270px, Panorama of Kamiichi is a

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located in Nakaniikawa District,

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

, Japan. , the town had an estimated

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of 20,827 in 7958 households and a

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of 88 persons per km². The total area of the town was .

Geography

Kamiichi is located in east-central Toyama Prefecture, approximately 15 kilometers to the east of the capital of Toyama city. Most of the town is very mountainous, with peaks rising to almost 3000 meters in the southeast. The 2999 meter

Mount Tsurugi Mount Tsurugi may refer to: * Mount Tsurugi (Hokkaido) (剣山), in Hokkaido, Japan * Mount Tsurugi (Tokushima) (剣山), in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan * Mount Tsurugi (Toyama) (剱岳), in Toyama Prefecture, Japan See also

* Tsurugisan (trai ...

is located in Kamiichi.

Surrounding municipalities

*Toyama Prefecture **

Toyama Toyama may refer to: Places and organizations * Toyama Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on the main Honshu island * Toyama, Toyama, the capital city of Toyama Prefecture * Toyama Station, the main station of Toyama, ...

** Namerikawa ** Uozu **

Kurobe is a city in Toyama Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 41,564 in 15,387 households and a population density of 95.8 persons per km². Its total area was . Geography Kurobe is located in northea ...

Climate

The town has a Humid subtropical climate (

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...

''Cfa'') characterized by hot summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kamiichi is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2243 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.4 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kamiichi has decreased slightly over the past 40 years.

History

The area of present-day Kamiichi was part of ancient Etchū Province. The town of Kamiichi was created with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889.

Education

Kamiichi has six public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Toyama Prefectural Board of Education.

Transportation

Railway

* 18px

Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line The is a Japanese railway line that connects Dentetsu-Toyama Station in Toyama, Toyama with Unazuki Onsen Station in Kurobe, Toyama. It is owned and run by Toyama Chihō Railway. Station list History The first section of what is now this ...

** - - -

Highway

Local attractions

* Ōiwa-san Nisseki-ji, Buddhist temple with

Nara period The of the history of Japan covers the years from CE 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the c ...

bas-relief carvings; a National Historic Site * Kamiichi Kurokawa Sites, a number of

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology a ...

s with Heian to

Kamakura period The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ...

ruins registered as a National Historic Site. *A traditional Japanese house that was used as a model for the house in the film ''

Wolf Children is a 2012 Japanese anime drama film directed and co-written by Mamoru Hosoda. The second original feature film directed by Hosoda and the first work written by him, the film stars the voices of Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa and Haru Kuroki. The st ...

'' (directed by Kamiichi native Mamoru Hosoda).

In popular culture

Much of the 2012 film ''

'' is set in Kamiichi.

Notable people from Kamiichi

Mamoru Hosoda is a Japanese film director and animator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards for his eighth film '' Mirai''. Life and career Early life and initial work at Toei Anima ...

, director

References

External links

* * Towns in Toyama Prefecture {{Toyama-geo-stub