Goka
Goka
五霞町 | |
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Town | |
UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) | |
Area code | 0280 |
- Tree | Prunus mume |
- Flower | Canna |
- Bird | Eurasian skylark |
Phone number | 0280-84-1111 |
Address | 1162-1 Kofukuda, Goka-machi, Sashima-gun, Ibaraki-ken 306-0392 |
Website | Official website |
Goka (五霞町, Goka-machi) is a
Geography
Goka is located in the flatlands in the very western portion of Ibaraki Prefecture, bordered by Saitama Prefecture to the west and south, Chiba Prefecture to the east. The Tone River, along with the Edo River and Naka River pass through the town. Goka is approximately 50 kilometers from central Tokyo.
Rivers
- Tone River
- Edo River
- Naka River
- Gongendo River(Lake Miyuki)
- Fuyugi-otoshi River
- Goka-otoshi River
Place names
- Motokurihashi
- Kawatsuma
- Kotesashi
- Shinkōya
- Kofukuda
- Ōfukuda
- Sanno-yama
- Sanno
- Egawa
- Kōshu
- Goka-mirai
- Fuyugi
- Maebayashi
- Shaka
- Harajukudai
Neighboring municipalities
Ibaraki Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture
Climate
Goka has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Goka is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1326 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.4 °C.[2]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Goka peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1920 | 7,278 | — |
1930 | 7,543 | +3.6% |
1940 | 7,747 | +2.7% |
1950 | 9,985 | +28.9% |
1960 | 9,157 | −8.3% |
1970 | 8,382 | −8.5% |
1980 | 8,645 | +3.1% |
1990 | 9,468 | +9.5% |
2000 | 10,218 | +7.9% |
2010 | 9,410 | −7.9% |
2020 | 8,093 | −14.0% |
History
The area of present-day Goka was part of
Government
Goka has a
Economy
Industrial Park
- Doyobu, Kawatsuma, Egawa, Ōsaki, Ondashi and Goka IC industrial park
Company office and plant
- Kewpie Corporation, Goka plant
- Yakult Honsha Company Limited, Ibaraki plant
- Kyodo Printing Company Limited, Goka plant
- SHINCHOSHA Publishing Company Limited, Goka Office
- KIKKOMAN SoyFoods Company, Ibaraki plant
- KATO WORKS Company Limited, Ibaraki plant
Public institutions
Education
Goka has one public elementary school and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.
- Goka-nishi elementary school
- Goka-higashi elementary school
- Goka junior high school
Public facilities
- Goka town hall
- Goka post office
- Goka Harajukudai post office
- Goka town B&G Marine center
- Environmental purification center
- Kawatsuma water purification plant
Fire department
- Koga fire department(Koga-city)
- Goka branch
Police department
- Ibaraki prefectural police, Sakai police station(Sakai-town)
- Motokurihashi police box
- Kofukuda police box
Transportation
Railway
Goka does not have any passenger railway service. The near station is
Expressway
- Ken-Ō Expressway – Goka Interchange
Highway
- National Route 4
- Roadside station Goka (government-designated rest area)
Prefectural Road
- Prefecture Route 267
- Prefecture Route 268
Bus
- Route Bus(operated by Asahi bus)
- Goka town hall - Tatsudō - Satte station
- Community transportation "Gokarin-go" (operated by Asahi bus, operation route depending on the time of day except Sunday and holidays)
- Minami-kurihashi station - Saiseikai Kurihashi Hospital - Goka town hall - Goka Egawa-honson (Morning and evening time route)
- Beisia Supermarket Kurihashi Store - Minami-kurihashi station - Saiseikai Kurihashi Hospital - Goka town hall - Motokurihashi-ikenari - Dōmu Park - Tatsudō - Roadside station Goka - Goka Egawa-honson(Daytime route)
Local attractions
- Kurihashi castle ruins
- Tōshōji temple
- Ana-yakushi ancient tomb
- Fuyugi A・B shellmound
- Nakanoshima Park
- Dōmu Park
- Roadside station Goka
- Information and disaster station Goka
References
- ^ "Ibaraki prefectural official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
- ^ Goka climate data
- ^ Goka population statistics
External links
- Official Website (in Japanese)