Tendo

Tendo is a metropolis placed in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2015, the city had an estimated populace of 61,781, and a population density of 547 humans in step with km2. The total place is 113.01 square kilometres. During the Edo length, the place of present-day Tendo become part of Tendo Domain, a 20,000 koku feudal area under the Tokugawa shogunate controlled via the Oda extended family, who dominated from 1831-1871.

After the begin of the Meiji length, the location prepared as Tendo Village under Higashimurayama District, Yamagata Prefecture in 1878. It changed into increased to city fame on April 27, 1892 and became a town on October 1, 1958. Tendo has twelve basic colleges, six center colleges and two high colleges. The financial system of Tendo is based totally on seasonal tourism, agriculture and wood products. The metropolis is historically recognised for its production of the wooden portions used in Japanese chess.