Fuefuki ( 笛吹市 , Fuefuki-shi ) is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 September 2020, the city had an estimated population of 67,300 in 30,408 households, and a population density of 340 persons per km. The total area of the city is 201.92 square kilometres (77.96 sq mi).
21-505: Fuefuki is located in central Yamanashi Prefecture at an average altitude of 261 meters. Just over 58% of the area of the city is covered in forest. The Fuefuki River flows through the city. The following municipalities surrounding the city clockwise starting from Kōfu. The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). The average annual temperature in Fuefuki
42-784: A coalition led by Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu , Kai Province came briefly under the rule of Nobunaga’s retainer Kawajiri Hidetaka . After Nobunaga’s assassination at the Honnō-ji Incident , the province was contested between Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Go-Hōjō clan based in Odawara . The Tokugawa clan , the Uesugi clan and the Hōjō clan each aspired to seize the vast area in Shinano Province , Ueno region , and Kai Province, which ruled by
63-452: A directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 19 members. The economy of Fuefuki is based on agriculture (horticulture), seasonal tourism and the production of wine. Fuefuki is the largest producer of grapes and peaches in Japan. Fuefuki has 14 public elementary schools and five public junior high schools operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by
84-523: Is 10.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1524 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.0 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Fuefuki peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since. Fuefuki was the center of ancient Kai Province and contains many burial mounds from
105-478: Is a city in Yamanashi Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 September 2020 , the city had an estimated population of 67,300 in 30,408 households, and a population density of 340 persons per km . The total area of the city is 201.92 square kilometres (77.96 sq mi). Fuefuki is located in central Yamanashi Prefecture at an average altitude of 261 meters. Just over 58% of the area of
126-562: Is uncertain. It lies in central Honshū , west of Tokyo , in a landlocked mountainous region that includes Mount Fuji along its border with modern Shizuoka Prefecture . Kai was one of the original provinces of Japan established in the Nara period under the Taihō Code . The original capital of the province was located in what is now Fuefuki . Under the Engishiki classification system, Kai
147-480: The Fuefuki River that flows through the city. The city hall is located at the former Isawa Town Hall, and other former towns and village halls were converted to satellite offices. On August 1, 2006, Fuefuki later absorbed the village of Ashigawa (also from Higashiyatsushiro District . Higashiyatsushiro District was dissolved as a result of this merger. Fuefuki has a mayor-council form of government with
168-699: The Kofun period . The ruins of the Kai Kokubun-ji , the Nara period provincial temple are also found within the city limits, as is the Ichinomiya Asama Shrine , the ichinomiya of Kai Province. During the Edo period , all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate , with a daikansho based at the village of Isawa. During the cadastral reform of
189-592: The destruction of the Go-Hōjō by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590, the province was ruled by a succession of Toyotomi loyalists. With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate , Kai was regarded as strategically important to the defense of Edo due to its position between the Tōkaidō and Nakasendō highways, which were connected through Kai Province by the Kōshū Kaidō . Kai Province was entrusted briefly to Tokugawa clan members or
210-485: The Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education. Elementary Schools: Junior High Schools: High School: Kai Province Kai Province ( 甲斐国 , Kai-no-kuni ) was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Yamanashi Prefecture . Kai bordered on Sagami , Suruga , Shinano and Musashi Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Kōshū ( 甲州 ) . The origin of its name
231-410: The city is covered in forest. The Fuefuki River flows through the city. The following municipalities surrounding the city clockwise starting from Kōfu. The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). The average annual temperature in Fuefuki is 10.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1524 mm with September as
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#1732783962587252-454: The city limits, as is the Ichinomiya Asama Shrine , the ichinomiya of Kai Province. During the Edo period , all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate , with a daikansho based at the village of Isawa. During the cadastral reform of the early Meiji period on April 1, 1889, the rural districts of Higashiyatsushiro and Higashiyamanashi Districts were formed. The modern city of Fuefuki
273-650: The defection of Sanada Masayuki to the Tokugawa faction, the Hōjō clan now negotiate truce with Ieyasu. The Hōjō clan then sent Hōjō Ujinobu as representative, while the Tokugawa sent Ii Naomasa as representative for the pre eliminary meetings. Furthermore, in October, representatives from the Oda clan such as Oda Nobukatsu , Oda Nobutaka , and Toyotomi mediated the negotiation until the truce officially concluded. However, after
294-428: The early Meiji period on April 1, 1889, the rural districts of Higashiyatsushiro and Higashiyamanashi Districts were formed. The modern city of Fuefuki was established on October 12, 2004, from the merger of the towns of Ichinomiya , Isawa , Misaka and Yatsushiro , the village of Sakaigawa (all from Higashiyatsushiro District ), and the town of Kasugai (from Higashiyamanashi District ). The name refers to
315-683: The highly trusted Yanagisawa clan from 1705-1724 as Kōfu Domain , but for the most part was retained as tenryō territory ruled directly by the shogunate through a succession of hatamoto -class daikan . After the Meiji Restoration , Kai province was renamed Kōfu Prefecture in 1869. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, it was renamed Yamanashi Prefecture . Kai Province consisted of nine districts (originally consisted of traditionally four): [REDACTED] Media related to Kai Province at Wikimedia Commons Fuefuki, Yamanashi Fuefuki ( 笛吹市 , Fuefuki-shi )
336-680: The province throughout the Kamakura period . During the Sengoku period , a branch of the clan, the Takeda clan rose to prominence. The warlord Takeda Shingen , ruled Kai from his stronghold at Kōfu and expanded the holdings of the clan to include Shinano and Suruga Provinces, and engaged in constant warfare against the Uesugi clan in Echigo Province . After the Takeda were defeated by
357-402: The remnants of the many small clans formerly serving Takeda clan, following of disorder post death of Nobunaga, at the same time with Ieyasu departure an army of 8,000 soldiers to those disputed region. This caused the triangle conflict between those three factions in the event which dubbed by historians as Tenshō-Jingo War broke out. As the war turned in favor of Tokugawa clan, combined with
378-533: The village of Ashigawa (also from Higashiyatsushiro District . Higashiyatsushiro District was dissolved as a result of this merger. Fuefuki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 19 members. The economy of Fuefuki is based on agriculture (horticulture), seasonal tourism and the production of wine. Fuefuki is the largest producer of grapes and peaches in Japan. Fuefuki has 14 public elementary schools and five public junior high schools operated by
399-453: The wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.0 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Fuefuki peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since. Fuefuki was the center of ancient Kai Province and contains many burial mounds from the Kofun period . The ruins of the Kai Kokubun-ji , the Nara period provincial temple are also found within
420-496: Was established on October 12, 2004, from the merger of the towns of Ichinomiya , Isawa , Misaka and Yatsushiro , the village of Sakaigawa (all from Higashiyatsushiro District ), and the town of Kasugai (from Higashiyamanashi District ). The name refers to the Fuefuki River that flows through the city. The city hall is located at the former Isawa Town Hall, and other former towns and village halls were converted to satellite offices. On August 1, 2006, Fuefuki later absorbed
441-603: Was ranked as a "superior country" (上国) in terms of importance, and one of the 16 "middle countries" (中国) in terms of distance from the capital. Although not directly on the Tōkaidō , it was also included as one of the Tōkaidō provinces. Numerous remains from the Kofun period have been found in Kai. During the Heian period , the area came under the control of the Kai Genji , who controlled
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