Shingū, Wakayama
Shingū
新宮市 | |
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![]() Skyline of Shingū viewed from Kamikura Shrine | |
![]() Location of Shingū in Wakayama Prefecture | |
Coordinates: 33°43′N 136°0′E / 33.717°N 136.000°E | |
Country | Japan |
Region | Kansai |
Prefecture | Wakayama |
First official recorded | 33 BC |
City settled | October 1, 1933 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Michitoshi Taoka (since November 2009) |
Area | |
• Total | 255.23 km2 (98.54 sq mi) |
Population (November 1, 2021) | |
• Total | 27,491 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
City hall address | 1-1 Kasuga, Shingū-shi, Wakayama-ken 647-8555 |
Climate | Cfa |
Website | Official website |
Symbols | |
Flower | Crinum asiaticum and Kawasatsuki |
Tree | Nageia nagi, Kumano sugi, Tendaiuyaku (Lindera strychnifolia) |
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Shingū (新宮市, Shingū-shi) is a
Geography
Shingū is located near the southern tip of Wakayama Prefecture on the Kii Peninsula, on the west side of the mouth of the Kumano River. It faces the Pacific Ocean to the east. Parts of the city are within the limits of the Yoshino-Kumano National Park.
Neighboring municipalities
Wakayama Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
- Kumano
- Kihō
Nara Prefecture
Climate
Shingū has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Shingū is 17.3 °C (63.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 3,332.9 mm (131.22 in) with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.2 °C (81.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.6 °C (45.7 °F).[3] The area is subject to typhoons in summer. The highest temperature ever recorded in Shingū was 38.4 °C (101.1 °F) on 22 August 2016.[4] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −4.6 °C (23.7 °F) on 27 February 1981.[4]
Climate data for Shingū (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1979−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
27.8 (82.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
34.2 (93.6) |
36.3 (97.3) |
37.9 (100.2) |
38.4 (101.1) |
37.4 (99.3) |
32.8 (91.0) |
27.1 (80.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
38.4 (101.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.8 (78.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.9 (87.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
17.3 (63.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
4.2 (39.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
2.3 (36.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 110.1 (4.33) |
151.8 (5.98) |
259.8 (10.23) |
299.1 (11.78) |
311.7 (12.27) |
444.6 (17.50) |
342.2 (13.47) |
276.4 (10.88) |
443.0 (17.44) |
401.0 (15.79) |
184.0 (7.24) |
109.6 (4.31) |
3,332.9 (131.22) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.4 | 7.4 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 125.9 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 200.1 | 182.6 | 196.4 | 196.2 | 183.7 | 127.4 | 174.4 | 209.1 | 145.8 | 149.4 | 165.1 | 194.2 | 2,124.3 |
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[4][3] |
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Shingū has decreased steadily over the past 60 years.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1960 | 45,666 | — |
1970 | 42,073 | −7.9% |
1980 | 42,428 | +0.8% |
1990 | 38,140 | −10.1% |
2000 | 35,176 | −7.8% |
2010 | 31,493 | −10.5% |
History
The area of the modern city of Shingū was within ancient
prefectures, was merged with Shingū.Government
Shingū has a
Economy
Shingū is the central commercial city of the Kumano Region and is one of the largest cities in Wakayama Prefecture. Primary industries include forestry, commercial fishing, growing of leafy vegetables such as komatsuna and horticulture, and "Kumano brand" beef. Secondary industries are centered around timber and paper processing.
Education
Shingū has five public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Wakayama Prefectural Department of Education. The city also has one private middle school and one private high school. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped, and one vocational education school.
Transportation
Railway
Highway
Nachikatsuura-Shingū Road
National Route 42
National Route 168
National Route 169
National Route 311
Local attractions
- Shingū Castle ruins, National Historic Site
- Kumano Sanzanshrines
- Ōmine Okugakemichi and the Kumano Kodō, parts of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Kumano River
- Kamikura Shrine, with the object of worship a great sacred rock called "Gotobiki-iwa".
Cuisine
A main dish is Nare-zushi, a very traditional type of sushi which, centuries ago, was imported from Southeast Asia to China, and from China to Japan. Narezushi was the birth of sushi, and influenced how the Japanese later made their own styles of sushi that most of us know today.
Sister city relations
Notable people from Shingū
- Yasuyuki Kishino, football player and manager
- Haruo Satō, former novelist and poet
- Kenji Nakagami, novelist
References
- ^ "Shingū city official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
- ^ "Home". kumano-world.org.
- ^ a b 気象庁 / 平年値(年・月ごとの値). JMA. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c 観測史上1~10位の値(年間を通じての値). JMA. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ Shingū population statistics
- ^ "Santa Cruz City Sister Cities Commission - Official Web Site". Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
External links
Media related to Shingū, Wakayama at Wikimedia Commons
- Shingū City official website (in Japanese)
- Shingu City Tourist Association