is a
city
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in
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 city had an estimated population of 30,328 in 10,331 households. and a population density of 230 persons per km². Its total area was .
Geography
Oyabe is in the Tonami flatlands of far western Toyama Prefecture, and is bordered by
Ishikawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ...
to the west. Much of the area is a
dispersed settlement
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typical of this region of Japan. Oyabe has a
humid continental climate
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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Oyabe is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2454 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.7 °C.
Surrounding municipalities
*Toyama Prefecture
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Tonami
270px, Tonami-yotaka festival held in June
is a city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 48,659 in 16,739 households and a population density of 384 persons per km². Its total area was .
Geography
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Nanto
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Takaoka
*Ishikawa Prefecture
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Kanazawa
is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
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Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Oyabe has declined in recent decades.
History
The area of present-day Oyabe was part of ancient
Etchū Province
was a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the west, Shinano and Hida Provinces to the south, Echigo Province to the east and the Sea ...
and developed as a
post station on the
Hokuriku kaidō Hokuriku may refer to:
* ''Hokuriku'' (train), a sleeping car train in Japan
* Hokuriku Shinkansen, a high-speed railway line connecting Tokyo with Kanazawa
* The Hokuriku region in Japan
* ALO's Hokuriku
was a Japanese football club based in ...
highway during the
Edo period
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. The town of Isurugi was created with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was raised to city status upon merging with the town of Tochu on August 1, 1962, and was renamed Oyabe.
Government
Oyabe has a
mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
unicameral
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Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
city legislature of 16 members.
Education
Oyabe has five public elementary schools and four public junior high schools operated by the town government, and three public high schools operated by the Toyama Prefectural Board of Education.
Official home page address list of schools
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Transportation
Railway
* 22px Ainokaze Toyama Railway
The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2012 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Toyama Prefecture when it was separated from the JR West network in Mar ...
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Highway
*Hokuriku Expressway
The ,
(abbreviated as , is a 4-laned national expressway in Japan. It is owned and managed by East Nippon Expressway Company and Central Nippon Expressway Company.
Overview
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Local attractions
*Oyabe Yotaka - adapted from a traditional field festival, it is held on the nights of 10 and 11 June. The festival is 400 years old and has been passed down from generation to generation in 84 different locations in Oyabe.
*Helicopter and Disaster Prevention Festival, held from 26–27 August
*Calamus Festival (Flower Festival), held on 18 June
*Mitsui Outlet Park, Hokuriku Oyabe
Notable people from Oyabe
* Toshio Yamada, politician
*Hiroshi Hase
is a Japanese politician who is currently the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture. He served as the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Prior to his appointment in the Cabinet, he also se ...
, Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
External links
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Official Oyabe Festival website
References
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Cities in Toyama Prefecture