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located in Yosa District,

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. , the town had an estimated

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of 20,575 in 8978 households and a

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of 190 persons per km².The total area of the town is .

Geography

Yosano is located in the northern part of Kyoto Prefecture at the base of the

Tango Peninsula was a province of Japan in the area of northern Kyoto Prefecture. Tango bordered on Tanba to the south, Tajima to the west, and Wakasa to the east. Its abbreviated form name was . It was also referred to as or . In terms of the Gokishichi ...

. The Nodagawa River runs through most of the town south to north leading to the Miyazu Bay, and the

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. The closest cities are Fukuchiyama to the south and Toyooka to the west, both about 45 minutes by car. The town is around 2 and a half hours north of

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Himeji 260px, Himeji City Hall is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...

and

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Neighboring municipalities

Kyoto Prefecture *

Fukuchiyama 250px, Fukuchiyama Castle 250px, Fukuchiyama city center is a city in northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 76,037 in 36412 households and a population density of 140 persons per km². The total area of t ...

Miyazu 270px, Miyazu City Hall is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 16,988 in 8348 households and a population density of 98 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Miyazu is loca ...

* Kyōtango Hyōgo Prefecture * Toyooka

Climate

Yosano has a

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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Yosano is 13.4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1807 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 2.1 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Yosano population statistics
/ref> the population of Yosano peaked around 1970 and has declined since.

History

The area of the modern town of Yosano was within ancient

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, and the place name of "Yosa" dates from records of the early 8th century. In the

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, it was part of the area was controlled by

Miyazu Domain was a Han (Japan), feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Tango Province in what is now the northern portion of modern-day Kyoto Prefecture. It was centered around the Miyazu Castle which was located in what ...

. The town of

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and villages of Yosano and Iwataki were established within Yosa District with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1921 Iwataki was raised to town status. On December 1, 1954 Yosano merged with Kaya. On March 1, 1955, five villages merged to form the town of Nodagawa. Kaya, Iwataki and Nodagawa merged to form the town of Yosano on March 1, 2006.

Government

Yosano has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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town council of 16 members. Yosano, together with the city of Miyazu contributes one member to the

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. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Kyoto 5th district of the

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of the

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Economy

Yosano has a mixed economy of agriculture and textiles. A type of

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fabric called ''Tango chirimen'' has bene a famous local product since the Edo period.

Education

Yosano has six public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the town government and one public high school operated by the Kyoto Prefectural Department of Education. The prefecture also operates one vocational training school, the Kyoto Prefectural Nursing School.

Transportation

Railway

Kyoto Tango Railway The , or , is a railway system in Kyoto Prefecture and Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan operated by Willer Trains Inc. headquartered in Miyazu, Kyoto. Company The operating company Willer Trains Inc. is a subsidiary of Willer Alliance Inc. Willer Train ...

–

Miyazu Line The is a railway line of the Kyoto Tango Railway in Kyoto Prefecture and Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Trains on the line are operated by Willer Trains Inc. as part of its Kyoto Tango Railway system. The and the are the aliases assigned by Wille ...

Highway

* * *

Local attractions

*Chirimen Kaido (designated National Preservation District for traditional buildings)

National Historic Sites

Ebisuyama Kofun The is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Yosano neighborhood of the town of Yosano, Kyoto in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1930. Overview The Ebisuyama Kofun is a , whic ...

* Hiyoshigaoka - Akashi Tumuli *

Shirageyama Kofun The is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Ushirono neighborhood of the town of Yosano, Kyoto in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus which was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2002. Overview The Shirageyama Kofun is ...

* Tsukuriyama Kofun

References

External links

*
Yosano official website
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