![Taki townhall](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Taki_townhall.jpg)
is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Mie Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to ...
,
Japan
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. , the town had an estimated
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 14,210 in 5730 households and a
population density
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of 140 persons per km².
The total area of the town was .
Geography
Taki is an inland municipality located in eastern
Kii Peninsula
The is the largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is named after the ancient Kii Province.
Overview
The area south of the “ Central Tectonic Line” is called , and is home to reef-like coral communities which are amongst ...
in central Mie Prefecture.
*Ponds -
Gokatsura Pond, Tochi-ga-ike Pond
*Rivers -
Miya River,
Kushida River, Sana River, Tokida River, Harai River
Neighboring municipalities
Mie Prefecture
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Matsusaka
is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 157,235 in 66,018 households and a population density of 250 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city is famous for Matsusaka beef.
Geography ...
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Ōdai
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Meiwa
was a after '' Hōreki'' and before '' An'ei.'' This period spanned the years from June 1764 through November 1772. The reigning empress and emperor were and .
Change of era
* 1764 : The era name became ''Meiwa'' (meaning "Bright Harmony") b ...
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Tamaki
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Watarai
Climate
Taki has a
Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...
(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Taki is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2015 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.2 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Taki has been declining slowly over the past 60 years.
History
The area of Take was part of ancient
Ise Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today includes most of modern Mie Prefecture. Ise bordered on Iga, Kii, Mino, Ōmi, Owari, Shima, and Yamato Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was .
History
The name of Ise appears ...
. During the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...
, it was mostly part of the holdings of
Kii Domain Kii can refer to:
History
* Kii House, a branch family of the Tokugawa clan that ruled Japan during the Edo era
Company
* Kii Corporation, a mobile cloud services company (MBaaS)
Geography
* Kii Channel, a separating Honshū and Shikoku isl ...
. The village of Ōka (相可) was established on April 1, 1889 during the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the
Meiji period
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.
The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...
. It was elevated to town status on June 20, 1919, and changed its name to Taki after merging of the neighboring villages of Sana and Tsuda, both in
Taki District, on March 30, 1955. The village of Nishi-Tokida was annexed on April 15, 1959. On January 1, 2006 the village was merged into Taki.
Government
Taki has a
mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
unicameral
Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one.
Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
city council of 12 members. Taki, collectively with the other municipalities of Watari District, contributes two members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Mie 4th district of the
lower house
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of the
Diet of Japan
The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (, '' Sangiin''). Both houses are directly elected under a paralle ...
.
Economy
Taki serves as a commercial center for the surrounding region. The major industrial employer is
Sharp Corporation
is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products, headquartered in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Since 2016 it has been majority owned by the Taiwan-based Foxconn Group. Sharp employs more than 5 ...
. Noted agricultural products include ''Kaki''
persimmons
The persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus ''Diospyros''. The most widely cultivated of these is the Oriental persimmon, ''Diospyros kaki'' ''Diospyros'' is in the family Ebenaceae, and a number of non-pers ...
and green tea.
Education
Taki has five public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Mie Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
Railway
JR Tōkai –
Kisei Main Line
The is a railway line that parallels the coastline of the Kii Peninsula in Japan between Mie Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. The name takes the ''kanji'' characters from the names of the old provinces of and .
The line is operated by Ce ...
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JR Tōkai –
Sangū Line
The is a railway line run by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), connecting Taki Station ( Taki, Mie) with Toba Station (Toba, Mie) in Japan.
The line connects with the Kisei Main Line at Taki Station. From Taki, the line runs parallel ...
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Highway
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24px, link=, alt=E23 Ise Expressway
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24px, link=, alt=E42 Kisei Expressway
The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
The name is a kanji acronym consisting of characters found in the former names of the provinces linked by the expressway. consists ...
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Local attractions
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Gokatsura Pond Furusato Village
is a park at 956 Gokatsura in Taki, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It was opened 1984.
Gokatsura Pond
* It is a reservoir that was established in 1679. It is the largest pond (by area) within Mie Prefecture.
Data of the pond
*4.5 km in surro ...
*Jingu-ji
*Niu Jinja
Sister city relations
*
Camas, Washington, USA
Notable people from Taki
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Katsuhito Nakazato
is a Japanese photographer of the man-made environment, particularly sheds, alleys and night scenes.
Life and career
Nakazato was born in Taki, Mie Prefecture, Japan. When young he enjoyed painting, and he joined a painting club in Hosei Univer ...
, photographer
Workshop announcement
, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, 2009. Accessed 2010-09-03.
References
External links
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{{Authority control
Towns in Mie Prefecture
Taki, Mie