Nakanokuchi, Niigata

Nakanokuchi Flag Seal
Location of Nakanokuchi in Niigata Prefecture
Country	Japan
Region	Hokuriku
Prefecture	Niigata Prefecture
District	Nishikanbara District
Merged	March 21, 2005 (now part of Niigata)
Area
• Total	20.16 km2 (7.78 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	6,406
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
Symbols
Flower	Lilium
Tree	Pinus thunbergii

Nakanokuchi (中之口村, Nakanokuchi-mura) was a village located in Nishikanbara District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2005, the village had an estimated population of 6,613 and a density of 328.03 persons per km². The total area was 20.16 km².

On March 21, 2005, Nakanokuchi, along with the cities of Niitsu, Shirone and Toyosaka, the towns of Kameda, Kosudo and Yokogoshi (all from Nakakanbara District), the town of Nishikawa, and the villages of Ajikata, Iwamuro, Katahigashi and Tsukigata (all from Nishikanbara District), was merged into the expanded city of Niigata.^[1] As of April 1, 2007, the area is now part of Nishikan-ku ward (西蒲区, Nishikan-ku).

Sumo Champion

The village is the birthplace of Haguroyama Masaji (羽黒山 政司, November 18, 1914 - October 14, 1969) who was sumo's 36th yokozuna. Haguroyama earned the rank in May 1941 and held the title for twelve years and three months. It remains an all-time record today.

During his career Haguroyama won seven top division championships and was runner-up on six other occasions.

In Nakanokuchi, there is a museum dedicated to Haguroyama and a bronze statue of the famous wrestler wearing his shimenawa (the knotted rope indicating his rank as yokozuna).

References

External links

• Haguroyama (in Japanese)

37°42′35.31″N 138°58′7.48″E / 37.7098083°N 138.9687444°E / 37.7098083; 138.9687444

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Dissolved municipalities of Niigata Prefecture

Niigata

2001	Kurosaki
2005	Niitsu Shirone Toyosaka Kameda Kosudo Yokogoshi Ajikata Iwamuro Katahigashi Maki Nakanokuchi Nishikawa Tsukigata

Murakami

2008	Arakawa Asahi Kamihayashi Sanpoku

Tainai

2005	Kurokawa Nakajō

Shibata

2003	Toyoura
2005	Kajikawa Shiunji

Agano

2004	Kyōgase Sasakami Suibara Yasuda

Gosen

2005	Muramatsu

Aga

2005	Kamikawa Kanose Mikawa Tsugawa

Tsubame

2006	Bunsui Yoshida

Sanjō

2005	Sakae Shitada

Nagaoka

2005	Koshiji Mishima Nakanoshima Oguni Yamakoshi
2006	Tochio Teradomari Washima Yoita
2010	Kawaguchi

Kashiwazaki

2005	Nishiyama Takayanagi

Tōkamachi

2005	Kawanishi Matsudai Matsunoyama Nakasato

Uonuma

2004	Hirokami Horinouchi Irihirose Koide Sumon Yunotani

Minamiuonuma

2004	Muikamachi Yamato
2005	Shiozawa

Jōetsu

2005	Itakura Kakizaki Kiyosato Kubiki Maki Nadachi Nakagō Ōgata Ōshima Sanwa Uragawara Yasuzuka Yoshikawa

Myōkō (Arai)

2005	Myōkō Myōkōkōgen

Itoigawa

2005	Nō Ōmi

Sado

2004	Ryōtsu Aikawa Akadomari Hamochi Hatano Kanai Mano Niibo Ogi Sawata

List of mergers in Niigata Prefecture

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