Takizawa

Takizawa is a city placed in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2017, the metropolis had an estimated populace of 279,483, and a populace density of 303 individuals per km². The overall place of the town is 182.46 square kilometres. The vicinity of present-day Takizawa become part of ancient Mutsu Province. During the Heian duration, it become dominated by using the Abe extended family. During the Sengoku duration, the vicinity got here under the control of the Nambu extended family during the Edo duration, who dominated Morioka Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.

In the Meiji period, the village of Takizawa turned into established within Iwate District on April 1, 1889, with the established order of the contemporary municipalities system. Takizawa changed into promoted without delay from a village to a city on January 1, 2014. Takizawa is a bed room network for Morioka. Agriculture nonetheless performs an critical function inside the neighborhood economic system, with Takizawa recognised for its summer season watermelon and fall apples.