The Nishiki River ( 錦川 , Nishiki-gawa ) is a 110 km long river, the longest in Yamaguchi Prefecture , Japan. The Nishiki is the main river in a larger system measuring 331.8 km in total. The government of Japan classifies it as a second-class river system. The Nishiki River system drains an area of 884.2 km.
15-525: The Nishiki River has its source in the city of Shūnan . At its mouth in the part of the city of Iwakuni that was formerly the separate town of Nishiki , it drains into the Inland Sea . The river is paralleled by the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line . It is known for having a station, Seiryu Miharashi Station , which exists only for viewing the river, with no external exits or entrances. Dams on
30-448: A seat in the district in 1980 and defended it in all pre-reform elections. After the electoral reform, Masahiko Kōmura took over the new single-member 1st district for the LDP. The main opposition NFP and the newly founded DPJ did not even nominate candidates in the first post-reform election of 1996, his only challengers were a Communist and an unaffiliated independent. In subsequent elections,
45-528: Is 13.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1834 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.4 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Shūnan has been steady for the past 50 years. The area of Shūnan was part of an ancient Suō Province . Its name is derived from the first character (周) of
60-606: Is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives , the lower house of the National Diet of Japan . It is located in Yamaguchi and covers the prefectural capital Yamaguchi (without the former town of Atō ), parts of the city of Shūnan (the area of former municipalities Tokuyama city, Shinnan'yō city, Kano town) and the city of Hōfu . As of September 2012, 359,151 eligible voters were resident in
75-663: Is located in the city. [REDACTED] JR West – San'yō Shinkansen [REDACTED] JR West (JR West) - San'yō Main Line [REDACTED] JR West (JR West) - Gantoku Line Before Tokuyama became part of Shūnan, it was one of the host cities of the official 1998 Women's Volleyball World Championship . This article about a location in Yamaguchi Prefecture is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yamaguchi 1st district Yamaguchi 1st district (山口[県第]1区, Yamaguchi[-ken dai-]ikku )
90-787: The Nishiki include the Kōdō and the Sugano . This article incorporates material from the article 錦川 ( Nishiki-gawa ) in the Japanese Misplaced Pages , retrieved on December 11, 2008. This article related to a river in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sh%C5%ABnan, Yamaguchi Shūnan ( 周南市 , Shūnan-shi ) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture , Japan . As of 31 May 2023 ,
105-754: The Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between the Yamaguchi 1st district and Yamaguchi 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . The main industry of Shūnan is the heavy and chemical industry. The Shūnan Petroleum Complex developed from the former Tokuyama Naval Arsenal. Major chemical manufacturers Tokuyama and Tosoh, petroleum wholesaler Idemitsu Kosan , and stainless steel processing company Nippon Steel Nisshin Steel have bases in
120-509: The city had an estimated population of 137,019 in 6828 households and a population density of 210 persons per km . The total area of the city is 656.29 square kilometres (253.39 sq mi). Shūnan is located in south-central Yamaguchi Prefecture, bordered by the Seto Inland Sea to the south. Together with the cities of Kudamatsu and Hikari, with which it has strong ties in terms of industry, economy, and population exchange;
135-405: The city of Shūnan was founded by the merger of the cities of Tokuyama and Shinnan'yō , the town of Kumage (from Kumage District ), and the town of Kano (from Tsuno District ). Tsuno District was dissolved as a result of this merger. Shūnan has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 30 members. Shūnan contributes four members to
150-583: The coastal area along Tokuyama Bay. The food processing company, Shimaya, has headquarters in Shunan. Shūnan has 27 public elementary schools and 14 public junior high schools operated by the city government, and five public high school operated by the Yamaguchi Prefectural Board of Education. There is one private middle school and one private high school, and the prefecture also operates two special education schools. Shunan University
165-501: The district. Before the electoral reform of the 1990s, the area had been part of the five-member Yamaguchi 2nd district which covered roughly the Eastern half of the prefecture and had been the former district of LDP presidents Nobusuke Kishi and Eisaku Satō . Another representative from the pre-reform 2nd district for the LDP was former four-term Tokuyama city mayor Sakahiko Kōmura . When Kōmura retired, his fourth son Masahiko won
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#1732772747061180-408: The enlarged/"New" DPJ did nominate candidates; but Kōmura held onto the seat by large margins, even in the countrywide DPJ victory of 2009. The district remains – like two other of Yamaguchi's districts – an unbroken "conservative kingdom" (hoshu ōkoku) . In the 2017 election Masahiko Kōmura retired, his eldest son Masahiro extended the streak with a two-thirds majority in his first election. Kōmura
195-837: The name of the former Suō Province (周防国), and the character for south (南), reflecting its location, comprising much of the southern part of the old province. During the Edo Period , the area was part of the holdings of Tokuyama Domain . Following the Meiji restoration , the village of Tokuyama within Tsuno District, Yamaguchi was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Tokuyama as elevated to town status on October 15, 1900 and to city status on October 15, 1935. Tokuyama expanded by annexing many neighboring villages on April 1, 1942, April 1, 1944, October 1, 1955 and January 1, 1966. On April 21, 2003
210-679: The three cities are informally called the "Shunan District". The coastal area is part of the Seto Industrial Complex, with many chemical plants, refineries and heavy industry. The northern part, on the other hand, is part of the Chugoku Mountains , dotted with rural areas. Shimane Prefecture Yamaguchi Prefecture Shūnan has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ) with very warm summers and cool winters. The average annual temperature in Shūnan
225-603: Was a minister in several cabinets in the 1990s and 2000s (Murayama, Obuchi, Mori II, Fukuda, Abe I). From 2000 to 2012, Kōmura led the Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (previously Kōmoto faction, now Ōshima faction), one of the smaller, but well-established factions of the LDP that traces its roots to the centrist Reform Party and the pre-war Constitutional Democratic Party . In 2012, LDP president Shinzō Abe (Machimura faction, also from Yamaguchi) nominated him to succeed fellow faction member Tadamori Ōshima as vice president of
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