Daigo, Ibaraki

Daigo 大子町
Town
Daigo town office
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Location of Daigo in Ibaraki Prefecture
Daigo
Coordinates: 36°46′5.2″N 140°21′18.8″E / 36.768111°N 140.355222°E / 36.768111; 140.355222Coordinates: 36°46′5.2″N 140°21′18.8″E / 36.768111°N 140.355222°E / 36.768111; 140.355222
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Ibaraki Prefecture
District	Kuji
Area
• Total	325.76 km2 (125.78 sq mi)
Population (September 2015)
• Total	17,980
• Density	55.2/km2 (143/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree	Fagus crenata
- Flower	Tea
- Bird	Aix galericulata
Phone number	0295-72-1111
Address	866 Daigo, Daigo-machi, Kuji-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-3526
Website	Official website

Daigo (大子町, Daigo-machi) is a town located in Kuji District, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. As of September 2015, the town had an estimated population of 17,980 and a population density of 55.2 persons per km². Its total area was 325.76 km².

Geography

Located in northwestern Ibaraki Prefecture, Daigo is bordered to the north by Fukushima Prefecture and to the west by Tochigi Prefecture. There are many onsen located in Daigo.

Surrounding municipalities

• Ibaraki Prefecture
  • Hitachiōta
  • Hitachiōmiya
• Fukushima Prefecture
  • Yamatsuri
  • Tanagura
• Tochigi Prefecture
• Ōtawara
• Nakagawa

History

Daigo village was created with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was elevated to town status on July 20, 1891. On March 31, 1955, the villages of Yorigami, Fururoda, Miyagawa, Kurosawa, Namase, Kamiogawa, Shimoogawa and Murotono merged with Daigo.

Education

• Daigo has seven elementary schools, four middle schools and two high schools, along with one special education school.

Transportation

Railway

• JR East – Suigun Line
  • Saigane - Kami-Ogawa - Fukuroda - Hitachi-Daigo - Shimonomiya

Highway

• Japan National Route 118
• Japan National Route 461

Local attractions

• Fukuroda Falls – one of Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls
• Daigo onsen
• Fukuroda onsen

Noted people

• Yasunori Kikuchi – professional baseball player
• Yasumitsu Toyoda – professional baseball player

External links

Media related to Daigo, Ibaraki at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (Japanese)

Ibaraki Prefecture
Mito (capital)
Special cities	Mito Tsukuba
Cities	Bandō Chikusei Hitachi Hitachinaka Hitachiōmiya Hitachiōta Hokota Inashiki Ishioka Itako Jōsō Kamisu Kasama Kashima Kasumigaura Kitaibaraki Koga Moriya Naka Namegata Omitama Ryūgasaki Sakuragawa Shimotsuma Takahagi Toride Tsuchiura Tsukubamirai Ushiku Yūki
Higashiibaraki District	Ibaraki Ōarai Shirosato
Inashiki District	Ami Kawachi Miho
Kitasōma District	Tone
Kuji District	Daigo
Naka District	Tōkai
Sashima District	Goka Sakai
Yūki District	Yachiyo
List of mergers in Ibaraki Prefecture