Hagi

Hagi is a city placed in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, which changed into incorporated on July 1, 1932. As of May 31, 2016, the metropolis has an expected populace of 50,179 and a populace density of 71.80 of men and women in keeping with km². The overall vicinity is 698.86 km². In the medieval duration, Hagi became dominated by the Yoshimi clan, who built Hagi Castle, the ruins of which can be visited these days. The Mori clan became daimyos of Choshu Domain at the start of the Edo length and constructed Hagi Castle on the foot of Mt. Shizuki in 1608.

They transferred the capital of the domain from Hiroshima to Hagi at the identical time. Since then, Hagi evolved because the political center of Choshu for over 250 years. When the Meiji Restoration befell in the 1860s, because the result of efforts with the aid of samurai from Choshu and a number of other domains, this small metropolis gained splendid historic significance. Many Japanese statesmen and Prime Ministers had been born and taken up in this city.