Kami, Miyagi
Kami
加美町 | |
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Town | |
![]() Mount Funagata | |
UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) | |
City symbols | |
• Tree | Siebold’s beech |
• Flower | Asian skunk cabbage |
• Bird | Green pheasant |
• Fish | Ayu |
Phone number | 0229-63-3111 |
Address | 3-5 Nishida, Kami-chō, Kami-gun, Miyagi-ken 981-4292 |
Website | Official website |
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Kami (加美町, Kami-machi) is a
Geography
Kami is located in west-central Miyagi Prefecture, bordered by Yamagata Prefecture to the west. Parts of the town are within the borders of the Funagata Renpō Prefectural Natural Park.
Neighboring municipalities
Miyagi Prefecture
Yamagata Prefecture
- Obanazawa
- Mogami
Climate
The town has a climate characterized by cool summers and long cold winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Kami is 11.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1336 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 -0.8 °C.[2]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Kami has declined over the past 70 years.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1920 | 24,597 | — |
1930 | 28,484 | +15.8% |
1940 | 30,569 | +7.3% |
1950 | 37,895 | +24.0% |
1960 | 37,054 | −2.2% |
1970 | 31,693 | −14.5% |
1980 | 30,996 | −2.2% |
1990 | 30,184 | −2.6% |
2000 | 28,330 | −6.1% |
2010 | 25,527 | −9.9% |
2020 | 21,943 | −14.0% |
History
The area of present-day Kami was part of ancient
The town of Kami was created on April 1, 2003, as a result of a
Government
Kami has a
Economy
The economy of Kami is largely based on agriculture, primarily the cultivation of rice.
Education
Kami has nine public elementary schools and two public junior high schools, Miyazaki Junior Highschool and Onoda Junior Highschool combined in 2023 to become Meiho Junior Highschool, operated by the town government. The town has one public high school operated by the Miyagi Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
Railway
- Kami does not have any passenger railway service.
Highway
Local attractions
- Jō Palisade Site, ruins of Nara-period fortification; National Historic Site.[4]
- Higashiyama Kanga ruins, Nara period ruins, National Historic Site[5]
- Urushizawa Dam
Noted people from Kami
- Mikio Igarashi, manga artist
References
- ^ Kami town official statistics (in Japanese)
- ^ Kami climate data
- ^ Kami population statistics
- ^ "城生柵跡 じょうのさくあと". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ^ "東山官衙遺跡 ひがしやまかんがいせき". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
External links
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- Official Website (in Japanese)