Takamori, Nagano

Takamori 高森町
Town
Takamori Town Hall
Flag Seal
Location of Takamori in Nagano Prefecture
Takamori
Coordinates: 35°33′5.5″N 137°52′42.6″E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu)
Prefecture	Nagano
District	Shimoina
Area
• Total	45.36 km^2 (17.51 sq mi)
Population  (April 2019)
• Total	13,067
• Density	290/km^2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Osmanthus fragrans, Diospyros kaki
• Flower	Kerria japonica
Phone number	0265-35-3111
Address	2183-1 Shimoichida Hiraoka Takamori-machi, Shimoina-gun, Nagano-ken 399-3193
Website	Official website

Takamori landscape

Takamori (高森町, Takamori-machi) is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2014^[update], the town had an estimated population of 13.067 in 4427 households,^[1] and a population density of 290 persons per km². The total area of the town is 45.36 square kilometres (17.51 sq mi).

Geography

Takamori is in the mountainous south of Nagano Prefecture, in a valley formed by the Tenryu River between the Kiso Mountains and the Akaishi Mountains

Surrounding municipalities

• Nagano Prefecture
  • Iida
  • Matsukawa
  • Takagi
  • Toyooka

Climate

The town has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cold winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Takamori is 13.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1628 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.3 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Takamori has recently plateaued after several decades of growth.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1940	10,213	—
1950	12,295	+20.4%
1960	10,627	−13.6%
1970	9,885	−7.0%
1980	11,488	+16.2%
1990	12,232	+6.5%
2000	12,528	+2.4%
2010	13,214	+5.5%
2020	12,811	−3.0%

History

The area of present-day Takamori was part of ancient Shinano Province. The modern town was established on July 1, 1956, by the merger of the villages of Ichida and Yamabuki.

Economy

Takamori is traditionally noted for its production of persimmons. The Yokohama Rubber Company has a plant in Takamori.

Education

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

Transportation

Railway

• JR Tokai – Iida Line
  • Shimo-Ichida - Ichida - Shimodaira - Yamabuki

Highway

• Chūō Expressway
• National Route 153

Sister cities

• Omaezaki, Shizuoka^[4]

In popular culture

In Season 6 of the animated spy comedy Archer, holdout soldier Sato Kentaro encounters the titular character in the jungles of Borneo. Ensuing discussion reveals that Sato, his wife, and young daughter lived in Takamori before the outbreak of World War II.

References

1. Takamori Town official statistics(in Japanese)
2. Takamori climate data
3. Takamori population statistics
4. "友好都市長野県・高森町". Omaezaki City (in Japanese). 1 December 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

External links

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