Miyota, Nagano

Miyota (御代田町, Miyota-machi) is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019, the town had an estimated population of 15,562 in 6897 households, and a population density of 260 persons per km². The total area of the town is 58.79 square kilometres (22.70 sq mi).

Miyota 御代田
Town
Miyota Town Hall
Flag Seal
Location of Miyota in Nagano Prefecture
Miyota
Coordinates: 36°19′16.3″N 138°30′31.6″E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu)
Prefecture	Nagano
District	Kitasaku
Area
• Total	58.76 km2 (22.69 sq mi)
Population  (April 2019)
• Total	15,562
• Density	260/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Taxus cuspidata
• Flower	Lilium auratum
Phone number	0267-32-3111
Address	2464-1 Miyota, Miyota-machi, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano-ken 389-0292
Website	Official website

Yu River in Miyota

Geography

Miyota is located on the eastern border of Nagano Prefecture with Gumma Prefecture. Mount Asama (2568 meters) is within the town's northern borders.

The Citizen Watch group has other engineering facilities in the adjacent town of Saku, Nagano.

Surrounding municipalities

• Gunma Prefecture
  • Tsumagoi
• Nagano Prefecture
  • Karuizawa
  • Komoro
  • Saku

Climate

The town has a humid continental climate characterized by warm and humid summers, and cold winters with heavy snowfall (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Miyota is 8.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1291 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around -4.0 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Miyota has nearly doubled over the past 60 years.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1940	7,942	—
1950	11,094	+39.7%
1960	8,145	−26.6%
1970	8,708	+6.9%
1980	9,851	+13.1%
1990	11,895	+20.7%
2000	13,412	+12.8%
2010	14,741	+9.9%
2020	15,555	+5.5%

History

The area of present-day Miyota was part of ancient Shinano Province, and was the site of the Battle of Odaihara during the Sengoku period. As Otai-shuku, it developed as a post station on the Nakasendo highway connecting Edo with Kyoto during the Edo period. The village of Miyota was created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It merged with the villages of Onuma and Goka to form the town of Miyota on September 30, 1956.

Politics and government

Miyota is governed by a town council with 14 members.

Elections

• 2007 Miyota mayoral election

Education

Miyota has two public elementary schools and one public middle school operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railway

• Shinano Railway
• Miyota

Highway

• National Route 18

Local attractions

• Mount Asama
• Otai-shuku, post station on the Nakasendō

External links

• Media related to Miyota, Nagano at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Website (in Japanese)