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 Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated

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of 28,787 in 12,141 households and a

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of 1800 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Located in the

Shimōsa Plateau The is a plateau on the Kantō Plain in central Honshu, Japan. The plateau covers most of northern Chiba Prefecture. The plateau was historically richly agricultural, but in the 20th century the western and central Shimōsa Plateau became one of ...

of far eastern Saitama Prefecture, Matsubushi is on the central reaches of the

Edogawa River The is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It splits from the Tone River at the northernmost tip of Noda City in the Sekiyado district, crosses through Nagareyama and Matsudo, and empties into Tokyo Bay at Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. The Edo ...

and borders upon Chiba Prefecture to the east.

Surrounding municipalities

* Saitama Prefecture ** Kasukabe **

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** Yoshikawa *

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to t ...

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Climate

Matsubushi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Matsubushi is 14.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1408 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.1 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Matsubushi has recently plateaued after several decades of growth.

History

The area of Matsubushi was part of

Shimōsa Province was a province of Japan in the area modern Chiba Prefecture, and Ibaraki Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Shimōsa''" in . It lies to the north of the Bōsō Peninsula (房総半島), whose name takes its first ''kanji'' from ...

prior to 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 ...

, and was transferred to the newly-created Saitama Prefecture in 1871. The village of Matsubushiryo was created within

Kitakatsushika District, Saitama is a district located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of July 1, 2011, the district has an estimated population of 77,583 and a population density of 1,680 persons per km2. The total area is 46.22 km2. There are two towns in the district. ...

with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It was renamed Matsubushi on April 1, 1956 and elevated to town status on April 1, 1969.

Government

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

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town council of 15 members. Matsubushi contributes one member to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Saitama 14th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

Matsubushi was formerly a center of

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production, but farmland is giving way to

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly t ...

. The town now produces eggs, ''hakusai''

Chinese cabbage Chinese cabbage (''Brassica rapa'', subspecies ''pekinensis'' and ''chinensis'') can refer to two cultivar groups of leaf vegetables often used in Chinese cuisine: the Pekinensis Group (napa cabbage) and the Chinensis Group (bok choy). These ...

and ''negi'', the Japanese

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. The town is home to the Matsubushi Campus of Taisho University.

Education

Matsubushi has three public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by the Saitama Prefectural Board of Education. Taisho University has a campus in Matsubushi.

Transportation

Railway

Matsubushi is not served by any passenger rail service.

Highway

Noted people from Matsubushi

Ryo Ishikawa , also known by the nickname , is a Japanese professional golfer. Amateur career On 20 May 2007, Ishikawa became the youngest winner ever of a men's regular tournament on the Japan Golf Tour by winning the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the age 15 ...

, professional golfer *Hiroko Hatano, model and actress

References

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control Towns in Saitama Prefecture Matsubushi, Saitama