Matsusaka 松阪市 | |
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 Traditional street in central Matsusaka | |
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 Location of Matsusaka in Mie Prefecture | |
  Matsusaka | |
| Coordinates:34°34′40.6″N136°31′39.3″E / 34.577944°N 136.527583°E /34.577944; 136.527583 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kansai |
| Prefecture | Mie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Masato Takegami |
| Area | |
• Total | 623.64 km2 (240.79 sq mi) |
| Population (August 2021) | |
• Total | 157,235 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0598-53-4311 |
| Address | 1340-1 Tonomachi, Matsusaka-shi, Mie-ken 515-8515 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Japanese bush-warbler |
| Flower | Lilium auratum |
| Tree | Pine |
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Matsusaka (松阪市,Matsusaka-shi, Local dialect:Mattsaka orMassaka) is acity located inMie Prefecture,Japan. As of 1 August 2021[update], the city had an estimatedpopulation of 157,235 in 66,018 households and apopulation density of 250 people per km².[1] The total area of the city is 623.64 square kilometres (240.79 sq mi). The city is famous forMatsusaka beef.
Matsusaka is located in east-centralKii Peninsula, in central Mie Prefecture. It stretches the width of Mie Prefecture, and is bordered byIse Bay on thePacific Ocean to the east, andNara Prefecture to the west. Parts of the city are within the limits of theYoshino-Kumano National Park.
Matsusaka has aHumid subtropical climate (KöppenCfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Matsusaka is 14.8 °C (58.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,157.8 mm (84.95 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.1 °C (79.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.2 °C (39.6 °F).[2]
| Climate data forKayumi, Matsusaka (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1979−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) | 22.7 (72.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 31.4 (88.5) | 33.7 (92.7) | 36.1 (97.0) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.9 (102.0) | 37.3 (99.1) | 31.3 (88.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 38.9 (102.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.9 (89.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) | 4.7 (40.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 25.4 (77.7) | 26.1 (79.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 17.0 (62.6) | 11.2 (52.2) | 6.2 (43.2) | 14.8 (58.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | −0.3 (31.5) | 2.3 (36.1) | 6.8 (44.2) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 18.6 (65.5) | 12.4 (54.3) | 6.0 (42.8) | 1.2 (34.2) | 9.9 (49.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.2 (19.0) | −6.9 (19.6) | −5.8 (21.6) | −3.0 (26.6) | 2.1 (35.8) | 7.2 (45.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 13.6 (56.5) | 8.8 (47.8) | 1.0 (33.8) | −3.0 (26.6) | −6.1 (21.0) | −7.2 (19.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 56.1 (2.21) | 63.0 (2.48) | 115.5 (4.55) | 143.3 (5.64) | 188.4 (7.42) | 231.3 (9.11) | 247.0 (9.72) | 272.3 (10.72) | 400.7 (15.78) | 255.4 (10.06) | 95.9 (3.78) | 61.6 (2.43) | 2,157.8 (84.95) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.5 | 7.3 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 120.5 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 153.3 | 139.1 | 172.2 | 182.8 | 185.8 | 124.5 | 152.2 | 184.6 | 138.2 | 144.2 | 146.2 | 151.8 | 1,875 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[3][2] | |||||||||||||
The population of Matsusaka has been increasing slowly over the past 50 years.[4]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1950 | 147,054 | — |
| 1960 | 141,245 | −4.0% |
| 1970 | 139,161 | −1.5% |
| 1980 | 153,185 | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 159,625 | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 164,504 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 168,146 | +2.2% |
Matsusaka developed as a commercial center during theSengoku period, andOda Nobukatsu, the younger son ofOda Nobunaga built acastle in the area in 1580. The area came under the control ofGamō Ujisato shortly thereafter, and the Gamō began construction of a castle in the Yoiho forest (四五百森,Yoiho no mori) and named the site "Matsusaka," meaning "slope (坂) covered with pines (松)" in 1588.Matsusaka Castle was the center of the short-livedMatsusaka Domain in the earlyTokugawa shogunate, but for most of theEdo period, the castle was the eastern outpost ofKishu Domain based atWakayama Castle.
Following theMeiji restoration, the area became part of Mie Prefecture. The town of Matsusaka was created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The secondkanji character of Matsusaka was changed to 阪 from 坂 in those days. On March 26, 1893, 1318 houses in the town were destroyed in a fire. Matsusaka was raised to city status on February 1, 1933. The city suffered only light damage inWorld War II, when an air raid killed four people on February 4, 1945. About 700 houses in the city were destroyed by a fire on December 16, 1951. On October 15, 1956, a majorrailway accident occurred atRokken Station on the outskirts of the city, killing 42 people. On August 1, 1982,Typhoon Bess left nine people dead in its wake. The city officially celebrated its 500th anniversary in 1988.
On January 1, 2005, the city expanded to its present borders, with the absorption the towns ofMikumo andUreshino (both fromIchishi District), and the towns ofIinan andIitaka (both fromIinan District).
Matsusaka has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral city council of 28 members. Matsusaka contributes four members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Mie 1st district of thelower house of theDiet of Japan.
Matsusaka has 36 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by the city government and four public high schools operated by the Mie Prefectural Board of Education. There are also one private middle school and two private high schools. The prefectural also operates two special education schools for the handicapped.Mie Chukyo University, formerly located in Matsusaka, closed in 2013.
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