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Japanese
calendar
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Date
|
Main occurrence
|
| Meiji22. |
1889 |
4. |
1 |
City of Akita was incorporated. |
| |
|
7. |
12 |
Akita City Hall was opened. |
| 35. |
1902 |
10. |
21 |
Japan National Railway opened Akita Station. |
| 40. |
1907 |
10. |
1 |
Water supply by the city was started. |
| 42. |
1909 |
11. |
23 |
New city hall was built in Yadome-machi. |
| Taisho14. |
1925 |
6. |
22 |
Bus Service was started. |
| Showa6. |
1931 |
12. |
17 |
Trolley car service was started. |
| 9. |
1934 |
11. |
10 |
Akita Ohashi Bridge was completed. |
| 11. |
1936 |
10. |
12 |
City gas works was started. |
| 13. |
1938 |
4. |
27 |
Omonogawa river improvement work was completed. |
| 16. |
1941 |
4. |
1 |
City of Akita merged towns and villages of Tsuchizaki-minato, Terauchi,
Hiroyamada, and Araya. |
| 29. |
1954 |
6. |
16 |
Akita City Hospital was opened. |
| |
|
10. |
1 |
Twelve surrounding villages were merged to Akita city. |
| 33. |
1958 |
6. |
18 |
Akita Municipal Art Museum was opened at Senshu park. |
| 34. |
1959 |
12. |
7 |
New prefecture office was completed in Sanno. |
| 36. |
1961 |
9. |
26 |
Akita Airport was opened near Araya beach. |
| |
|
10. |
8 |
16th National Athletic Meet was held in Akita. |
| 39. |
1964 |
10. |
26 |
New City Hall was built at its present location. |
| 40. |
1965 |
12. |
31 |
Street car service was stopped. |
| 46. |
1971 |
4. |
11 |
Sanno Street was opened |
| 48. |
1973 |
9. |
1 |
City zoo at Senshu park was moved to Omoriyama. |
| |
|
10. |
1 |
City ordinance to make Akita a garden city was established. |
| 50. |
1975 |
3. |
1 |
Akita Central Wholesale Market was opened. |
| 52. |
1977 |
7. |
12 |
Sister city relationship was established with Hitachi-ota, Ibaraki Prefecture. |
| 55. |
1980 |
6. |
28 |
Akita Cultural Hall was opened. |
| 56. |
1981 |
6. |
26 |
New Akita Airport was opened in Yuwa town. |
| 57. |
1982 |
8. |
4 |
Akita city, Kawabe town and Yuwa town were designated technopolis area. |
| |
|
8. |
5 |
Friendly relationship was established with and Lanzhou city, China. |
| 58. |
1983 |
10. |
7 |
Central Library "Meitokukan" was opened. |
| 59. |
1984 |
4. |
8 |
Sister city relationship was formalized with Passau city, Germany. |
| 62. |
1987 |
1. |
24 |
Tokyo Liaison Office was opened. |
| Heisei1. |
1989 |
6. |
10 |
"Goshono New town" landsale was started. |
| |
|
7. |
10 |
Osumi Yagura and the bronze statue of Lord Yoshiaki Satake were restored. |
| |
|
7. |
12 |
100th anniversary of municipalization. |
| |
|
11. |
18 |
"Atorion" and Akita Municipal Senshu Art Musium were opened. |
| 2. |
1990 |
10. |
1 |
Population of Akita exceeded 300,000. |
| 3. |
1991 |
7. |
25 |
Akita Expressway Between Akita and Yokote was was completed. |
| |
|
8. |
29 |
Kur Dome "The Boon" was opened. |
| 4. |
1992 |
6. |
29 |
Sister city relationship was formalized with Vladivostok city,Russia. |
| 5. |
1993 |
4. |
1 |
Paramedics equipped with standard emergency life saving ambulance was introduced
to Akita. |
| 6. |
1994 |
4. |
8 |
Port Tower "Selion" was opened. |
| |
|
4. |
13 |
New Municipal Gymnasium was opened. |
| 7. |
1995 |
4. |
11 |
Akita Municipal Junior College of Art and Craft was opened. |
| 8. |
1996 |
7. |
20 |
Selion Plaza was opened in Akita Port. |
| 9. |
1997 |
3. |
16 |
New JR Akita station was completed. |
| |
|
3. |
22 |
The Akita Shinkansen "'Komachi" was started. |
| |
|
4. |
1 |
City of Akita became a core city. |
| |
|
4. |
1 |
Central Senior Citizen's Welfare Area was opened. |
| |
|
11. |
13 |
Akita Expressway was completed. |
| 10. |
1998 |
3. |
30 |
Akita South Bridge was completed. |
| |
|
4. |
11 |
East Gate of Akita Fort was rebuilt. |
| |
|
7. |
1 |
Disclosure of administrative information was started. |
| 11. |
1999 |
7. |
9 |
The Shin-Nihonkai-Ferry has been put into service at the Port of
Akita. (Hokkaido - Akita - Niigata - Fukui) |
| 12. |
2000 |
8. |
22 |
United Nations Conference on Disarmament
Issues was held in Akita.
|
| 13. |
2001 |
3. |
24 |
Akitta prefectural pool was opened. |
| |
|
8. |
16 |
World Games 2001 Akita was held. |
| 16. |
2004 |
4. |
|
Akita International University was established. |
| |
|
7. |
16 |
ALVE, the symbolic building of Akita, was opened. |
| |
|
8. |
1 |
The celemony, celebrating the 400 memorial
year since Akita city had been constructed,
was held at ALVE. |
| 17. |
2005 |
1. |
11 |
The City of Akita was merged with Kawabe
town and Yuwa town. |
| 19. |
2007 |
|
|
National sports festival, "Wakasugi
Kokutai", was held. |
| |
|
9. |
15 |
Akita Central Road tunnel was opened to traffic. |
| 21. |
2009 |
7. |
12 |
120th anniversary celebration, since the
city of akita had started municipal organization,
was held. |
