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| settlement_type= City | image_skyline=Akitakata city hall.JPG | imagesize= | image_caption= Akitakata city hall | image_symbol= | image_map= Akitakata in Hiroshima Prefecture Ja.svg | lat_deg= 34 | lat_min= 39 | lat_sec= 47 | lon_deg= 132 | lon_min= 42 | lon_sec= 23 | region= Chūgoku (San'yō) | prefecture=Hiroshima Prefecture | district= | mayor= Kazuyoshi Hamada (since April 2008) | area_km2= 538.17 | population= 31,565 | population_as_of= April 1, 2011 | density_km2= auto | tree= Cherry blossom | flower= Hydrangea | bird= | city_hall_address= Yoshidachō, Yoshida 791, Akitakata City, Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県安芸高田市吉田町吉田791) | city_hall_postal_code= 731-0592 | website= }} is a city located in north-central Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of April 1, 2011, the city has a population of 31,565, with 13,223 households and a population density of 59 persons per km². of The total area is 538.17 km². The modern city of Akitakata was established on March 1, 2004, from the merger of the towns of Kōda, Midori, Mukaihara, Takamiya, Yachiyo and Yoshida (all from Takata District). Therefore, Takata District was dissolved as a result of this merger. It is a mountainous farming area known for many traditional events as well as certain food products. One such food product is Ebisu tea, a sweet fragrant tea, that comes from Mukaihara Town. Another is "Yuzu juice" (柚子ジュース), a product of the Kawane area of Takamiya town in the northeastern part of the city. The city also lays claim to be the birthplace and hometown of Mori Motonari, the famous Warring States era daimyo of the 16th century. ==History== The area of Akitakata City was originally known as Takata District (高田郡), which combined 26 villages into a single administrative unit on April 1, 1889. The area now known as Akitakata was the site of a number of fortifications during the period when Mori Motonari fought against the Amago clan. Mori Motonari himself was born in Suzuo Castle (鈴尾城) in 1497,〔Akitakata City Promotion Department, Commerce, Industry, and Tourism Division Historical Guide 2004〕 the remains of which are in the town of Yoshida. In 1500, Motonari's father, Mori Hiromoto (毛利弘元) retired to Tajihi-Sarukake castle(多治比猿掛城), about 4 kilometers north of the family's base in Kouriyama castle (郡山城), both of whose remains are also in Yoshida town. Motonari would remain based here until the age of 27 when he would return to the family base in Kouriyama castle. Ikenouchi (池の内) in Koda was the site of a battle against the Amago clan on September 26, 1540. The Amago clan was defeated, and it is said that the leader, Yubara Yajirou (湯原弥二郎) committed seppuku there. A monument commemorates the occasion. Koda is also the site of the remains of Goryuu castle (五龍城), of the Shishido clan (宍戸氏).The family would become tied to the Mori clan with the marriage of Motonari's eldest daughter to Shishido Takaie (宍戸隆家). 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「Akitakata, Hiroshima」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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