Omaezaki

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{{nihongo|'''Omaezaki'''|御前崎市|Omaezaki-shi}} is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Omaezaki is located at the tip of Omaezaki Peninsula on Japan's Pacific coast. {{As of|2019|07|31}}, the city had an estimated population of 32,422 in 12,095 households <ref>[https://www.city.omaezaki.shizuoka.jp/soshiki/shimin/toukei/jinkou_t/r01.html Omaezaki City official statistics] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> and a population density of 490 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area of the city was {{convert|65.56|sqkm|sqmi}}.

== Geography == Omaezaki City lies approximately {{convert|80|mi|km}} south of Shizuoka City at the tip of a peninsula of the same name, stretching east into the Pacific Ocean. The majority of the city consists of gentle hills and valleys with some steep cliffs on the peninsula's east coast. Like much of Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture is an earthquake zone, and small tremors frequently occur in the area. Omaezaki is also in an area at risk from tsunami.

===Surrounding municipalities=== *Shizuoka Prefecture **Kakegawa **Kikugawa **Makinohara

===Climate=== Omaezaki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). Due to its location, Omaezaki experiences strong coastal winds between October and April. The Japanese rainy season also affects Omaezaki, with typhoons liable to hit the city between July and September. During summer, the region is cooler than the majority of inland Shizuoka Prefecture.The average annual temperature in Omaezaki is {{cvt|16.7|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|2094.8|mm}} with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|26.7|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|6.9|C}}.<ref name = "normals"/>

{{Weather box |width=auto |collapsed = Y |single line = Y |metric first = Y |location = Omaezaki (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1932−present) |Jan record high C = 19.2 |Feb record high C = 22.8 |Mar record high C = 23.5 |Apr record high C = 25.5 |May record high C = 27.6 |Jun record high C = 31.6 |Jul record high C = 36.7 |Aug record high C = 36.4 |Sep record high C = 33.7 |Oct record high C = 30.1 |Nov record high C = 26.1 |Dec record high C = 22.6 |Jan record low C = -5.4 |Feb record low C = -5.2 |Mar record low C = -3.2 |Apr record low C = -0.1 |May record low C = 5.1 |Jun record low C = 11.3 |Jul record low C = 15.2 |Aug record low C = 18.5 |Sep record low C = 11.8 |Oct record low C = 6.4 |Nov record low C = 0.7 |Dec record low C = -3.5 |Jan high C = 10.7 |Feb high C = 11.5 |Mar high C = 14.4 |Apr high C = 18.3 |May high C = 21.9 |Jun high C = 24.4 |Jul high C = 27.9 |Aug high C = 29.8 |Sep high C = 27.4 |Oct high C = 23.0 |Nov high C = 18.2 |Dec high C = 13.1 |Jan mean C = 6.9 |Feb mean C = 7.5 |Mar mean C = 10.5 |Apr mean C = 14.7 |May mean C = 18.6 |Jun mean C = 21.5 |Jul mean C = 25.0 |Aug mean C = 26.7 |Sep mean C = 24.4 |Oct mean C = 19.9 |Nov mean C = 14.8 |Dec mean C = 9.4 |Jan low C = 3.3 |Feb low C = 3.5 |Mar low C = 6.5 |Apr low C = 11.2 |May low C = 15.6 |Jun low C = 19.3 |Jul low C = 22.9 |Aug low C = 24.5 |Sep low C = 21.9 |Oct low C = 17.0 |Nov low C = 11.4 |Dec low C = 5.8 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 78.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 105.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 167.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 200.9 |May precipitation mm = 213.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 257.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 221.6 |Aug precipitation mm = 146.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 237.5 |Oct precipitation mm = 255.7 |Nov precipitation mm = 134.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 76.2 |year precipitation mm = 2094.8 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 5.7 |Feb precipitation days = 6.8 |Mar precipitation days = 9.8 |Apr precipitation days = 9.6 |May precipitation days = 9.9 |Jun precipitation days = 12.0 |Jul precipitation days = 9.9 |Aug precipitation days = 7.3 |Sep precipitation days = 11.4 |Oct precipitation days = 9.7 |Nov precipitation days = 7.4 |Dec precipitation days = 5.9 |Jan snow cm = 0 |Feb snow cm = trace |Mar snow cm = 0 |Apr snow cm = 0 |May snow cm = 0 |Jun snow cm = 0 |Jul snow cm = 0 |Aug snow cm = 0 |Sep snow cm = 0 |Oct snow cm = 0 |Nov snow cm = 0 |Dec snow cm = 0 |year snow cm = trace |unit snow days = 1 cm |Jan snow days = 0 |Feb snow days = 0.1 |Mar snow days = 0 |Apr snow days = 0 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0 |Nov snow days = 0 |Dec snow days = 0 |humidity colour= green |Jan humidity = 59 |Feb humidity = 60 |Mar humidity = 65 |Apr humidity = 71 |May humidity = 78 |Jun humidity = 85 |Jul humidity = 87 |Aug humidity = 84 |Sep humidity = 79 |Oct humidity = 73 |Nov humidity = 68 |Dec humidity = 62 |Jan sun = 204.1 |Feb sun = 187.9 |Mar sun = 198.2 |Apr sun = 201.2 |May sun = 203.4 |Jun sun = 148.4 |Jul sun = 188.0 |Aug sun = 237.1 |Sep sun = 174.2 |Oct sun = 162.3 |Nov sun = 171.4 |Dec sun = 196.6 |year sun = 2272.8 |source 1 = Japan Meteorological Agency<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/rank_s.php?prec_no=50&block_no=47655&year=&month=&day=&view=h0 |script-title=ja:観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値） | publisher = JMA | access-date = March 22, 2022}}</ref><ref name = "normals">{{cite web | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_sfc_ym.php?prec_no=50&block_no=47655&year=&month=&day=&view=h0 |script-title=ja:気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値） | publisher = JMA | access-date = March 22, 2022}}</ref>}}

