Ayabe

• Name — Ayabe • Native Name Lang — ja • Settlement Type — City • Image Skyline — Gunze01s3200.jpg • Image Caption — Gunze memorial hall • Image Flag — Flag of Ayabe, Kyoto.svg • Image Seal — Emblem of Ayabe, Kyoto.svg • Seal Type — Emblem • Image Map — Ayabe in Kyoto Prefecture Ja.svg • Map Caption — Location of Ayabe in Kyoto Prefecture • Pushpin Map — Japan • Pushpin Map Caption — Location in Japan • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Japan • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Kansai • Subdivision Type2 — Prefecture • Subdivision Name2 — Kyoto • Subdivision Type3 — District • Established Title — First official recorded • Established Date — 471 AD • Established Title2 — Town settled • Established Date2 — April 1, 1889 • Established Title3 — City settled • Established Date3 — August 1, 1950 • Extinct Title — Now part of • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Gentarō Shikata (四方源太郎) - from February 2026 • Leader Title1 — Vice Mayor • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 347.10 • Population Total — 31082 • Population As Of — March 31, 2022 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — JST • Utc Offset1 — +09:00 • Blank Name Sec1 — City hall address • Blank Info Sec1 — 1-8 Wakatakecho, Ayabe-shi, Kyoto-fu 623-8501 • Blank Name Sec2 — Climate • Blank Info Sec2 — Cfa Ayabe is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 2022 03, the city had an estimated population of 31,082 in 13,660 households and a population density of 90 persons per km 2. The total area of the city is 347.10 sqkm.

Ayabe is situated in the mountains of Northern Kyoto Prefecture, with the Yura River flowing through the center of the city.

Ayabe has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ayabe is 13.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1639 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.3 °C.

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Sacred mountains in Ayabe include: • Mount Hongū • Mount Misen

Ayabe is part of ancient Tanba Province. Per the Nihon Shoki and other historical sources, the area was settled during the Kofun period by the Hata clan, immigrants from mainland Asia who brought with the technology of sericulture and weaving. In the Heian period, the area was developed into a number of shōen landed estates by the Five regent houses in Kyoto. In the Sengoku period, the area came under the control of Akechi Mitsuhide, and in the Edo Period, it was the center of Ayabe Domain and the small Yamaga Domain. After the Meiji restoration, the town of Ayabe was established within Ikaruga District, Kyoto on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to city status on August 1, 1950, and the city borders expanded in 1955 and 1956 to encompass all of former Ikaruga District.

Per Japanese census data, the population of Ayabe has declined steadily over the past 60 years.

• Illustration — Ayabe City Hall Ayabe has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Ayabe contributes one member to the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Kyoto 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

• Illustration — Gunze Head Office Ayabe has a mixed economy of agriculture and light manufacturing, with several industrial parks in the city. The area was known from ancient times for weaving cloth, and the leading apparel manufacturer Gunze's registered headquarters are in Ayabe. It is known for the founding of Ōmoto.

Ayabe has ten public elementary schools and six public middle schools operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Kyoto Prefectural Department of Education. Kyoto Prefectural Agricultural College has a campus in the city.

Ayabe is the hometown of Nao Deguchi, a woman who founded the Oomoto religion in Ayabe in 1892. She proclaimed that Ayabe would be the new spiritual center of Japan from which the world would be renewed. Baishō-en (梅松苑), the spiritual headquarters of the Oomoto religion, is located in Ayabe. Mount Misen is where the religion's founder, Nao Deguchi, secluded herself and received divine revelations in 1901.

• Illustration — Ayabe Station

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