Tabuse

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Tabuse
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Location of Tabuse in Yamaguchi Prefecture
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CountryJapan
RegionChūgoku
San'yō
PrefectureYamaguchi
DistrictKumage
Government
 • MayorHigashi Kouji
Area
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Population
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Time zoneUTC+09:00 (JST)
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City hall address3440-1 Shimodabuse, Tabuse-cho, Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi-ken 742-1592
WebsiteOfficial website
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Geography

Tabuse spreads inland from the Seto Inland Sea coast at the base of the Murotsu Peninsula in southeastern Yamaguchi Prefecture. In addition, the town includes the small inhabited island of Umashima in Seto Inland Sea. The northwest is mountainous, and small rivers that originate in this area join to form the Tabuse River, which flows through the center of town. The Kogyoji neighborhood of Tabuse is an exclave surrounded by Hikari and Yanai cities.

Neighbouring municipalities

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Climate

Tabuse has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with very warm summers and cool winters. The average annual temperature in Tabuse is 15.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1678 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.5 °C.[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Tabuse has been steady for the past 70 years.

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1940 12,993—    
1950 17,191+32.3%
1960 15,609−9.2%
1970 14,547−6.8%
1980 16,636+14.4%
1990 16,568−0.4%
2000 16,217−2.1%
2010 15,984−1.4%
Tabuse population statistics[3]

History

The area of Tabuse was part of an ancient Suō Province. During the Edo Period, the area was part of the holdings of Chōshū Domain. Following the Meiji restoration, the village of Tabuse within Kumage District, Yamaguchi was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Tabuse as elevated to town status on February 11, 1921. On January 1, 1955, Tabuse annexed the villages of Ogō, Marifu and Jōnan.

In 2018, a civil servant reported property tax misconduct by the mayor of Tabuse and the head of the tax collection management agency.[4]

Government

Tabuse has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Tabuse, together with the towns of Kaminoseki and Hirao contributes one member to the Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Yamaguchi 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

Tabuse has a rural economy based on agriculture and commercial fishing. There is one small industrial park.

Education

Tabuse has four public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Yamaguchi Prefectural Board of Education.

Religion

Tabuse is home to the headquarters of the Japanese new religions Tenshō Kōtai Jingūkyō and Shintō Tenkōkyo.[5]

Transportation

Railway

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Highways

Notable people from Tabuse

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tabuse town official statistics" (in 日本語). Japan.
  2. ^ Tabuse climate data
  3. ^ Tabuse population statistics
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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."石城山への交通案内" (in 日本語). Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The prime ministers of postwar Japan, 1945-1995 : their lives and times. Akio Watanabe, Robert D. Eldridge, 渡邉昭夫. Lanham, Maryland. 2016. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-1-4985-1002-8. OCLC 936234469.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Yamada, Eizō.; 山田栄三. (1988). Seiden Satō Eisaku. Tōkyō: Shinchōsha. p. 23. ISBN 4-10-370701-1. OCLC 20260847.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kaminogō, Toshiaki; 上之鄉利昭 (1994). Kyōso tanjō. Tōkyō: Kōdansha. pp. 300–321. ISBN 4-06-185739-8. OCLC 32867704.

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