Wakuya

• Name — Wakuya • Settlement Type — Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Japan • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Type2 — Prefecture • Subdivision Type3 — District • Subdivision Name1 — Tōhoku • Subdivision Name2 — Miyagi • Subdivision Name3 — Tōda • Leader Title — Mayor • Area Total Km2 — 82.16 • Population Total — 15,763 • Population As Of — April 30, 2020 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — Japan Standard Time • Utc Offset1 — +9 • Blank Name Sec1 — City Symbols • Blank1 Name Sec1 — - Tree • Blank1 Info Sec1 — Cryptomeria • Blank2 Name Sec1 — - Flower • Blank2 Info Sec1 — Sakura • Blank3 Name Sec1 — - Bird • Blank4 Name Sec1 — - Insect • Blank5 Name Sec1 — - Fish • Blank Name Sec2 — Phone number • Blank Info Sec2 — 0229-43-2111 • Blank1 Name Sec2 — Address • Blank1 Info Sec2 — 153-2 Shinmachiura, Wakuya-chō, Tōda-gun, Miyagi-ken 987-0192 • Illustration — Wakuya town hall

Wakuya is in north-central Miyagi Prefecture in the flatlands of the Ōsaki Plains.

Miyagi Prefecture • Ishinomaki • Misato • Ōsaki • Tome

Wakuya has a humid climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) characterized by mild summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Wakuya is 11.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1224 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 23.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around -0.7 °C.

Per Japanese census data, the population of Wakuya has declined over the past 40 years.

The area of present-day Wakuya was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the Jōmon period by the Emishi people. During the Nara period, gold was discovered in the area, and 13 kilograms of gold from Wakuya were used in the construction of the Nara Daibutsu. During later portion of the Heian period, the area was ruled by the Northern Fujiwara. During the Sengoku period, the area was contested by various samurai clans before the area came under the control of the Date clan of Sendai Domain during the Edo period, under the Tokugawa shogunate. The town of Wakuya was established on June 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The town annexed the neighboring village of Moto-Wakuya on December 1, 1948, and the village of Nonodake on July 15, 1955. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami destroyed numerous buildings in the town, and resulted in one fatality.

Wakuya has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 13 members. Wakuya and the neighboring town of Misato together contribute one seat to the Miyagi Prefectural legislature. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Miyagi 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

The economy of Wakuya is largely based on agriculture, primarily the cultivation of rice, spinach, and spring onions. Alps Electric has a manufacturing plant in Wakuya.

• Illustration — The First Wakuya Elementary school Wakuya has three public elementary schools (Wakuya No.1 Elementary school (涌谷第一小学校), Gesshoukan Elementary school (月将館小学校), Nonodake Elementary school (箟岳小学校)) and one public junior high school (Wakuya Middle School (涌谷中学校)) operated by the town government. The town has one public high school operated by the Miyagi Prefecturing Board of Education.

East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Ishinomaki Line • Kami-Wakuya - Wakuya East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Kesennuma Line • Nonodake

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• Koganeyama Jinja, a Shinto shrine founded in the Nara period (National Historic Site) • Nagane Shell Mound, Jōmon period shell midden, National Historic Site • Wakuya Castle

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