Tosayamada district Kami city Aerial photograph

is a

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located in

Kōchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 669,516 (1 April 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tok ...

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. , the city had an estimated

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of 25,562 in 13212 households and a

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of 48 persons per km². The total area of the city is .

Geography

Kami is located in the eastern part of Kōchi Prefecture. It is the only city in Kōchi prefecture that does not face the sea.

Neighbouring municipalities

Kōchi Prefecture * Aki * Kōnan * Motoyama * Nankou * Ōtoyo Tokushima Prefecture * Miyoshi * Naka

Climate

The climate in the region is warm and temperate, with significant rainfall throughout the year, even in the driest months. January is considered the month with the least amount of rainfall, around . July is the wettest month, with an average of . The average annual rainfall is around . The average annual temperature is . August is the warmest month, with an average temperature of , and January is the coldest month, reaching an average of . According to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification, the climate in that locality is classified as ''Cfa'' (humid subtropical climate).

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Kami in 2020 is 26,513 people. Kami has been conducting censuses since 1960.

History

As with all of Kōchi Prefecture, the area of Kami was part of ancient

Tosa Province was a province of Japan in the area of southern Shikoku. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tosa''" in . Tosa bordered on Awa to the northeast, and Iyo to the northwest. Its abbreviated form name was . In terms of the Gokishichidō syst ...

. During the

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, the area was part of the holdings of

Tosa Domain The was a Han (Japan), feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, controlling all of Tosa Province in what is now Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It was centered around Kōchi Castle, and was ruled throughout its ...

ruled by the Yamauchi clan from their seat at Kōchi Castle. The area was organized into villages within Kami District with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The city of Kami was established on March 1, 2006, from the merger of the towns of Kahoku and Tosayamada, and the village of Monobe. On the same day, the remaining municipalities of Kami District merged to form the city of Kōnan, and the district was abolished as a result.

Government

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

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town council of 20 members. Kami contributes one member to the Kōchi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Kōchi 1st district of the

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of the

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Economy

Kami's economy is centered on agriculture and forestry. The production of forged knives is a traditional local handicraft.

Education

Kami has seven public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by the Kōchi Prefectural Board of Education. The

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is located in Kami.

Transportation

Railway

Shikoku Railway Company - Dosan Line * - - -

Highways

Kōchi Expressway * *

Sister cities

* Largo,

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, since 1969

Local attractions

* Ryūga Cave, Natural Monument and National Historic Site *TosaYamada stadium * Yanase Takashi Memorial Hall

Noted people from Kami

Takenori Emoto Takenori Emoto (江本孟紀, born July 22, 1947) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Toei Flyers in 1971, the Nankai Hawks from 1972 to 1975, and the Hanshin Tigers from 1976 to 1981. ...

Taira Hara was a Japanese manga artist and tarento born in Tosayamada (now part of Kami), Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. He was a long-time resident of Koishikawa, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. He made his professional manga debut in 1963 with his story , publishe ...

, manga artist born in Tosayamada * Keisuke Katto * Yoshitaka Katori *

Yumiko Kurahashi was a Japanese writer. Her married name was , but she wrote under her birth name. Her work was experimental and antirealist, questioning prevailing societal norms regarding sexual relations, violence, and social order. Her antinovels employed ...

(1935–2005), writer and antinovelist. * Takashi Yanase

References

External links

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Kami City official website
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