Mito, Ibaraki
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Mito 水戸市 |
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City skyline over ume of Kairaku-en
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 Location of Mito in Ibaraki Prefecture |
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 Mito
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| Coordinates: 36°21′57″N 140°28′16.5″E / 36.36583°N 140.471250°ECoordinates: 36°21′57″N 140°28′16.5″E / 36.36583°N 140.471250°E | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Kantō | ||
| Prefecture | Ibaraki Prefecture | ||
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| • Total | 217.32 km2 (83.91 sq mi) | ||
| Population (September 2015) | |||
| • Total | 270,953 | ||
| • Density | 1,250/km2 (3,200/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| - Tree | Prunus mume | ||
| - Flower | Bush clover (hagi) | ||
| - Bird | White wagtail | ||
| Phone number | 029-224-1111 | ||
| Address | 1-4-1 Chūō, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 310−8610 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Mito (水戸市 Mito-shi?) is the capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of September 2015, the city has an estimated population of 270,953 and a population density of 1250 persons per km². Its total area is 217.32 km².
The Yamato people settled in Mito around the 4th century CE. Around the end of the Heian period, Baba Sukemoto, a warlord of the Heike clan, moved to Mito and built a castle there. Mito Castle changed hands several times after that: a daimyo named Satake Yoshinobu won it in the mid-16th century, but he was forced to surrender it to Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 after the epic Battle of Sekigahara. Ieyasu's son Tokugawa Yorifusa then was Mito Castle, becoming head of one of the three "gosanke" branches of the clan qualified to provide a new shogun should the main family line fail. During this period, Mito was the seat of the so-called Mito School, a congregation of nativist scholars of Confucian persuasion led by Aizawa Seishisai, who during the 18th and 19th centuries advocated Western learning as a means not only to further Japanese technological development and international strength, but as means to prove Japanese uniqueness and superiority among nations. The Kōdōkan was the largest of the han schools. The capital of Edo was directly connected to Mito by the Mito Kaidō. The Tokugawa ruled Mito until the Meiji restoration.
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