Asahi, Yamagata (Higashitagawa)
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This article is about a village in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Asahi is a common name in Japan, for other uses see Asahi.
Asahi (朝日村 Asahi-mura) was a village located in the Higashitagawa District, Yamagata, Japan. The village was not related to the town of Asahi in the same prefecture or the adjacent Asahi in Niigata Prefecture.
Asahi literally means "morning sun". The village is named after Asahi Mountains, which shine bright in the morning light.
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The village was established in 1954 by the merger of the villages of Oizumi, Hongo and Azuma. On October 1, 2005 Asahi, along with the towns of Fujishima, Haguro and Kushibiki, all from Higashitagawa District, and the town of Atsumi, from Nishitagawa District, was merged into the expanded city of Tsuruoka and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
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