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is a
town
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Origin and use
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located in
Ito District
is a district located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
As of September 1, 2008, the district has an estimated population of 28,171 and a density of 84.6 persons/km2. The total area is 332.93 km2.
Towns and villages
* Katsuragi
* Kōya
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,
Wakayama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 () and has a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefect ...
,
Japan. , the town had an estimated
population
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of 3,996 in 1770 households and a
population density
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of 91 persons per km².
The total area of the town is .
Geography
Kudoyama is located near the prefectural border at the northeastern end of Wakayama Prefecture, on the south bank of the Kinokawa River, and consists of a valley formed along the Fudodani River that flows into it, and a valley formed by the Nyu River that flows into it from the east.
Neighbouring municipalities
Wakayama Prefecture
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Hashimoto
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Katsuragi
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Kōya
Climate
Kudoyama has a
Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kudoyama is 13.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1781 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.8 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,
Kudoyama population statistics
/ref> the population of Kudoyama has declined steadily over the last 70 years.
History
The area of the modern town of Kudoyama was within ancient Kii Province
, or , was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kii''" in . Kii bordered Ise, Izumi, Kawachi, Shima, and Yamato ...
and was long associated with Mount Koya
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. In the Heian period
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, the temple of Jison-in, which had the grave of the mother of Kūkai
Kūkai (; 27 July 774 – 22 April 835Kūkai was born in 774, the 5th year of the Hōki era; his exact date of birth was designated as the fifteenth day of the sixth month of the Japanese lunar calendar, some 400 years later, by the Shingon s ...
. During the Sengoku period
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The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the feudal system of Japan under the Ashikaga shogunate. Variou ...
, it was the location of exile for Sanada Masayuki and Sanada Yukimura. The village of Kudyama was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, and was raised to town status on September 1, 1910. The village of Kane was annexed by Kudoyama on March 31, 1955.
Government
Kudoyama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral
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town council of 10 members. Kudoyama collectively with the town of Kōya, contributes one member to the Wakayama Prefectural Assembly
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is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 944,320 () and has a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Pref ...
. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Wakayama 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan
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.
Economy
The economy of Kudoyama is centered on horticulture
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and seasonal tourism. The town has long been regarded as the gateway to the temples of Mount Koya. The production of ''washi
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'' paper is a local handicraft.
Education
Kudoyama has three public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.
Transportation
Railway
18px Nankai Electric Railway
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– Nankai Kōya Line
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* Kudoyama - Kōyashita - Shimo-Kosawa - Kami-Kosawa
Highway
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Local attractions
*Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the Kii Peninsula in Japan.
Selection criteria
The locations and paths for this heritage site were based on their historical and modern im ...
*Kōyasan chōishi-michi
is a pilgrimage route on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region of Japan. It begins at the Jison-in temple in the town of Kudoyama on the south bank of the Kinokawa River and extends twenty-four kilometres to Mount Kōya, or Kongōbu-ji Temple ...
*Niukanshōfu Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in Kudoyama, Ito district, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
In 2004, it was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name ''Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
Sacred Sites and Pilg ...
* Jison-in temple
Notable people from Kudoyama
* Takao Obana, manager
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of the Yokohama BayStars
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*Masanori Sugiura
Masanori Sugiura (杉浦 正則, born May 23, 1968) is a retired Japanese Olympic baseball player from Kudoyama, Wakayama, Japan.
Sugiura was the ace pitcher of the Nippon Life Insurance Company baseball team, and was chosen to j ...
, Olympic baseball player
References
External links
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Kudoyama official website
Towns in Wakayama Prefecture
Kudoyama, Wakayama
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