7/1/2023 0 Comments Otomata japanese![]() The Meiji government ran coal mining in Miike at first themselves, but soon sold it to a private company for a very low price, compared to its value, which caused a scandal. The Ōmuta and Miike townships, which would form the core of the current city, were founded on April 1, 1889, a consequence of the town and village administrative system, in Miike county, Fukuoka. ![]() Ōmuta belonged to the Miike (1871), Mizuma (1871–1876) and finally Fukuoka prefectures (1876–present) respectively. In 1871, in a course of the Meiji restoration, the Han system was abolished and prefectures were founded. During the 1850s another two coal mines were opened. In 1721, Ono Harunobu, karō (steward) of Yanagawa han ( Yanagawa Domain) was granted Hirano Takatori yama, and started to mine coal. Coal mining would become the main industry in this area.ĭuring the Edo period, Ōmuta was a part of the Miike han ( Miike Domain), ruled by the Tachibana clan who also ruled Yanagawa. In 1469, a farmer named Denzaemon eventually found coal in the mountains when he made a bonfire. Miike, a neighborhood in Ōmuta, is named after those three ponds (jp: " 三 池 mi-ike"). ![]() In the late 12th century, three ponds were formed, supposedly as a result of volcanic activity. The oldest reference to Ōmuta, precisely Kunugi, one of the neighborhoods in the current Ōmuta city, is found in Nihonshoki (720), the chapter of Emperor Keikō, whose historical existence is doubtful. Climate data for Ōmuta (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present)
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