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15-522: Nagayo (Japanese:長与 or 長與) may refer to: Places [ edit ] Nagayo, Nagasaki , a city in the Nagasaki Prefecture People [ edit ] Chigusa Nagayo (長与千種, born 1964), a Japanese professional wrestler Nagayo Sensai (長與專齋, 1838-1902), a Japanese doctor and politician Mataro Nagayo (長與專齋, 1878-1941), a Japanese pathologist Rika Nagayo (長与梨加, born 1993),

30-800: A tenryō territory, administered for the Tokugawa government by the Nagasaki bugyō , and contained the Dutch East India Company trading post of Dejima . After the Meiji Restoration in 1868 came the Abolition of the han system in 1871, whereby all daimyo were obliged to surrender their domains to the new Meiji government , which then divided the nation into numerous prefectures , which were consolidated into 47 prefectures and 3 urban areas by 1888. The former Hizen province

45-493: A Japanese actress Shokichi Nagayo (長與稱吉, 1866-1910), a Japanese doctor Shuntatsu Nagayo (長与俊達, 1790-1855), a Japanese doctor Yoshirō Nagayo (長與善郎, 1888-1961), a Japanese novelist and playwright Other uses [ edit ] Nagayo River , a river in the Nagasaki Prefecture Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

60-638: Is 17.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2213 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 7.7 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Nagayo is as shown below: The area of Nagayo was part of ancient Hizen Province . Stone tools from the Japanese Paleolithic dating back about 20,000 years ago have been excavated. During

75-506: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hizen Province Hizen Province ( 肥前国 , Hizen no kuni ) was an old province of Japan in the area of the Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. It was sometimes called Hishū ( 肥州 ) , with Higo Province . Hizen bordered on the provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo . The province was included in Saikaidō . It did not include

90-454: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nagayo, Nagasaki Nagayo is located on the southern shore of Ōmura Bay in central Nagasaki Prefecture, and includes the uninhabited islands of Shimizu and Futatsujima. The Nagayo River flows through the center of the town, and there are many residential areas and fields in the river basin. The surrounding areas are hilly, and especially on

105-615: Is now largely a commuter town for Nagasaki. Nagayo has five public elementary schools and three public junior high schools by the town government, and two public high schools operated by the Nagasaki Prefectural Board of Education. Elementary Schools Junior High Schools Senior High Schools [REDACTED] JR Kyushu - Nagasaki Main Line (branch line) [REDACTED] Wethersfield , United States, since 1999. This Nagasaki Prefecture location article

120-744: The Kirishitan religion, the Shimabara Rebellion also took place in Hizen province. During the Edo period , Hizen Province was divided among several daimyōs , but dominated by the Nabeshima clan , whose domain was centered at the castle town of Saga . At the end of the Tokugawa shogunate , Hizen was divided between the following han : During this period, the port of Nagasaki remained

135-521: The Edo Period , the area was under the control of Saga Domain . After the Meiji restoration , the village of Nagayo was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Nagayo was raised to town status on April 1, 1969. Nagayo has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 16 members. Nagayo, collectively with

150-537: The border with Nagasaki. This was once an agriculturally thriving region, with mandarin orange fields on the hills and rice paddies along the river, but as Nagasaki's urban area expanded with new town developments in the hilly areas in the southern and western parts of the town. Nagasaki Prefecture Nagayo has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nagayo

165-529: The eastern side, there are a series of hills centered on Kotonoodake, which is 451.4 meters above sea level. The hills in the southern and western parts of the town are not as high as those in the eastern parts, and are densely populated residential areas that continue into the northern part of Nagasaki City. In the southern part of the town, the Oide River, a tributary of the Urakami River, flows along

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180-457: The island provinces (now municipalities) of Tsushima and Iki that are now part of modern Nagasaki Prefecture. The name "Hizen" dates from the Nara period Ritsuryō Kokugunri system reforms, when the province was divided from Higo Province . The name appears in the early chronicle Shoku Nihongi from 696 AD. The ancient provincial capital of Hizen was located near Yamato City. During

195-454: The late Muromachi period , the province was the site of much early contact between Japan and Portuguese and Spanish merchants and missionaries. Hirado , and later Nagasaki became major foreign trade centers, and a large percentage of the population converted to Roman Catholicism . Toyotomi Hideyoshi directed the invasion of Korea from the city of Nagoya , in Hizen, and after the suppression of foreign contacts and prohibition against

210-405: The title Nagayo . 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=Nagayo&oldid=1157372949 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description

225-553: The town of Togitsu, contributes two members to the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Nagasaki 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Nagayo was noted for its production of Nagayo ware pottery, which was produced until the end of the 19th century. The local economy was formerly centered on agriculture and commercial fishing; however, Nagayo

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