History of Akita City

Last modified 2004.01.17

Date	Major event
1 Apr, 1889	City of Akita was incorporated.
12 Jul, 1889	Akita City Hall was opened.
21 Oct, 1902	Japan National Railway opened Akita Station.
1 Oct, 1907	Water supply by the city was started.
23 Nov, 1909	New city hall was built in Yadome-machi.
22 Jun, 1925	Bus service was started.
17 Dec, 1931	Trolley car service was started.
10 Nov, 1934	Akita Ohashi Bridge was completed.
12 Oct, 1936	City gas works was started.
27 Apr, 1938	The Omonogawa River improvement work was completed.
1 Apr, 1941	City of Akita merged towns and villages of TsuchizakiMinato,Terauchi, Hiroyamada and Araya.
16 Jun, 1954	Akita City Hospital was opened.
1 Oct, 1954	12 surrounding villages were merged to Akita City.
18 Jun, 1958	Akita Municipal Art Museum was opened at Senshu Park.
7 Dec, 1959	New Prefecture Office was completed in Sanno.
26 Sep, 1961	Akita Airport was opened near Araya Beach.
8 Oct, 1961	The 16th National Athletic Meet was held in Akita City.
26 Oct, 1964	New City Hall was built at its present location.
31 Dec, 1965	Street car service was stopped.
11 Apr, 1971	The Sanno Street was completed.
1 Sep, 1973	City zoo at Senshu park was moved to Omoriyama.
1 Oct, 1973	A regulation to make Akita a garden city was established.
1 Mar, 1975	Akita Central Wholesale Market was opened.
12 Jul, 1977	Sister city relationship established with Hitachi Ota,Ibaraki Prefecture.
28 Jun, 1980	Akita Cultural Hall was opened.
26 Jun, 1981	New Akita Airport was opened in Yuwa town.
4 Aug, 1982	Akita City, Kawabe town and Yuwa town are designated as technopolis.
5 Aug, 1982	Friendly relationship was established with Lanzhou city,China.
7 Oct, 1983	Central Library "Meitokukan" was opened.
8 Apr, 1984	Sister city relationship was formalized with Passau city,Germany.
24 Jan, 1987	Akita City Hall branch office is opened in Tokyo.
2 Apr, 1988	"We Road" Walkway,connecting east and west sides of Akita station was completed.
10 Jun, 1989	"Goshono New town" landsale was started.
10 Jul, 1989	Osumi Yagura and the bronze statue of Lord Yoshiaki Satake were restored.
12 Jul, 1989	100th anniversary of municipalization.
18 Nov, 1989	"Atorion" and Akita Municipal Senshu Art Museum were opened.
1 Oct, 1990	Population of Akita exceeded 300,000.
25 Jul, 1991	The Akita Expressway was completed.(Between Akita and Yokote).
29 Aug, 1991	Kur Dome "The Boon" was opened.
29 Jun, 1992	Sister city relationship was formalized with Vladivostok city,Russia.
1 Apr, 1993	Paramedics equipped with high standard emergency life saving ambulance is introduced to Akita.
1 Oct, 1993	The information Line "Keyaki Dial Hello,Hello" started.
8 Feb, 1994	The Parking zone information system started.
8 Apr, 1994	The Port Tower "Selion" was opened.
13 Apr, 1994	New Municipal Gymnasium was opened.
11 Apr, 1995	Akita Municipal Junior College of Art and Craft was opened.
20 Jul, 1996	The Selion Plaza was opened in Akita Port.
16 Mar, 1997	New JR Akita Station was completed.
22 Mar, 1997	The Akita Shinkansen "Komachi" was started.
1 Apr, 1997	City of Akita became "core city".
1 Apr, 1997	Central Senior Citizen's Welfare Area was opened.
13 Nov, 1997	Akita Expressway was completed.
30 Mar, 1998	Akita South Bridge was completed.
11 Apr, 1998	East Gate of Akita Fort was rebuilt.
1 Jul, 1998	Disclosure of administrative information was started.
1 Apr, 1999	Akita City Recycle Plaza was completed.
9 Jul, 1999	Regular ferry service was started.
1 Apr, 2000	Akita Goshono Gakuen Junior High and High School was opened.
29 Jul, 2000	Sky walk "Popo-Road" was opened in Akita Station.
22 Aug, 2000	"U.N.conference on disarmament issues in Akita" was held.
1 Apr, 2002	The waste-melting furnace in the Akita-city Comprehensive Environmental Center in operation.
15 Mar, 2003	Akita Southern Bypass was completed.
7 Jul, 2003	Akita City and Kawabe Town and Yuwa Town established a statutory merger council.
22 Aug, 2003	The Taiheizan Nature Learning Center "Mantarame" was opened.

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