Jōyō (, Latn, ja, Jōyō-shi, ) is a

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located in

Kyoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture ...

Kansai The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropoli ...

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. , the city has an estimated

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of 72,869 in 30720 households and a

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of 2200 persons per km². The total area of the city is .

Geography

Jōyō is located in southeastern Kyoto Prefecture. It is halfway between

Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...

and

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. It is located in the southeastern part of the Kyoto Basin, with the Kizugawa River to the west and hills to the east. The Aoya River flows from east to west in the southern part of the city. The terrain is generally flat in the west, and becomes more undulating towards the east.

Neighboring municipalities

;

* Kuse District ( Kumiyama) * Kyōtanabe * Tsuzuki District ( Ide, Ujitawara) *

Uji is a city on the southern outskirts of the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Founded on March 1, 1951, Uji is between the two ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto. The city sits on the Uji River, which has its source in Lake Biwa ...

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Climate

Jōyō 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 Jōyō is 13.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1356 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.8 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Jōyō has declined in recent decades.

History

The area of Jōyō was part of ancient

Yamashiro Province was a province of Japan, located in Kinai. It overlaps the southern part of modern Kyoto Prefecture on Honshū. Aliases include , the rare , and . It is classified as an upper province in the '' Engishiki''. Yamashiro Province included Kyoto it ...

. The villages of Kutsukawa, Tominosho and Terada in

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and the village of Aodani in

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were established on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. These villages merged on April 1, 1951 to form the town of Jōyō, which was elevated to city status on May 3, 1972.

Government

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

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city council of 20 members. Jōyō contributes two members to the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the

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of the

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of the

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Economy

Jōyō has a mixed economy based on commerce, agriculture and light manufacturing.

Industry

* Gold and silver thread Gold and silver threads weaved into

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and Obi are produced at Joyo. Joyo produces 60% of all the gold and silver thread in

Agriculture

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sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its sizeable, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable, which is a staple food in parts of ...

Education

Jōyō has ten public elementary schools and five public junior high schools operated by city government and two public high schools operated by the Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.

Transportation

Railways

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Nara Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto metropolitan area, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Its official termini are Kizu Station in Kizugawa and Kyōto Station in Kyoto, within Kyoto Prefecture; however ...

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Kyoto Line * - -

Highways

Shin-Meishin Expressway The or simply ''Shin-Meishin'' for short is an expressway, linking Mie prefecture to Hyōgo Prefecture, which is partially open and partially under construction. The expressways current length as of February 2008 is 49.7 km. It connects t ...

Keinawa Expressway * *

Sister cities

Jōyō has two

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: *

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Local attractions

*Aodani plum forest - Currently about 10,000

ume ''Prunus mume'', the Chinese plum or Japanese apricot, is a tree species in the family Rosaceae. Along with bamboo, the plant is intimately associated with art, literature, and everyday life in China, from where it was then introduced to Kor ...

trees are planted in this 20-hectare area, considered the largest in

. A detailed origin of this ume grove is not known. It is known that in the beginning of the

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(Kamakura period, 1185-1333 AD) a prince wrote a

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to praise this ume grove. * Hirakawa temple ruins, National Historic Site * Kutsukawa Kofun Cluster, National Historic Site *Mito Jinja * Shōdō Kanga ruins, National Historic Site

Sports

Soccer

* Kyoto Sanga F.C. (Association football) **Sanga town Jōyō is an official training field for the Kyoto Sanga F.C., which belongs to the Japanese professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

league, J. League.

Notable people from Jōyō

Shinobu Satouchi is a Japanese voice actor best known as the voice of Fox McCloud in the Japanese version of Nintendo's '' Star Fox series'' and ''Super Smash Bros. series''. He was also the voice of Giru in ''Dragon Ball GT''. He works at Aoni Production. No ...

, voice actor *

Tetsuji Tamayama is a Japanese TV and film actor. He joined modeling competitions and was active in ''Checkmate'' and other fashion magazines. In 2001, Tamayama debuted in '' Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger'' as GaoSilver. He continued to star in more movies and TV dr ...

, actor

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Joyo, Kyoto Cities in Kyoto Prefecture Jōyō, Kyoto