 1956. In 1959, Kitamura started working at the Osaka Family Court , then from 1979 until 1991, at

210-654: Was mostly tenryō territory under direct control the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo Period . Ashiya was established in 1871 as a township in Hyōgo Prefecture and was designated part of Seido village (精道村) on April 1, 1889, with the creation of the modern municipalities system. In the early 1900s, it was designated as an urban planning area and became one of the centers of the Hanshinkan Modernism movement in terms of architecture and culture. This led to

225-706: Was signed between Ashiya and Montebello, California on May 24, 1961. Student Ambassadors are chosen to travel to Montebello every year since 1964. Persons of note associated with Ashiya include Jirō Shirasu ("the man who reproached MacArthur"), Ryōji Noyori (Nobel prize winner), Takashi Asahina (conductor), Junichirō Tanizaki (writer), Haruki Murakami (writer), Yuriko Koike (House of Representatives member), Yōko Ogawa (writer), Tsumasaburō Bandō (kabuki actor), Morinosuke Kawaguchi (futurist), Tsuruko Yamazaki (artist), Takuya Kuroda (jazz trumpeter and arranger), Takakeishō Mitsunobu (professional sumo wrestler), and Tomiko Itooka ( supercentenarian ). The city

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