Nanyo

Nanyo is a metropolis placed in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2015, the city had an expected populace of 31,976, and a population density of 199 human beings in line with km². The overall region is 160.52 rectangular kilometres. The region of gift-day Nan'yo turned into a part of ancient Dewa Province. After the start of the Meiji period, the location have turn out to be part of Higashiokitama District, Yamagata Prefecture.

The present day metropolis of Nan'yo have become installation on April 1, 1967 by using the merger of the previous cities of Miyauchi and Akayu with the village of Wago. Akayu is famous for its hot springs, cherries and cling gliding and consists of the previous village of Nakagawa. Miyauchi is well-known for its chrysanthemum pageant and the Kumano-taisha Shrine, and includes the former villages of Urushiyama, Yoshino, and Kaneyama.

The village of Wago modified into created in 1955 via the merger of the villages of Okigo and Ringo. The English adventure-writer Isabella Bird visited Akayu in 1878 and wrote about the metropolis in Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. The city is known as after Nanyang, China, in which consistent with legend a chrysanthemum spring may want to make drinkers immortal.