Narusawa, Yamanashi

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{{Nihongo|'''Narusawa'''|鳴沢村|Narusawa-mura}} is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. {{As of|2019|06|01}}, the village had an estimated population of 3,152 in 1257 households,<ref>[Narusawa Village official statistics]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> and a population density of 32.6 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area of the village is {{convert|89.58|sqkm|sqmi}}.

==Geography== Narusawa is located in southern Yamanashi Prefecture, in the foothills of Mount Fuji. The entire village is located within the borders of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.

===Neighboring municipalities=== Shizuoka Prefecture *Oyama Yamanashi Prefecture *Fujikawaguchiko *Fujiyoshida

===Climate=== The city has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Kōshū is 9.6 °C. (Note that the preceding climate information is for a distant location in the same prefecture as Narusawa village that has a very different climate and elevation from Narusawa.) The average annual rainfall is 1751 mm with September as the wettest month.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/yamanashi-2451/ Narusawa climate data]</ref>

==History== The place name "Narusawa" is mentioned in the Kamakura period chronicle ''Azuma Kagami'' as a hamlet on the road connecting Kai Province with Suruga Province. During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was ''tenryō'' territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early Meiji period on July 1, 1889, the village of Narusawa was created within Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture.

==Demographics== Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-yamanashi.php Narusawa population statistics]</ref> the population of Narusawa has remained relatively steady over the past several decades.

{{Historical populations | 1940 | 2,096 | 1950 | 2,316 | 1960 | 2,316 | 1970 | 2,097 | 1980 | 2,249 | 1990 | 2,650 | 2000 | 2,864 | 2010 | 2,964 | 2020 | 2,824 |align = none | footnote = }}

==Education== Narusawa has one public elementary school operated by the village government. The village does not have a junior high school or a high school.

==Transportation== ===Railway=== *Narusawa does not have any railway services

===Highway=== *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|139}}

==Local attractions== The Kawaguchiko Motor Museum is located in Narusawa.<ref>[http://www.car-airmuseum.com/en/index.html Kawaguchiko Motor Museum / Zero Fighter Museum] Retrieved August 19, 2016</ref>

==Sister cities== *{{flagicon|France}} Sellières, Jura, Franche-Comté, France<ref name=International>{{cite web|url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=19&n=Yamanashi%20Prefecture|title=International Exchange|work=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures|publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)|accessdate=21 November 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205180944/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=19&n=Yamanashi%20Prefecture|archivedate=5 February 2016}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.vill.narusawa.yamanashi.jp/ Official Website] {{in lang|ja}} *{{OSM relation|4792126}}

Category:Narusawa, Yamanashi Category:Villages in Yamanashi Prefecture