Yoshitomi, Fukuoka
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270px, Hachiman Kohyo Jinja in Yoshitomi is a
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
located in Chikujō District,
Fukuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders ...
,
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. , the town had an estimated
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of 6,617 in 3075 households, and a
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of 1200 persons per km². The total area of the town is .


Geography

Yoshitomi is located in the far southeast corner of Fukuoka Prefecture. It borders Nakatsu City in Ōita Prefecture across the first-class river Yamakuni River to the east, Jomo Town to the south, and Buzen City to the west. With an area of 5.68 square kilometers, it is the smallest municipality in Kyushu and the 12th smallest in Japan. It is only about two kilometers east-west and three kilometers north-south, and the urban area is concentrated around Yoshitomi Station and has a relatively high population density.


Neighbouring municipalities

Fukuoka Prefecture * Buzen * Kōge Ōita Prefecture * Nakatsu


Climate

Yoshitomi 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 Yoshitomi is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1623 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.0 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.8 °C. Yoshitomi climate: Average Temperature, weather by month
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Demographics

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


History

The area of Yoshitomi was part of ancient
Buzen Province was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan in the area of northeastern Kyūshū, corresponding to part of southeastern Fukuoka Prefecture and northwestern Ōita Prefecture. Buzen bordered on Bungo Province, Bungo to the south, and Chikuzen Pro ...
. 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 under control of
Nakatsu Domain 270px, Okudaira Masayuki, final ''daimyō'' of Nakatsu Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now northern Ōita Prefecture. It was centered around Nakatsu Castle in what is now Nakatsu, Ōita ...
. The village of Higashi-Yoshiomi within Kōgei District, Fukuoka was established on May 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Kōgei District became Chikujō District in 1896. Higashi-Yoshitomi was raised to town status on May 19, 1942, changing its name to Yoshitomi. Efforts to merge with the town of Buzen have failed to secure popular support.


Government

Yoshitomi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one. Unicameralism has become an increasingly common type of legislature, making up nearly ...
town council of ten members. Yoshitomi, collectively with Buzen and the other municipalities of Chikujō District contributes one member to the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the
Fukuoka 11th district Fukuoka 11th district (福岡県第11区, ''Fukuoka-ken dai-ju-ikku'' or simply 福岡11区, ''Fukuoka-ju-ikku'') is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. List of representat ...
of the
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of the
Diet of Japan , transcription_name = ''Kokkai'' , legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet , coa_pic = Flag of Japan.svg , house_type = Bicameral , houses = , foundation=29 November 1890(), leader1_type ...
.


Economy

Economically, Yoshitomi belongs to the Nakatsu metropolitan area, and according to the 2005 census, approximately 30% of all commuters commute to Nakatsu City. As factories such as Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharmaceutical Factory Co., Ltd. are located here, there is a considerable influx of people from Nakatsu.
Commercial fishing Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other seafood for Commerce, commercial Profit (economics), profit, mostly from wild fisheries. It provides a large quantity of food to many countries around the world, but those who practice ...
also plays a role in the local economy.


Education

Yoshitomi has one public elementary school operated by the town government and one public junior high school operated by a cooperative established between Yoshitomi and Buzen. The town does not have a high school.


Transportation


Railways

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 ...
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Nippō Main Line The is a railway line in Kyushu, in southern Japan, operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). Also known as the Fukuhoku Nippo Line, The line connects Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima Station in Kagoshima, Kagoshima, K ...
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Highways

The town is not on any expressway or National Highway.


References


External links

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Yoshitomi official website
Towns in Fukuoka Prefecture Populated coastal places in Japan {{Fukuoka-geo-stub