| Ichikawamisato | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
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| Coordinates: | 35.5653°N 138.5025°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chūbu Tōkai |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yamanashi |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Nishiyatsushiro |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 75.18 |
| Population Total: | 15799 |
| Population As Of: | June 1, 2019 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Sakura |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | - Flower |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 055-272-1101 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 1790-3 Ichikawa-Daimon, Ichikawamisato-chō, Nishiyatsushiro -gun, Yamanashi-ken 409-3601 |
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is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 15,799 in 6679 households.,[1] and a population density of 210 persons per km². The total area of the town is 75.18sqkm.[2]
Ichikawamisato is located in south-central Yamanashi Prefecture at the southern end of the Kofu Basin. The Fuefuki River and the Kamanashi River flow through the town, which contains the confluence where these rivers join to form the Fuji River.
The town has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Ichikawamisato is 28-32 °C in summer and ?? in winter. The average annual rainfall is 16413 mm with September as the wettest month.[3]
Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Ichikawamisato has declined over the past 60 years.
The area of Ichikawamisato was part of a huge shoen during the Heian period controlled by Minamoto no Yoshikiyo, the ancestor of the Takeda clan. In the Edo period, along with the rest of Kai Province, the area was tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate. After the Meiji restoration, the area was organized into villages within Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on July 1, 1889. On October 1, 2005, the towns of Ichikawadaimon, Mitama and Rokugō (all from Nishiyatsushiro District) merged to form the new town of Ichikawamisato.
The economy of Ichikawamisato is primarily agricultural. The town was traditionally famous for its production of fireworks and Japanese traditional paper (washi).
Ichikawamisato has six public elementary schools and four public middle schools run by the town government and one public high school operated by the Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education.
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