Shin Yamaguchi and Ogori

[ben_issacs]

Folks, 

In my early days of travelling in Japan, when one wanted to travel on the SL Yamaguchi one got off the Shinkansen set at Ogori station.

Then one year, I got off there, and it had become Shin Yamaguchi!

A bit confusing, as it is about 14 km from Yamaguchi itself, a good distance for a 'Shin" (new) station to be at from its name station.

Did the name change only apply to the station , or did the whole town of Ogori  suddenly become Shin Yamaguchi, with accompanying  postal address changes, business name changes, etc.?

Regards, 

Bill, 

Melbourne.

 

 

[katoftw]

Town name didnt change

Edited March 6, 2019 by katoftw

[railsquid]

Oh yes it did, it was merged along with several others into Yamaguchi-Shi in 2005. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogōri,_Yamaguchi

 

Postal address changes were also involved, see: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/山口市#合併後の住所表記

[katoftw]

Hmmm interesting. Google maps still show the address as Ogori. Just to make it confusing.

[ben_issacs]

Thanks, fellas, 

It must have been confusing for the  Ogoriites  at the time!

Regards, 

Bill, 

Melbourne.

 

[railsquid]

2 hours ago, katoftw said:

Hmmm interesting. Google maps still show the address as Ogori. Just to make it confusing.

 

Well the area is still "Ogōri", but as part of Yamaguchi city:

 

"Yamaguchi-ken, Yamaguchi-shi, Ogōrishi-mogō"

 

Prior to the merge it would have been something like:

"Yamaguchi-ken, Yoshiki-gun Ogōrishi-cho Ooaza mogō"

[EdF]

What about before the un-merge before the merge? Ogori has been merged into Yamaguchi before and them split out and now merged back in.  Between 44 and 49.

[railsquid]

Well no Shinkansen station back then, so no impetus on the part of the prefectural capital to get a Shinkansen station with its name on it.