Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan

E30353

city

Nagaoka is a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic role in the Boshin War, its postwar reconstruction, and one of Japan’s most famous summer fireworks festivals.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city →
climate	humid subtropical climate →
climateClassification	Köppen Cfa →
country	Japan →
fireworksFestivalDuration	2 days →
fireworksFestivalHeldIn	August →
fireworksFestivalOccasion	commemoration of World War II air raid victims →
fireworksFestivalScale	one of the largest fireworks displays in Japan →
governmentType	mayor–council form →
hasCityCouncil	Nagaoka City Council →
hasCityStatusSince	1906 →
hasEvent	Nagaoka Festival → Nagaoka Fireworks Festival →
hasMayor	mayor of Nagaoka →
hasMunicipalStatus	city →
hasPostalCodePrefix	940 → 949 →
hasRailwayStation	Nagaoka Station NERFINISHED →
hasRoleIn	Boshin War →
hasUniversity	Nagaoka Institute of Design → Nagaoka University of Technology →
historicalEra	Edo period →
isPrefecturalCityOf	Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED →
knownFor	Nagaoka Festival fireworks → heavy snowfall in winter → historic role in the Boshin War → one of Japan’s most famous summer fireworks festivals → postwar reconstruction after World War II →
language	Japanese →
localDialect	Niigata dialect →
locatedIn	Chūbu region → Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED →
locatedOn	Honshu → Sea of Japan side of Japan →
locatedOnRiver	Shinano River →
regionSpecialty	rice production → sake brewing →
servedBy	Jōetsu Line → Jōetsu Shinkansen → Shinetsu Main Line →
timeZone	Japan Standard Time →
twinCity	Fort Worth, Texas, United States → Honolulu, Hawaii, United States → Tainan, Taiwan →
underwent	postwar reconstruction →
utcOffset	+09:00 →
wasBombedIn	World War II →
wasBombedOn	1945-08-01 →
wasCastleTownOf	Nagaoka Domain →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Isoroku Yamamoto →	placeOfBirth