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22-747: Mizunami is located in south-eastern Gifu Prefecture. The Kiso River and the Toki River flow through the city. The city has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). The average annual temperature in Mizunami is 14.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1928 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.0 °C. Per Japanese census data,

44-599: A National Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument since 1927. The number of cherry trees gradually decreased due to natural attrition to less than 400 by 2001, but the city of Ichinomiya undertook a large-scale replanting campaign to bring the embankment back to its former appearance. Other portions of the Kiso River in Inuyama, and Kakamigahara , Kani , and Sakahogi in Gifu Prefecture were designated collectively as

66-457: A National Place of Scenic Beauty in 1934. This Nagano Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Aichi Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Gifu Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Mie Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to

88-462: A climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). The average annual temperature in Kakamigahara is 15.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1939 mm, with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.9 °C. The area around Kakamigahara

110-504: A river in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kakamigahara, Gifu Kakamigahara ( 各務原市 , Kakamigahara-shi ) is a city located in southern Gifu Prefecture in Japan. As of 1 January 2019 , the city had an estimated population of 148,225, and a population density of 1700 persons per km , in 59,736 households. The total area of the city was 87.81 km (33.90 sq mi). Situated in

132-619: Is completed. 24 March 2013: Kakamigahara Bridge is completed. It connects the city hall area with Kawashima-chiku (formerly Kawashima-cho) of Konan City. With the completion of this bridge, there are now four routes from Kakamigahara City into Aichi Prefecture. Per Japanese census data, the population of Kakamigahara has recently plateaued after a long period of growth. As of December 2013, about 3,000 residents of foreign nationality were registered in Kakamigahara City. The largest numbers are, in descending order, from Brazil, China, and

154-680: The Japan Rhine because of its similarities to the Rhine in Europe . The Kiso River embankment ( 木曽川堤 , Kiso-gawa tsutsumi ) was built in the Edo period and extends for a 47 kilometer between the cities of Inuyama and Yatomi to protect against flooding. After a portion of this embankment was rebuilt following collapse due to record floods in May 1884, local volunteers brought in 1,800 saplings of sakura trees at

176-614: The prefectures of Nagano , Gifu , Aichi , and Mie before emptying into Ise Bay a short distance away from the city of Nagoya . It is the main river among the Kiso Three Rivers (along with the Ibi and Nagara rivers) and forms a major part of the Nōbi Plain . The valley around the upper portion of the river forms the Kiso Valley . Parts of the Kiso River are sometimes referred to as

198-532: The Inuyama Bridge was completed. Previously, Meitetsu trains had shared the bridge with automobiles, crossing the bridge in a manner similar to streetcars. After the twinning, the trains began to use the old Inuyama Bridge. This separation of trains and automobiles improved transportation across the river. 1 November 2004: Kawashima-cho (Hashima District), was incorporated in Kakamigahara City. 5 November 2006: The Shin-mei Ko-ami Bridge, connecting to Konan,

220-729: The Philippines. Kakamigahara has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 24 members. Kakamigahara City is second in Gifu Prefecture in terms of industrial production. The city has an aircraft factory operated by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Aerospace Company , located next to the JASDF Gifu Air Base , and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries also produces aircraft parts. The city also has many automobile-related factories, including parts makers and metalworking industries. In Sue-cho in

242-620: The area was largely wilderness until the Meiji period . The names of the Meitetsu train stations, Rokken, Nijukken, and the Ogase Reservoir are from that era. Beginning from the Meiji period, to take advantage of the large amount of wilderness and well-drained soil, military bases and training grounds were established. In addition, Gifu University's agricultural and engineering departments were established in

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264-600: The area, leading the growth of machine and textile factories. These industries, in addition to carrot production, which used the dry soil, became the main industries of the town. Part of the city is within the borders of the Hida-Kisogawa Quasi-National Park . Kiso, Sakai, Shin-Sakai, Daianji Ogase Reservoir North: Seki East: Kamo District (Sakahogi-cho) West: Gifu City , Hashima District (Kasamatsu-cho, Ginan-cho) South: Ichinomiya , Konan , Inuyama , Niwa District ( Fusou-cho) The city has

286-564: The city government, and one private combined middle/high school. The city has one public high school operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education and one private high school. Chukyo Gakuin University has a campus in Mizunami. Kiso River The Kiso River ( 木曽川 , Kiso-gawa ) is a river in the Chubu region of Japan roughly 229 km (142 mi) long, flowing through

308-515: The city limits. In the post- Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Toki District in Gifu prefecture was created. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1954 by the merger of Mizunami-Toki Town with the villages of Kamado, Okute, and Hiyoshi. Mizunami has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 16 members. Mizunami has seven public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by

330-538: The most notable among them being "Kakamigahara Kōen", which was originally made from a vacant lot owned by Gifu University . A city planning policy of making Kakamigahara into a "park city" has been undertaken by the municipality, and in 2005, the city received the Green City Prize from the prime minister. Although the city was officially named Ka k ami ga hara, it is also called Ka k amihara, Ka g amihara, or Ka g ami ga hara by tradition. Mountainous terrain runs from

352-489: The north of Kakamigahara City, an industrial park called Techno Plaza was established by the Gifu Prefectural government as a focal point for the research and development of robotics and virtual reality . With Waseda University 's WABOT-HOUSE laboratory and Gifu University's Science and Technology Promotion Center as a nucleus, Techno Plaza is structured as an industrial and R&D center. Many ventures have moved into

374-529: The northern part of the Nōbi Plain , what is now Kakamigahara originally thrived as a post station on the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto , being called " Unuma-juku " at the time. In more recent history, the city developed due to the JASDF Gifu base . In addition, Kakamigahara grew as an industrial city and a commuter suburb of Gifu City and Nagoya. The city of Kakamigahara has many large parks,

396-477: The northern to the eastern part of the city. The Kiso River flows through the southern part, forming the municipal and prefectural (Aichi-Gifu) border. A large portion of the city is situated on the Kakamigahara Plateau. Because the soil is very well drained, it was not traditionally suited to rice cultivation. With the exception of rest stops such as Unuma-juku or other roadside settlements, though,

418-459: The population of Mizunami peaked at around the year 2000 and has declined since. The area around Mizunami was part of traditional Mino Province . During the Edo period , the area was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate . The Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto passed through the area, and Ōkute-juku and Hosokute-juku were located within what are now

440-501: The request of the governor of Aichi Prefecture, replacing Japanese red pine trees which had formerly lined the embankment. These cherry blossoms included many unusual varieties including some wild cherry tree species, and specifically excluded the Somei Yoshino variety that had become extremely popular all over Japan. A seven-kilometer portion of this embankment between the cities of Ichinomiya and Kōnan has been designated as both

462-629: Was completed. This was the third bridge to span the Kiso, and connects the city to Aichi Prefecture. It was the first bridge to connect Kakamigahara to Konan City. 5 March 1986: The section of the Tokai-Hokoriku Expressway between Kakamigahara Junction and Mino Junction was opened. Furthermore, on 13 December 1998, the Tokai-Hokoriku Expressway was connected to the Meishin Expressway (Ichinomiya Junction). 28 March 2000: The twinning of

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484-517: Was part of traditional Mino Province . During the post- Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, the area was organised into Inaba District, Gifu in April 1897. 1 April 1963: Kakamigahara City was founded by amalgamating Naka, Sohara, Unuma, and Inaba. 1968: The Line Bridge was completed. Together with the Inuyama bridge, completed in 1925, these two bridges span the Kiso River and connect Kakamigahara City with Aichi Prefecture. 1969: The Aigi bridge

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