Amakusa, Kumamoto
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Geography
Amakusa covers the majority of two main islands, Kamishima (上島, "Upper Island") and Shimoshima (下島, "Lower Island") (天草諸島), and six smaller inhabited islands and numerous uninhabited islets located the central-west Kumamoto Prefecture, in between the Yatsushiro Sea and the East China Sea. Large parts of the city are within the borders of the Unzen-Amakusa National Park.
Neighboring municipalities
Kumamoto Prefecture
Climate
Amakusa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, and is heaviest from May to August. The average annual temperature in Amakusa is Script error: No such module "convert".. The average annual rainfall is Template:Cvt with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around Script error: No such module "convert"., and lowest in January, at around Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] The highest temperature ever recorded in Amakusa was Template:Cvt on 20 August 2013; the coldest temperature ever recorded was Template:Cvt on 25 January 2016.[3]
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Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Amakusa in 2020 is 75,783 people.[4] Amakusa has been conducting censuses since 1920. Amakusa has the distinction of being the fastest depopulating city in Japan since the last census (2005).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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History
The area of Amakusa was part of ancient Higo Province, During the Edo Period it was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate and administered from the office of the Nagasaki bugyō. After the Meiji restoration, the villages of Takahama, Fukurengi, Shimoda and Oe were established in Amakusa District, Kumamoto with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On September 21, 1956, these villages merged to form the town of Amakusa. The city of Amakusa was established on March 27, 2006, from a merger between the former cities of Hondo and Ushibuka, and the towns of Amakusa, Ariake, Goshoura, Itsuwa, Kawaura, Kuratake, Shinwa and Sumoto from Amakusa District.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Government
Amakusa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 26 members. Amakusa, together with the town of Reihoku contributes three members to the Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Kumamoto 4th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Economy
Amakusa has a rural economy dominated by agriculture and commercial fishing. Tourism also plays a major role.
Amakusa Airlines is headquartered in Amakusa.[5]
Education
Amakusa has 17 public elementary schools and 13 public junior high schools operated by the city government and four public high school operated by the Kumamoto Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school. The prefecture also operates one school for the handicapped.
Transportation
Airports
Railways
Amakusa has no passenger railway service. The nearest train station is Misumi Station on the JR Kyushu Misumi Line in Uki City.
Highways
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Sister city relations
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Local attractions
Sightseeing
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- Ōe Catholic Church
- Sakitsu Church
- Shimoda Onsen hot springs
- Tanasoko Castle ruins, National Historic Site
- Unzen-Amakusa National Park
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Shimoda Onsen hot springs
Notable people from Amakusa
- Michiko Ishimure, writer
- Kundō Koyama, film writer
- Tochihikari Masayuki, sumo wrestler
- Kenta Matsumoto, vocalist and bassist of WANIMA
- Koushin Nishida, guitarist of WANIMA
- Hiroyuki Sonoda, statesman
- Sunao Sonoda, statesman
- Yoshiki Tanaka, novelist
References
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External links
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