==Demographics== Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-shizuoka.php Omaezaki population statistics]</ref> the population of Omaezaki has fairly constant over the past 50 years.

{{Historical populations | 1940 | 24,363 | 1950 | 29,721 | 1960 | 28,894 | 1970 | 27,402 | 1980 | 30,774 | 1990 | 34,237 | 2000 | 36,059 | 2010 | 34,700 |align = none | footnote = }}

== History == With the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, the village of Omaezaki was created within Haibara District of Shizuoka Prefecture. It was elevated to town status on March 31, 1955. On April 1, 2004, Omaezaki merged with the town of Hamaoka (formerly of the now-defunct Ogasa District) to form the city of Omaezaki.

During the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the England national football team was based in former Hamaoka Town.

==Government== Omaezaki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 16 members.

== Economy == Omaezaki has a long history of commercial fishing and of green tea cultivation and these continue to play a central role in the local economy. More recently, the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant situated in the former town of Hamaoka brought investment to the city; however, operations at the plant have been suspended from May 2011. Water sports account for a large number of visitors daily to the city, and during the summer months, tourism attracted by Omaezaki's beaches is an important part of the economy, and water sports made possible by strong coastal winds have become as much a part of Omaezaki's identity as that of a rural town.

==Education== Omaezaki has five public elementary schools and two public middle schools and one high public school operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by the Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one vocational training school.

== Transportation == thumb|Tea fields in Omaezaki

===Railway=== Omaezaki does not have any passenger rail services.

===Highway=== *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|150}}

===Seaports=== * Port of Omaezaki

==Local attractions== Omaezaki City has long been famed for its Omaesaki Lighthouse and its extensive green tea fields. In recent years the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant, the visitor centre of which also hosts an Omnimax Cinema, has become a well-known local landmark. Due to the active seismic nature of the region, the nuclear power station has been built to a high level of safety, and its operator, Chubu Electric Power, claims that it can withstand strong tremors.

=== Culture === As a result of the strong coastal winds, Omaezaki offers some of the best windsurfing in Japan. As well as being Japan's most famous windsurfing spot, Omaezaki is renowned as a popular surfing and bodyboarding destination. This is especially true during the summer months, although surfers and bodyboarders can be seen all year round at {{nihongo|Omaezaki Long Beach |御前崎ロングビーチ}}. The city also has a beach as part of {{nihongo|Omaezaki Marine Park|御前崎マリーンパーク}} which is a popular destination during the region's hot and humid summer months.

==Sister cities== *{{flagicon|JPN}} Takamori, Nagano, since September 24, 2007<ref>{{cite web |title=友好都市長野県・高森町 |url=http://www.city.omaezaki.shizuoka.jp/kikaku/kanko/bunka/toshikoryu/yuko/toshi.html |website=Omaezaki City |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911114516/http://www.city.omaezaki.shizuoka.jp/kikaku/kanko/bunka/toshikoryu/yuko/toshi.html |archive-date=11 September 2017 |language=ja |date=1 December 2015}}</ref> *{{flagicon|ROK}} Uljin County, North Gyeongsang, South Korea, since August 4, 2009<ref name=International>{{cite web|url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=22&n=Shizuoka%20Prefecture|title=International Exchange|work=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures|publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)|access-date=21 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113132810/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=22&n=Shizuoka%20Prefecture|archive-date=13 January 2016}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Omaezaki, Shizuoka}} *{{osmrelation-inline|4674508}} *{{Official website|http://www.city.omaezaki.shizuoka.jp}} {{in lang|ja}}

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