| Ogose | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | |
| Coordinates: | 35.9645°N 139.2942°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Japan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kantō |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Saitama |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Iruma |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 40.39 |
| Population Total: | 11352 |
| Population As Of: | January 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Japan Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +9 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | City Symbols |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | - Tree |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Prunus mume |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | - Flower |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kerria japonica |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | - Bird |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Japanese bush warbler |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Phone number |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 049-292-3121 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Address |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 900-2 Ogose, Ogose-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama-ken 350-0494 |
is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 11,352 in 5038 households and a population density of 280 persons per km².[1] The total area of the town is 40.39sqkm. The town is famous for its Prunus mume orchards.
Ogose is located in central Saitama Prefecture, approximately 50 kilometers from downtown Tokyo.
Ogose has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ogose is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1746 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.3 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Ogose peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.
Ogose town was created within Iruma District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Ogose annexed neighboring Umezono village on February 1, 1955.
Ogose has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Ogose, together with the towns of Hatoyama and Moroyama, contributes one member to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Saitama 9th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Ogose remains largely an agricultural town, primarily based on horticulture, although it has increasingly become a bedroom community.
Tōbu Railway - Tōbu Ogose Line
Ogose is not served by any expressways or national highways