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is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
located in
Ito District,
Wakayama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 876,030 () and a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to ...
,
Japan
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. , the town had an estimated
population
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of 3,996 in 1770 households and a
population density
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of 91 persons per km
2.
The total area of the town is .
Geography
Kudoyama is located near the prefectural border at the northeastern end of Wakayama Prefecture, on the south bank of the Kinokawa River, and consists of a valley formed along the Fudodani River that flows into it, and a valley formed by the Nyu River that flows into it from the east.
Neighbouring municipalities
Wakayama Prefecture
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Hashimoto
*
Katsuragi
*
Kōya
Climate
Kudoyama has a
Humid subtropical climate
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(Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kudoyama is 13.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1781 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 1.8 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data,
Kudoyama population statistics
/ref> the population of Kudoyama has declined steadily over the last 70 years.
History
The area of the modern town of Kudoyama was within ancient Kii Province
, or , was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kii''" in . Kii bordered Ise, Izumi, Kawachi, Shima, and Yamato Pro ...
and was long associated with Mount Koya
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Places
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* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, ...
. In the Heian period
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, the temple of Jison-in, which had the grave of the mother of Kūkai
, born posthumously called , was a Japanese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and poet who founded the Vajrayana, esoteric Shingon Buddhism, Shingon school of Buddhism. He travelled to China, where he studied Tangmi (Chinese Vajrayana Buddhism) und ...
. During the Sengoku period
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, it was the location of exile for Sanada Masayuki
was a Japanese Sengoku period lord and ''daimyō''. He was the head of Sanada clan, a regional house of Shinano Province, which became a vassal of the Takeda clan of Kai Province.
Along with his father and brothers, Masayuki served the Taked ...
and Sanada Yukimura
, also known as , was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was especially known as the leading general on the defending side of the Siege of Osaka.
Yukimura was called "A Hero who may appear once in a hundred years", "Crimson D ...
. The village of Kudyama was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, and was raised to town status on September 1, 1910. The village of Kane was annexed by Kudoyama on March 31, 1955.
Government
Kudoyama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral
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town council of 10 members. Kudoyama collectively with the town of Kōya, contributes one member to the Wakayama Prefectural Assembly
The is the prefectural parliament of Wakayama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 876,030 () and a geographic area of . Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefe ...
. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Wakayama 2nd district of the lower house
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of the Diet of Japan
, transcription_name = ''Kokkai''
, legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet
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.
Economy
The economy of Kudoyama is centered on horticulture
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and seasonal tourism. The town has long been regarded as the gateway to the temples of Mount Koya. The production of ''washi
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''Washi'' is generally tougher than ordinary ...
'' paper is a local handicraft.
Education
Kudoyama has three public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school.
Transportation
Railway
18px Nankai Electric Railway
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– Nankai Kōya Line
The is a railway line in Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, owned and operated by the Nankai Electric Railway, a private railway operator. It connects Osaka and Koyasan, the capital of the Japanese Buddhist sect Shingon, via the ...
* Kudoyama - Kōyashita - Shimo-Kosawa - Kami-Kosawa
Highway
*
Local attractions
* Jison-in temple
*Kōyasan chōishi-michi
is a pilgrimage route on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region of Japan. It begins at the Jison-in temple in the town of Kudoyama on the south bank of the Kinokawa River and extends twenty-four kilometres to Mount Kōya, or Kongōbu-ji Temple, ...
*Niukanshōfu Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in Kudoyama, Ito District, Wakayama, Ito district, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
In 2004, it was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name ''Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range''. ...
*Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the Kii Peninsula in Japan.
Selection criteria
The locations and paths for this heritage site were based on their historical and modern im ...
Notable people from Kudoyama
* Takao Obana, manager
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of the Yokohama BayStars
The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its current ...
* Masanori Sugiura, Olympic baseball player
References
External links
*
Kudoyama official website
Towns in Wakayama Prefecture
Kudoyama, Wakayama
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