Oga

Oga is a city placed in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2015, the metropolis has an expected populace of 29,318, and a population density of 122 folks in line with km2. The overall vicinity is 240.80 square kilometres 92.97 squaremi. Much of the metropolis is in the barriers of the Oga Quasi-National Park. The vicinity of present-day Oga changed into part of historic Dewa Province, ruled via the Satake extended circle of relatives all through the Edo period, who ruled Kubota Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.

The current-day metropolis of Oga emerge as created on March 31, 1954, via the merger of the town of Funagawaminato with four neighboring villages. On March 22, 2005, the metropolis of Wakami modified into merged into Oga. Oga has seven fundamental schools, four center schools and high faculties. The financial device of Oga is primarily based on business fishing and agriculture. Oga is well-known for its Namahage Festival, a conventional event hung on New Year's Eve wherein organizations of men dressed as ogre-like deities called Namahage" with mask and straw raincoats go to homes at night time.