Ojiya, Niigata

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Ojiya (小千谷(おぢや)市;-shi in in Japanese) is a city located in Niigata, Japan. As of July 16, 2003, about 40,342 people lived in the city. Ojiya's total area is 155.12 km².

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  • Lord Mayor Yasuo Yatsui
  • Industry Sanyo Electric, Panasonic
  • Textile Industry Cloth (Brand name is “Ojiya chijimi”)
  • Agriculture Rice (Brand name is “Koshihikari”)
  • Cultivation Colored Carp
  • Mining Natural gas (Ojiya’s production rate of natural gas is highest in Japan)
  • Events Ojiya festival (August 24th~25th)

Katakai festival (September 9th~10th . Katakai festival is known to set off the biggest fireworks in the world) Balloon festival (February 25th~26th)

  • 2004, October 23, 17:56, there was an earthquake of magnitude 7.2

This earthquake killed 51 people and 4795 people were injured either slightly or seriously. 16910 buildings and houses were destroyed. The amount of damage was 3, 0000, 0000, 0000Yen.