Kamisu
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Geography
Kamisu is located in the extreme southeastern portion of Ibaraki Prefecture. The city forms a rough triangle, with Chiba Prefecture on the western side and the Pacific Ocean on the east. The Tone River flows through the city.
Surrounding municipalities
Chiba Prefecture
Ibaraki Prefecture
Climate
Kamisu has a Humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kamisu is 14.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1508 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.7 °C.[2]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Kamisu has recently plateaued after decades of strong growth.
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History
The village of Kamisu was established within Kashima District by the merger of the villages of Ikisu and Karuno on March 1, 1955. It was elevated to town status on January 1, 1970. The city of Kamisu was established on August 1, 2005, from the merger of the town of Kamisu and the town of Hasaki (also from Kashima District).
Government
Kamisu has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 23 members. Kamisu contributes two members to the Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Ibaraki 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Economy
Kamisu has a large industrial base, with many chemical, petrochemical, specialty chemical plants, and refineries. The city is part of the Kashima Rinkai Industrial Zone. The Kashima Power Station is also located in Kamisu.
Education
Kamisu has 14 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
Railway
- Kamisu is served by the Kashima Rinkai Railway Kashima Rinkō Line, an all-freight railway line. The city does not have any passenger railway service.
Highway
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Seaport
Sister cities
- Template:Flagicon Eureka, California, United States, sister city since 1991
Local attractions
- Ikisu Jinja
- Gonoike Ryokuchi Park
Notable people
- Mitsutoshi Furuya, manga artist
- Kazuhiko Hosokawa, golfer
- Daichi Ishikawa, football player
- Naoya Ishigami, soccer player
- Kosuke Iwase, football player
- Sanae Jōnouchi, enka singer
- Akira Kazami, politician
- Atsushi Koyano, scholar of contemporary literature
- Yuto Koizumi, football player
- Takashi Nagatsuka, writer, poet
- Tomi Okawa, table tennis player
- Takashi Ono, judoka
- Keiji Suzuki, judoka and Olympic gold medalist
- Tsukushi – female wrestler
References
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- ↑ Kamisu population statistics
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External links
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