Editing Atami (section)

==History==
[[File:Atami c1900.jpg|thumb|right|View of Atami in 1900]]
Atami has been known as a [[resort town]] centered on its [[onsen|hot springs]] since the 8th century AD. In the [[Kamakura period]], [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] and [[Hōjō Masako]] were notable visitors. During the [[Edo period]], all of [[Izu Province]] was ''[[tenryō]]'' territory under direct control of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. During the [[cadastre|cadastral]] reform of the early [[Meiji period]] in 1889, Atami village was organized within [[Kamo District, Shizuoka]]. It was elevated to town status on June 11, 1894, and was transferred to the administrative control of [[Tagata District, Shizuoka|Tagata District]] in 1896.

The epicenter of the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō earthquake]] in 1923 was deep beneath [[Izu Ōshima]] Island in [[Sagami Bay]], close to Atami, which suffered considerable damage, as did other municipalities throughout the surrounding [[Kantō region]].<ref>Hammer, Joshua. (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=6O8VyhDbUPgC ''Yokohama Burning: the Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II'', p. 278].</ref> The [[tsunami]] wave height reached 11 meters (35 feet) at Atami, swamping the town and drowning three hundred people.<ref>Hammer, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6O8VyhDbUPgC p. 114].</ref>

In 1932, Japanese authorities raided a meeting of members of the [[Japanese Communist Party]] in Atami.<ref>The Japanese Communist Party 1922-1945 By  Beckmann, George M page 237</ref>

The [[Inagawa-kai]], third largest of Japan's yakuza groups, was founded in Atami in 1949 as the {{nihongo|Inagawa-gumi|稲川組}} by [[Kakuji Inagawa]].<ref name="npa_h05">[http://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h05/h050101.html "1993 Police White Paper Chapter 1 : The Actual Condition of the Boryokudan"], 1993, ''[[National Police Agency (Japan)|National Police Agency]]'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref> 

In 1963 the [[Japanese Communist Party]] established a study facility in the mountains near Atami. The JCP holds a triennial congress there.<ref>[http://shingetsunewsagency.com/2017/01/20/the-mountain-fortress-of-the-japan-communist-party/ The Mountain Fortress of the Japan Communist Party]</ref>

The modern city of Atami was founded on April 10, 1937, through the merger of Atami Town with neighboring Taga Village. After the proclamation of Atami as an "International Tourism and Culture City" by the Japanese government in 1950, the area experienced rapid growth in large resort hotel development. This growth increased after Atami station became a stop on the [[Tōkaidō Shinkansen]] high-speed train line in 1964. In concert with its famous onsen, Atami was known for its [[onsen geisha]].

Atami experienced a considerable decline in popularity as a vacation destination due to the [[Lost Decades|Japanese economic crisis in the 1990s]] and the associated fall in large group company-sponsored vacations, but is currently experiencing a revival as a [[commuter town]] due to its proximity to Tokyo and Yokohama.

===2021 landslide===
[[File:熱海土石流 被害状況視察.jpg|thumb|Prime Minister [[Yoshihide Suga|Suga]] overlooks an area of Atami damaged by the 2021 landslide]]
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Following torrential rainfall a [[landslide]] was triggered which [[2021 Atami landslide|swept through part of the city]] on 3 July 2021. 27 people were killed and 3 were injured.<ref name="kyodo">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-03 |title=2 feared dead, some 20 missing in large mudslide southwest of Tokyo |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/4fdfcd0277e5-heavy-rain-lashes-pacific-coast-of-japan-highest-alert-issued.html |access-date=2021-07-03 |website=Kyodo News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Japan landslide: 20 missing in Atami city |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57704967 |access-date=2021-07-03 |website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 July 2021 |title=Death Toll from Central Japan Mudslide Rises to 9 |url=https://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2021070801237 |access-date=9 July 2021 |website=Jiji Press |archive-date=9 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190315/https://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2021070801237 }}</ref><ref name="japantimes-soil">{{cite web |title=Improper soil accumulation suspected of leading to Japan mudslide |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/07/09/national/atami-landslide-soil/ |website=The Japan Times |access-date=10 July 2021 |location=Kyodo |date=9 July 2021 |url-access=registration |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709082146/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/07/09/national/atami-landslide-soil/ |url-status=live }}</ref>