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Kameyama

亀山市
Kameyama City Hall
Kameyama City Hall
Flag of Kameyama
Flag
Official seal of Kameyama
Seal
Location of Kameyama in Mie Prefecture
Location of Kameyama in Mie Prefecture
Kameyama is located in Japan
Kameyama
Kameyama
Location in Japan
Country Japan
Region Kansai
Prefecture Mie
Area
 • Total 190.91 km2 (73.71 sq mi)
Population
 (August 2021)
 • Total 49,457
 • Density 259.059/km2 (670.960/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number 0595-82-1111
Address 577 Honmaru-cho, Kameyama-shi, Mie-ken 519-0195
Climate Cfa
Symbols
Flower Japanese iris
Tree Cryptomeria
2016-08-05 Tokaido Seki Juku Kameyama City Mie,東海道五十三次 関宿 DSCF6948
Seki-juku (Tōkaidō)

Kameyama (亀山市, Kameyama-shi) is a city located in northern Mie Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August  2021 (2021 -08-01), the city had an estimated population of 49,457 in 21,745 households and a population density of 260 persons per km². The total area of the city is 190.91 km2 (73.71 square miles).

Geography

Kameyama is located in the north-central part of Mie Prefecture. The Suzuka Mountains are in the northwestern part of the city, and the Nunobiki Mountains are in the southwestern part. More than half of the city's area is forest.

Neighboring municipalities

Mie Prefecture

Shiga Prefecture

  • Kōka

Climate

Kameyama has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kameyama is 15.1 °C (59.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,853.7 mm (72.98 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C (80.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.3 °C (39.7 °F).

Climate data for Kameyama (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1979−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.9
(62.4)
21.2
(70.2)
25.6
(78.1)
29.9
(85.8)
32.9
(91.2)
35.4
(95.7)
38.3
(100.9)
37.9
(100.2)
36.3
(97.3)
32.7
(90.9)
25.9
(78.6)
21.5
(70.7)
38.3
(100.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 8.8
(47.8)
9.6
(49.3)
13.5
(56.3)
19.1
(66.4)
23.5
(74.3)
26.3
(79.3)
30.2
(86.4)
31.7
(89.1)
27.7
(81.9)
22.3
(72.1)
16.8
(62.2)
11.3
(52.3)
20.1
(68.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.3
(39.7)
4.7
(40.5)
8.0
(46.4)
13.2
(55.8)
18.0
(64.4)
21.6
(70.9)
25.6
(78.1)
26.7
(80.1)
23.0
(73.4)
17.4
(63.3)
11.7
(53.1)
6.6
(43.9)
15.1
(59.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.1
(32.2)
0.3
(32.5)
3.0
(37.4)
7.9
(46.2)
12.9
(55.2)
17.6
(63.7)
22.1
(71.8)
22.9
(73.2)
19.2
(66.6)
13.0
(55.4)
6.8
(44.2)
2.2
(36.0)
10.7
(51.2)
Record low °C (°F) −5.8
(21.6)
−6.5
(20.3)
−4.4
(24.1)
−1.0
(30.2)
3.7
(38.7)
9.6
(49.3)
14.0
(57.2)
14.4
(57.9)
8.1
(46.6)
1.9
(35.4)
−1.7
(28.9)
−5.4
(22.3)
−6.5
(20.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 57.3
(2.26)
68.8
(2.71)
120.0
(4.72)
153.4
(6.04)
203.0
(7.99)
255.8
(10.07)
211.2
(8.31)
180.8
(7.12)
284.1
(11.19)
178.8
(7.04)
81.3
(3.20)
59.3
(2.33)
1,853.7
(72.98)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 8.1 8.7 10.9 10.1 10.7 12.6 12.1 10.3 12.1 10.0 6.8 7.5 119.9
Mean monthly sunshine hours 145.6 142.9 176.3 191.1 196.4 145.1 163.9 195.1 149.8 158.1 154.3 155.3 1,973.7
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kameyama has increased slowly over the past 50 years.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1960 39,148 —    
1970 37,817 −3.4%
1980 40,578 +7.3%
1990 45,045 +11.0%
2000 46,606 +3.5%
2010 51,047 +9.5%

History

Kameyama developed as the castle town of Kameyama Castle, which belonged to the Ise-Kameyama Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. In the early 17th century, the castle town was Kameyama-juku, the forty-sixth post station of Tōkaidō. Seki-juku and Sakashita-juku on the Tōkaidō, also fall within its borders. During the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early Meiji period, Kamayama-juku was organized into the town of Kameyama within Suzuka District. It was elevated to city status on October 1, 1954.

On January 11, 2005, the town of Seki (also from Suzuka District) was merged into Kameyama.

Economy

Candles are a traditional product of the city. Sharp Corporation has been operating one of the world's largest LCD factories in the city since January 8, 2004.

Education

Kameyama has eleven public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Mie Prefectural Department of Education. There is also one private high school.

Transportation

Railway

JR logo (central).svg JR Tōkai – Kansai Main Line

  • Idagawa - Kameyama

JR logo (central).svg JR Tōkai – Kisei Main Line

  • Kameyama - Shimonoshō

JR logo (west).svg JR West – Kansai Main Line

  • Kameyama - Seki - Kabuto

Highway

  • E23 Higashi-Meihan Expressway
  • E23 Ise Expressway
  • E1A Shin-Meishin Expressway
  • National Route 1
  • National Route 25
  • National Route 306

Local attractions

  • Kameyama Castle
  • Seki-juku

Sister cities

Kameyama is twinned with:

  • Japan Gose, Nara, Japan, since 1998
  • Japan Habikino, Osaka, Japan, since 1998

Notable people

  • Shiro Hattori - linguist
  • Teinosuke Kinugasa - film director
  • Kiyoshi Toyoda - baseball player

See also

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