Yamagata

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Yamagata is the name of several places in Japan:

• Yamagata Prefecture
• Yamagata City, the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture
  • Yamagata Astronomical Observatory, south of the city (IAU code D89)
• Yamagata, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture
• Yamagata, a village located in Higashichikuma District, Nagano, Japan.
• Yamagata, Iwate, a village in Iwate Prefecture
• Yamagata District, Hiroshima, a district in Hiroshima Prefecture

It is also a Japanese surname. People with the name include:

• Yamagata Aritomo (1838 – 1922), Japanese military leader and politician
• Hiro Yamagata (1964 - ), Japanese author, critic, economist, and translator
• Rachael Yamagata (1977 - ), American singer-songwriter

Other uses:

• Yamagata could also refer to the fictional character in the anime Akira.
• Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, a documentary film festival held biennially in Yamagata City