Kaminoyama

Kaminoyama is a metropolis located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2015, the metropolis had an predicted population of 31,476, and a population density of 131 humans in keeping with km2. The general place is 240.93 square kilometres. The place of gift-day Kaminoyama turned into part of historic Dewa Province, and turned into a citadel town for Kaminoyama Domain below the Tokugawa shogunate inside the Edo period. It became also a publish station at the Ushu Kaido toll road.

After the start of the Meiji length, the region became a part of Minamimurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture. The cutting-edge city of Kaminoyama turned into set up on April 1, 1889, and was multiplied to town repute on October 1, 1954. The economic system of Kaminoyama is based totally on agriculture, mild production electronics, automobile additives, garb, foodstuffs, forestry and tourism. Kaminoyama is placed in southeast Yamagata Prefecture, within the Murayama Basin, bordered by means of Miyagi Prefecture to the east. Mount Zao is positioned within its borders.