Oguni ( 小国町 , Oguni-machi ) is a town in Aso District , Kumamoto Prefecture , Japan . As of 1 August 2024 , the town had an estimated population of 6,346 in 2993 households, and a population density of 46 persons per km . The total area of the town is 136.94 km (52.87 sq mi).
13-765: Oguni may refer to: Oguni, Kumamoto , a town in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Oguni, Niigata , a former town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan Oguni, Yamagata , a town in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan Oguni Station , a railway station in Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture People with the surname [ edit ] Hideo Oguni ( 小国 英雄 , 1904–1996) , Japanese writer Yukinori Oguni ( 小國 以載 , born 1988) , Japanese boxer Topics referred to by
26-463: A Midori no Madoguchi facility. The private Daito Railway ( 大湯鉄道 ) had opened a track between Ōita and Onoya in 1915. The Daito Railway was nationalized on 1 December 1922, after which Japanese Government Railways (JGR) undertook phased westward expansion of the track which, at the time, it had designated as the Daito Line. By 1928, the track had reached Bungo-Nakamura . Subsequently,
39-572: A humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ubuyama is 12.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 18636 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.2 °C. Per Japanese census data,
52-651: A directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Oguni, collectively with the other municipalities of Aso District contributes one member to the Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Kumamoto 3rd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Forestry has long been the main industry in Oguni. In agriculture, radish production and Jersey cattle breeding, which were introduced in
65-500: A waiting area and a staffed ticket window. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. To the south of the station are multiple passing loops and sidings. Management of the station has been outsourced to the JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of JR Kyushu specialising in station services. It staffs the ticket counter which is equipped with a POS machine but does not have
78-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oguni, Kumamoto Oguni is located in the Kyushu Mountains in central Kyushu, at the northern end of Kumamoto Prefecture. The eastern, northern, and western parts of the town border Oita Prefecture. Approximately 80% of the town is forest, and approximately 75% of that forest is man-made cedar forest Kumamoto Prefecture Ōita Prefecture Ubuyama has
91-466: Is operated by JR Kyushu . The station is served by the Kyūdai Main Line and is located 73.2 km from the starting point of the line at Kurume . The station consists of a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks at grade. The station building is timber structure, remodelled in 2013, built in traditional Japanese style with tiled roofs and steeply angled eaves. It houses
104-539: The closure of the Miyahara Line in 1984. Bungo-Mori Station on the JR Kyushu Kyūdai Main Line is the nearest station. This Kumamoto Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bungo-Mori Station Bungo-Mori Station ( 豊後森駅 , Bungo-Mori-eki ) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Kusu , Ōita Prefecture , Japan. It
117-543: The late 1950s, are popular. There is also a natural hot spring facility in the town, and tourism plays a role in the locale economy. Oguni has one public elementary school and one public junior high schools operated by the town government and one public high school operated by the Kumamoto Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped. The town has not had any passenger railway service since
130-534: The population of Oguni is as shown below The area of Ubayama was part of ancient Higo Province , During the Edo Period it was part of the holdings of Kumamoto Domain . After the Meiji restoration , the village of Kitaoguni was established on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Kitaoguni was raised to town status on April 1, 1935 Oguni has a mayor-council form of government with
143-577: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oguni . 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=Oguni&oldid=945205812 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Short description
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#1732787794234156-519: The successor of JGR, on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Kyushu. In 2013, the station building was renovated in preparation for the arrival of the luxury train Seven Stars in Kyushu . The station building, station furniture, roof and footbridge were all remodeled in a deep brown colour to reflect an "earth and forest" theme in deference to the location of the station. In 2014,
169-572: The track was extended further west and Bungo-Mori was opened as the new western terminus on 15 December 1929. On 16 September 1932, Bungo-Mori became a through-station when the track was again extended to Kita-Yamada . On 15 November 1934, when the Daito Line had linked up with the Kyudai Main Line further west, JGR designated the station as part of the Kyudai Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR),
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