Tsuchizaki Minato, Akita

Tsuchizaki-Minato
土崎港
Neighborhood of Akita City
Tsuchizaki-Minato
土崎港
Tsuchizaki-Minato
土崎港
Coordinates: 39°45′38.6″N 140°3′56.4″E / 39.760722°N 140.065667°E / 39.760722; 140.065667
Country Japan
Prefecture Akita Prefecture
City Akita
Area
  Total
6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Population
 (1 October 2009)
  Total
21,310
  Density3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Yubin Bango
011-0046 etc
Area code018
Vehicle registrationAkita

Tsuchizaki-Minato (土崎港, Tsuchizaki-Minato) is a neighbourhood located in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2009, the neighbourhood had an estimated population of 21,310 and a population density of 3,400 persons per km². The total area of the neibourhood is 6.29 square kilometres (2.43 sq mi). Annexed by the city in 1941, it borders the neighborhoods of Shogunno on the east, Iijima on the north, Mukaihama on the west and Terauchi on the south. The Tsuchizaki area is a port town that developed at the mouth of the Omono River and a place of Port of Akita and Japan Railway Tsuchizaki factory. Tsuchizaki Float Festival is a celebration in the neighbourhood, held every year from July 20 to 21. The Tsuchizaki air raid burned the port facilities and killed more than 250 people on August 14 and 15, 1945.