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is a town in Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Hōki was formed on January 1, 2005 as the result of the merger of the town of Kishimoto, from Saihaku District, and the town of Mizokuchi, from Hino District. As of April 1, 2011, the town has an estimated population of 11,745 and a density of 84.2 persons per km². The total area is . Hōki is the birthplace of the photographer Shōji Ueda (1913 – 2000). The town is home to the Shōji Ueda Museum of Photography, which is dedicated to the Ueda's works. On the west side of the train tracks just after leaving Hōki-Mizoguchi station, a very large green statue of an Oni is visible on the hill overlooking the town and the Hino River. Before the Kishimoto-Mizokuchi town merger which created Hōki, the oni was Mizokuchi's town mascot and as such is featured on manhole covers, phone booths, post boxes and even the town's highway rest stop (where the building housing the restrooms is shaped like a giant oni head).〔 ==Neighboring municipalities== Hōki borders on five other municipalities, all in Tottori Prefecture. *Yonago *Daisen *Nanbu *Hino *Kōfu 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「Hōki, Tottori」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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