Yokote, Akita

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Yokote, Akita is a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan, known for its heavy snowfall and the traditional Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival featuring igloo-like snow huts.

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Surface form Occurrences
Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival 0
Yokote Station 0

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
winter festival
administrativeStatus city
averageAnnualRainfall around 1700 mm
averageAnnualTemperature around 10 °C
borderedBy Daisen, Akita NERFINISHED
Higashinaruse, Akita NERFINISHED
Kakunodate area of Semboku
Misato, Akita NERFINISHED
Ugo, Akita NERFINISHED
Yurihonjo, Akita NERFINISHED
climateClassification Dfa
climateType humid continental climate
country Japan
feature igloo-like snow huts
governedBy Yokote City Hall NERFINISHED
hasCulturalHeritage kamakura snow hut tradition
hasFestival Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival NERFINISHED
hasHeavySnowfall true
hasJapaneseName 横手市 NERFINISHED
hasLocalSpecialty Yokote yakisoba NERFINISHED
kiritanpo
hasMascot Yokote-chan NERFINISHED
hasRailwayStation Yokote Station NERFINISHED
hasSisterCity Hachioji, Tokyo NERFINISHED
Ninohe, Iwate NERFINISHED
heldIn Yokote, Akita NERFINISHED
heldInMonth February
knownFor Yokote Kamakura Snow Festival NERFINISHED
heavy snowfall
kamikatsu-style kamakura snow huts
locatedIn Akita Prefecture NERFINISHED
Tohoku region NERFINISHED
locatedOn Honshu
mayorTitle Mayor of Yokote
partOf Yokote Basin NERFINISHED
primaryCrops rice
primaryEconomicActivities agriculture
light manufacturing
region inland southern Akita Prefecture
river Yokote River NERFINISHED
servedBy Kitakami Line NERFINISHED
Ōu Main Line NERFINISHED
servedByExpressway Akita Expressway NERFINISHED
servedByNationalRoute National Route 107 NERFINISHED
National Route 13 NERFINISHED
National Route 342 NERFINISHED
timeZone Japan Standard Time
traditionalFoodServed amazake
mochi
utcOffset +09:00

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Kanegasaki, Iwate, Japan borderedBy Yokote, Akita