▁- ▁The ▁villages ▁of ▁K aw ag uch i , ▁K inos h ō , ▁T es hi ro , ▁Nar azu , ▁F uk ats u , ▁Hon j ō ▁and ▁Y osh iz u ▁were ▁merged ▁into ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Fu ku y ama ▁( 1 ▁town , ▁ 2 2 ▁village ). ▁October ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁- ▁The ▁villages ▁of ▁Kam ii wan ari , ▁Sh imo iw an ari , ▁Nak ats uh ara , ▁and ▁Mor iw ake ▁were ▁merged ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Gy ō k ō ▁( 1 ▁town , ▁ 1 9 ▁villages , ▁the ▁village ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁imperial ▁visit ▁of ▁the ▁em peror ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 9 3 0 ) ▁February ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁- ▁The ▁villages ▁of ▁Kam it ak eda , ▁Sh im ot ak eda ▁and ▁Y ah iro ▁were ▁merged ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Take hi ro ▁( 竹 <0xE5> <0xB0> <0x8B> 村 ) ▁( 1 ▁town , ▁ 1 7 ▁villages ). ▁October ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁- ▁The ▁villages ▁of ▁Sh im ok amo ▁and ▁H ō j ō ji ▁were ▁merged ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁K ah ō ▁( 1 ▁town , ▁ 1 6 ▁villages ). ▁March ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁- ▁The ▁town ▁of ▁K ann abe ▁absor bed ▁the ▁villages ▁of ▁Take hi ro , ▁Ch ū j