Manazuru, Kanagawa

Manazuru　

真鶴町
Manazuru　真鶴町
Town
	Manazuru Town Hall
	Blue Rock-thrush
Phone number	0465-68-1131
Address	244-1 Iwa, Manazuru-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa-ken; 259-0202
Website	Official website

Manazuru (真鶴町, Manazuru-machi) is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2022^[update], the town had an estimated population of 6,949 and a population density of 1000 persons per km².^[1] The total area of the town is 7.02 square kilometres (2.71 sq mi).

Geography

Located in the southeast of

lava plateau with a steep coast and The town area is generally rugged with few flat areas. The urban area is at the base of the peninsula, with Manazuru Station to the northwest, Iwa Fishing Port and Iwo Beach to the east, and Manazuru Port to the southeast. There are many quarries in the mountains north of the city. Mandarin oranges are cultivated in the hills along the northern coast. The northwestern part of the town is part of a mountainous area that extends to the outer ring of the Hakone volcano. The town is within the Manazuru Hantō Prefectural Natural Park

.

Surrounding municipalities

Kanagawa Prefecture

Odawara
Yugawara

Climate

Manazuru has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Manazuru is 14.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2144 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.2 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Manazuru peaked around the year 1970 and has declined since.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1920	5,097	—
1930	5,511	+8.1%
1940	6,169	+11.9%
1950	8,657	+40.3%
1960	9,141	+5.6%
1970	10,284	+12.5%
1980	9,968	−3.1%
1990	9,588	−3.8%
2000	9,075	−5.4%
2010	8,212	−9.5%
2020	6,722	−18.1%

History

As with the rest of Ashigarashimo District, the area now comprising modern Manazuru was part of

Yugawara was overwhelmingly rejected by a citizen's referendum

in 2005.

Government

Manazuru has a

Diet of Japan

.

Economy

Traditionally, the industry characterizing Manazuru was the mining of Komatsu stone (

mikan and commercial fishing

also contribute to the local economy.

Manazuru

Highway

National Route 135

Area attractions

Iwa Beach (ja)
Dōsojin (ja)
Ryumonji (ja)
The monument of Stonemason's ancestors (ja)
Manazuru Hantō Prefectural Natural Park
Kibune jinja Shrine (ja)
- Kibune Festival which is designated as an important intangible folk cultural asset designated as a country and is considered one of Japan's three major festivals. Held two days from 27 to 28 July.
Nakagawa Kazumasa art Museum (ja)
Kuroda Nagamasa memorial tower (ja)
Shitodo-no-iwaya Hidden Cave (ja)
- This historic site near Manazuru Port is associated with
  Chiba
  ).
Odaiba memorial tower
Manazuru Industrial vitalization Centre (Satoumi Base)(ja)
Sakanaza
Setomichi - The back streets of Manazuru