Hayama, Kanagawa

Hayama

葉山町
Hayama 葉山町
Town
	Hayama Town Hall
	Japanese bush-warbler
Phone number	046-876-1111
Address	2135 Horinouchi, Hayama-machi, Miura-gun, Kanagawa-ken; 240-0192
Website	Official website

Hayama (葉山町, Hayama-machi) is a

Japanese Imperial Family has maintained a residence in Hayama, the seaside Hayama Imperial Villa.^[2]

Geography

Hayama is located at the northern end of Miura Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean. Geographically, it is often cited as the easternmost point of the Shōnan region.

Surrounding municipalities

Kanagawa Prefecture

Zushi
Yokosuka

Climate

Hayama has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hayama is 15.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1872 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 6.4 °C.^[3]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[4] the population of Hayama has recently plateaued after a long period of growth.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1920	7,558	—
1930	9,116	+20.6%
1940	9,986	+9.5%
1950	15,484	+55.1%
1960	15,762	+1.8%
1970	19,609	+24.4%
1980	28,359	+44.6%
1990	29,536	+4.2%
2000	30,413	+3.0%
2010	32,766	+7.7%
2020	31,665	−3.4%

History

During the

Meiji period

in April 1889, the area was reorganized into Hayama village through the merger of six hamlets. Hayama was elevated to town status in 1925.

Government

Hayama has a

Diet of Japan

.

Economy

Despite its lack of rail connections, Hayama is now primarily a

Meiji period it became a prestigious summer home location for the upper classes of Tokyo, partly due to the prestige of the Imperial villa. In the postwar period, its popularity continued with actors, artists and wealthy expatriates. Local agricultural produce includes shiitake

mushrooms, and a brand of beef known as "Hayama-gyu".

Education

Hayama has four public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. In addition, the

Graduate University for Advanced Studies

's main administrative campus is hosted here.

Transportation

Railway

Hayama has no passenger rail service. The nearest train station is the Yokosuka Line Zushi Station or Keikyū Zushi Line Zushi·Hayama Station in neighboring Zushi.

Highway

National Route 134

Sister city relations

– Kusatsu, Gunma, since March 1969
– City of Holdfast Bay, South Australia (Australia) since 1997;^[5] November 18, 2009, Holdfast Bay wrote a letter signed by their Deputy Mayor admonishing Hayama for Japan's whaling in the Southern Ocean.^[6]

Local attractions

Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama

Notable people from Hayama, Kanagawa

Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946–2012), member of the Imperial House of Japan and the eldest son of Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
windsurfer
Nihongo
: 山本世界, Yamamoto Sekai)
miwa (born 1990), Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

References

^ "Hayama town official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
^ "Hayama Imperial Villa". Imperial Family of Japan.
^ Hayama climate data
^ Hayama population statistics
^ "City of Holdfast Bay". Archived from the original on May 31, 2010.
^ "Holdfast Bay wants to save the whales". Guardian Messenger. November 18, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

External links

Official Website (in Japanese)

[Hayama-hp-1] "Hayama town official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.

[2] "Hayama Imperial Villa". Imperial Family of Japan.

[3] Hayama climate data

[4] Hayama population statistics

[5] "City of Holdfast Bay". Archived from the original on May 31, 2010.

[6] "Holdfast Bay wants to save the whales". Guardian Messenger. November 18, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

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