is a town located in

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

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. , the town had an estimated population of 10,880 in 4750 households and a population density of 190 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Tokigawa is located in central Saitama Prefecture.

Surrounding municipalities

* Hannō *

Chichibu is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 61,159 in 26,380 households and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Geography Chichibu is in the westernmost part of Saitama. Unli ...

* Ogawa * Hatoyama * Ranzan * Higashichibu * Yokoze * Ogose

Climate

Tokigawa 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 Tokigawa is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1746 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.3 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Tokigawa population statistics
/ref> the population of Tokigawa peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly in the decades since.

History

The villages of Myōkaku and Tamagawa were created within Hiki District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Myōkaku merged with the village of Okunugi from Chichibu District to form the village of Tokigawa on February 1, 1955. Tokigawa and Tamagawa merged to form the town of Tokigawa on February 1, 2006.

Government

Tokigawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Tokigawa, together with the towns of Ranzan, Ogawa and Namekawa, contributes one member to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of

Saitama 9th district , the House of Representatives of Japan is elected from a combination of multi-member districts and single-member districts, a method called Parallel voting. Currently, 176 members are elected from 11 multi-member districts (called proportional r ...

of the

lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...

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

Tokigawa is a rural, agricultural community.

Education

Tokigawa 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

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

– Hachikō Line *

Highway

Tokigawa is not served by any expressways or national highways

Local attractions

* Jiko-ji, one of the

Bandō Sanjūsankasho The ("The Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage") is a series of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to Goddess Kannon. Bandō is the old name for what is now the Kantō region,Donald Richie used in this case because the temples are all in the Pref ...

temples * Tokigawa onsen * Tamagawa onsen

References

External links

Official Website
Towns in Saitama Prefecture Hiki District, Saitama Tokigawa, Saitama {{Saitama-geo-stub