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located in Tamana District,

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. , the town had an estimated

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of 9,029 in 3767 households, and a

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of 91 persons per km². The total area of the town is .

Geography

Nagomi is located in the northwest of Kumamoto Prefecture, about 30 kilometers northwest of Kumamoto City, and about 90 kilometers south of Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The town is long and narrow, stretching 19 kilometer from north to south and 9 kilometers from east to west, with the northern part forming the prefectural border with Fukuoka Prefecture. Most of the town area is a basin.

Neighboring municipalities

Kumamoto Prefecture * Gyokutō * Nankan * Tamana * Yamaga Fukuoka Prefecture * Miyama * Yame

Climate

Nagomi has a

humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a subtropical -temperate climate type, characterized by long and hot summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between ...

(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Nagomi is 16.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1932 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.8 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.9 °C. Nagomi climate: Average Temperature, weather by month
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Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Nagomi is as shown below

History

The area of Nagomi was part of ancient

Higo Province was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. It was sometimes called , with Hizen Province. Higo bordered on Chikugo, Bungo, Hyūga, Ōsumi, and Satsuma Provinces. History The cas ...

, During the

Edo Period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

it was part of the holdings of

Kumamoto Domain The , which was in existence from 1600 to 1871, had a significant influence in the region. Initially, it controlled its vast territory of 520,000 koku, which later expanded to 540,000 koku after the division of the 8th generation territory and the e ...

. After the

Meiji restoration The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored Imperial House of Japan, imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Althoug ...

, the villages of Eta, Hanazuru, Kawazoe, Togo, Kamio, Midori, and Harutomi were established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Eta was raised to town status on July 1, 1943, and merged with Hanazuru, Kawazoe, and Togo to form the town of Kikusui on April 1, 1954. Kamio, Midori, and Harutomi merged on April 1, 1955 to form the village of Mikawa, which was raised to town status on November 1, 1968. Nagomi town was formed on March 1, 2006 from the merger of the towns of Kikusui and Mikawa, both from Tamana District.

Government

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

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city council of 12 members. Nagomi, collectively with the other municipalities of Tamana District, contributes one member to the Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Kumamoto 2nd district of the

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of the

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Economy

The local economy is based on agriculture and food processing.

Education

Nagomi has two public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railways

Nagomi has no passenger railway services. The nearest train stations are Omuta Station on the

JR Kyushu The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle hydrofoil service across the Tsushima Strait be ...

Kagoshima Main Line The is a major railway line operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) between Mojiko Station, Mojikō in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Kagoshima City, at the southern end of Kyushu. Until March 13, 2004, it ...

and

Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line The is a railway line in Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. It is the main line of the private railway company Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu). The line connects Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) StationUntil December 31, 2000, Nishitetsu Fukuo ...

, or Tamana Station on the JR Kagoshima Main Line.

Highways

Kyushu Expressway *

Local attractions

* Eta Anakannon Kofun, National Historic Site *

Eta Funayama Kofun Eta Funayama Kofun () is a ''kofun'', or Tumulus, burial mound, located in Nagomi, Kumamoto in Japan. The mound was designated a Monuments of Japan, National Historic Site of Japan in 1951. The designation includes and . Several artifacts exc ...

, National Historic Site * Tanaka Castle ruins, National Historic Site * Tonkararin Tunnel Structure

Notable people from Nagomi

Shizo Kanakuri was a Japanese marathon runner celebrated as the "father of marathon" in Japan. He holds the Guinness World Record for the longest time to complete a marathon with a time of 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds—Kanakuri reti ...

, Olympic marathon runner

References

External links

*
Nagomi official website
Towns in Kumamoto Prefecture Nagomi, Kumamoto {{Kumamoto-geo-stub