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|official_name= |settlement_type= City |image_map= Date in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg |region= Hokkaido |prefecture= Hokkaido (Iburi Subprefecture) |district= |area_km2= 444.28 |population_as_of= June 2008 |population= 37,247 |density_km2= 83.8 |lat_deg= 42 |lat_min= 28 |lat_sec= |lon_deg= 140 |lon_min= 52 |lon_sec= |tree= Sargent's cherry |flower= Azalea |bird= |image_flag= Flag of Date Hokkaido.JPG |mayor= Hideyoshi Kikuya |city_hall_postal_code= 052-0024 |city_hall_address= 20-1 Kashimachō, Date-shi, Hokkaidō |website= }} is a city in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Date was established around 1869 and became a city on April 1, 1972. ==History== Remains of settlements from the Jōmon period have been found in the Date area. The Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, also maintained a settlement at another location nearby until the beginning of the 20th century, when the Ainu were mostly assimilated into Japanese society. The name of the area comes from the Date clan, who rose to power in the 12th century in Fukushima, on the mainland. Before the Edo period, their home castle was the Yanagawa castle in Date District, Fukushima. Later, it became the Sendai castle. The Date clan ruled the whole of Miyagi Prefecture as well as the southern part of Iwate Prefecture prefecture, and was one of the most influential daimyos. During the Meiji period, many samurai, including the Date clan, lost their territories due to the political changes of the Meiji Restoration. In 1869, a branch family of the Date clan from Watari-Date moved to and settled at the south coast of the then-uncultivated Hokkaido. This was the foundation of Date. On March 1, 2006, the village of Ōtaki, from Usu District, was merged into Date. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Date, Hokkaido」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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