Asahi, Yamagata (Higashitagawa)

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This article is about a village in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Asahi is a common name in Japan, for other uses see Asahi.

Asahi (朝日村, Asahi-mura^?) is a village located in the Higashi-tagawa District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. The village has no special relationship with the town of Asahi in the same prefecture. The village has no special relationship with the adjacent Asahi in the Niigata Prefecture.

Asahi literally means "morning sun". The village is named after Asahi Mountains, which shine bright in the morning light.

[edit] History

The village was established in 1954 by the merger of the villages of Oizumi, Hongo and Azuma. In 2006, the village was absorbed into the city of Tsuruoka by another merger and is now known as part of Tsuruoka.