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Hachirōgata or Hachirō Lagoon (八郎潟, Hachirō-gata) is a lake in Akita Prefecture in northern Japan. Its formal name is Lake Hachirō (八郎湖, Hachirō-ko), but it is also called Hachirōgata Regulating Pond (八郎潟調整池, Hachirō-gata chōseichi). At 4 meters below sea level, Hachirōgata is the lowest natural point ...
Hachirōgata (八郎潟 Hachirōgata?) é um lago na província de Akita, no norte do Japão. Seu nome formal é Lago Hachirō (八郎湖 Hachirō-ko?), mas é também chamado de Reservatório de água regulado Hachirōgata (八郎潟調整池 Hachirōgata chōseichi?).
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Hachirōgata is located in the coastal flatlands northeastern Akita Prefecture, bordered by the remnant of Lake Hachirōgata which lies in the west of the town. Lake Hachirōgata was the second largest lake in Japan until it was drained in a land reclamationproject from 1957 to 1977.The town is about 30 kilometers north of the prefectural capital at A...
Hachirōgata has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from August to October. The average annual temperature in Hachirōgata is...
Per Japanese census data,the population of Hachirōgata peaked at around the year 1950 and has been in steady decline since then.
The area of present-day Hachirōgata was part of ancient Dewa Province, dominated by the Satake clan during the Edo period, who ruled Kubota Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The village of Omogata was established in 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system, the town of Hitoichi in 1925. The two merged in 1956 to form the t...
Hachirōgata has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Hachirōgata, together with the other municipalities of Minamiakita District contributes one member to the Akita Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Akita 2nd district of the lower house o...
Hachirōgata has one public elementary schools and one public middle schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.
Lake Hachirogata is located approximately 20 km north of Akita City. It used to be the second largest brackish water lake in Japan, having a surface area of approximately 22,000 ha and 12 km (E-W) x 27 km (N-S) in size.
Hachirogata Reclamation. Once Japan’s second largest lake before the land reclamation, Hachiro Lagoon had a depth of 4.7m and a nearly flat bottom like a plate. The land reclamation created a 51.5km bank surrounding Ogata Village.
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The Lake Hachirogata, which once establised as the second largest lake in Japan, has a history of being reclaimed for rice fields after World War II, and the traces of reclamation are still clearly visible in the topography.
