| Yoshika | |||||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||||
| Settlement Type: | Town | ||||
| Seal Type: | Emblem | ||||
| Image Map1: | Yoshika in Shimane Prefecture Ja.svg | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Japan | ||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Japan | ||||
| Coordinates: | 34.3536°N 131.935°W | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Name: | Japan | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Chūgoku San'in | ||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture | ||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Shimane | ||||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Kanoashi | ||||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||
| Area Total Km2: | 336.50 | ||||
| Population Total: | 5,759 | ||||
| Population As Of: | June 30, 2023 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Timezone1: | JST | ||||
| Utc Offset1: | +09:00 | ||||
| Blank Name Sec1: | City hall address | ||||
| Blank Info Sec1: | 750 Muikaichi, Yoshika-cho, Kanoashi-gun, Shimane-ken 699-5513 | ||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Climate | ||||
| Blank Info Sec2: | Cfa | ||||
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thumb|right|270px|Ōidani rice terraces is a town located in Kanoashi District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan., the town had an estimated population of 5,759 in 3042 households and a population density of 17 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the town is 336.5sqkm.
Yoshioka is located in the Chugoku Mountains in the far southwestern corner of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Heavily forested and surrounded by steep mountains, arable land is available along the Takatsu River and its tributaries.
Shimane Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture
Yoshika has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with very warm summers and cool winters. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year. The average annual temperature in Yoshika is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Yoshika was on 19 August 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 8 February 2018.
Per Japanese census data, the population of Yoshioka in 2020 is 6,077 people. Yoshioka has been conducting censuses since 1920.
The area of Yoshioka was part of ancient Iwami Province. During the Edo Period, the area was part of the holdings of Tsuwano Domain. After the Meiji restoration, the villages of Muikaichi and Kakinoki were established on within Kanoashi District, Shimane on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Muikaichi was elevated to town status on November 13, 1947. The town of Yoshioka was formed on October 1, 2005 from the merger of the town of Muikaich and the village of Kakinoki.
Yoshioka has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Yoshioka, collectively with the town of Tsuwano, contributes one member to the Shimane Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Shimane 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Yoshioka is a very rural area, with an economy based on agriculture and forestry.
Yoshioka has five public elementary school and four public junior high schools operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by the Shimane Prefectural Board of Education.
Yoshioka has no passenger railway service. The nearest train stations are Nishikigawa Seiryū Line Nishikichō Station in Iwakuni and JR West Yamaguchi Line Nichihara Station in Tsuwano.