Tajimi

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Tajimi | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|多治見市}}}} | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = City  | image_skyline = Kokeizan-teien3.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Eihō-ji（Kannon Hall） | image_flag = Flag of Tajimi, Gifu.svg | flag_alt = | image_blank_emblem = Emblem of Tajimi, Gifu.svg | blank_emblem_type = Emblem | nickname = | motto =  | image_map = Tajimi in Gifu Prefecture Ja.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Tajimi in Gifu Prefecture | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption =   | coordinates = {{coord|35|19|58|N|137|07|53.6|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint =  | coordinates_footnotes =   | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Japan | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Chūbu | subdivision_type2 = Prefecture | subdivision_name2 = Gifu | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 =  | established_title =  | established_date = | founder = | named_for =  | seat_type =  | seat =  | government_footnotes =  | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Takagi Takayuki (since April 2023) | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 =   | total_type =  | unit_pref =   | area_magnitude =  | area_footnotes =  | area_total_km2 = 91.25 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note =  | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m =  | population_footnotes =  | population_total = 110,070 | population_as_of = March 1, 2020 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_demonym =  | population_note =  | timezone1 = Japan Standard Time | utc_offset1 = +9 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST =  | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type =  | area_code =  | blank_name_sec1 = Phone number | blank_info_sec1 = 0572-22-1111 | blank1_name_sec1 = Address | blank1_info_sec1 = 2-15 Hinode-machi, Tajimi-shi, Gifu-ken 507-8703  | blank_name_sec2 = Climate | blank_info_sec2 = Cfa  | website = {{official website|1=http://www.city.tajimi.lg.jp/}} | footnotes = | module = {{Infobox region symbols| embedded=yes | tree = Ginkgo biloba, Magnolia stellata | flower = Azalea, Platycodon grandiflorus | bird = | flowering_tree = | butterfly = | fish = | other_symbols = }} }} [[File:Tajimi City Skyline05.jpg|thumb|200px|Skyline of Tajimi City]] {{Nihongo|'''Tajimi'''|多治見市|Tajimi-shi}} is a city located in Gifu, Japan. {{As of|2020|03|01}}, the city had an estimated population of 110,070 in 46,580 households,<ref>[http://www.city.tajimi.lg.jp/gyose/gaiyo/jinko/index.html Tajima city official statistics]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> and a population density of 1200 people per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area of the city was {{convert|117.01|sqkm|sqmi}}. The city is famous for its production of Mino ware ceramics, especially in the Oribe and Seto styles. Tajimi is a member of the World Health Organization’s Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC).<ref>[http://www.alliance-healthycities.com/htmls/about/index_about.html Alliance for Healthy Cities] official home page</ref>

==Geography== Tajimi is located on the southern border of Gifu Prefecture with Aichi Prefecture. The Kiso River and the Shōnai River flow through the city.

===Climate=== The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively cold winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Tajimi is {{cvt|15.2|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1644.3|mm}} with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|34.1|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|-1.9|C}}.<ref name=normals/> Tajimi set the record for Japan's highest recorded daytime temperature of {{cvt|40.9|C}} on August 16, 2007.<ref>[http://www.japannewsreview.com/society/national/20070816page_id=1553 Gifu Prefecture sees highest temperature ever recorded in Japan - 40.9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818051003/http://www.japannewsreview.com/society/national/20070816page_id%3D1553 |date=2016-08-18 }} - [http://www.japannewsreview.com Japan News Review]</ref><ref name=extremes/>

{{Weather box |width = auto |collapsed = Y |single line = Y |metric first = Y |location = Tajimi (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present) |Jan record high C = 18.2 |Feb record high C = 22.2 |Mar record high C = 25.4 |Apr record high C = 31.0 |May record high C = 34.9 |Jun record high C = 39.4 |Jul record high C = 40.7 |Aug record high C = 40.9 |Sep record high C = 38.5 |Oct record high C = 33.1 |Nov record high C = 26.2 |Dec record high C = 22.1 |Jan record low C = -9.3 |Feb record low C = -9.3 |Mar record low C = -6.7 |Apr record low C = -2.5 |May record low C = 1.0 |Jun record low C = 7.4 |Jul record low C = 14.2 |Aug record low C = 15.0 |Sep record low C = 6.9 |Oct record low C = 0.9 |Nov record low C = -2.7 |Dec record low C = -7.5 |Jan high C = 9.5 |Feb high C = 10.9 |Mar high C = 15.0 |Apr high C = 20.7 |May high C = 25.5 |Jun high C = 28.5 |Jul high C = 32.3 |Aug high C = 34.1 |Sep high C = 29.8 |Oct high C = 23.9 |Nov high C = 17.8 |Dec high C = 11.9 |Jan mean C = 3.2 |Feb mean C = 4.2 |Mar mean C = 8.1 |Apr mean C = 13.7 |May mean C = 18.6 |Jun mean C = 22.5 |Jul mean C = 26.4 |Aug mean C = 27.7 |Sep mean C = 23.8 |Oct mean C = 17.5 |Nov mean C = 11.1 |Dec mean C = 5.6 |Jan low C = -1.9 |Feb low C = -1.5 |Mar low C = 1.8 |Apr low C = 7.0 |May low C = 12.3 |Jun low C = 17.6 |Jul low C = 22.0 |Aug low C = 22.9 |Sep low C = 19.1 |Oct low C = 12.4 |Nov low C = 5.7 |Dec low C = 0.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 57.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 69.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 121.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 132.5 |May precipitation mm = 157.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 187.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 239.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 149.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 233.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 155.1 |Nov precipitation mm = 83.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 60.6 |year precipitation mm = 1644.3 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 6.9 |Feb precipitation days = 7.4 |Mar precipitation days = 9.7 |Apr precipitation days = 10.3 |May precipitation days = 10.6 |Jun precipitation days = 12.2 |Jul precipitation days = 13.1 |Aug precipitation days = 10.3 |Sep precipitation days = 11.5 |Oct precipitation days = 9.8 |Nov precipitation days = 7.1 |Dec precipitation days = 7.8 |year precipitation days = 116.9 |Jan sun = 164.8 |Feb sun = 167.3 |Mar sun = 198.1 |Apr sun = 202.5 |May sun = 206.0 |Jun sun = 147.4 |Jul sun = 170.8 |Aug sun = 209.4 |Sep sun = 163.9 |Oct sun = 166.5 |Nov sun = 158.2 |Dec sun = 158.2 |year sun = 2113.9 |source 1 = Japan Meteorological Agency<ref name=extremes>{{cite web | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/rank_a.php?prec_no=52&block_no=1058&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 = April 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name=normals>{{cite web | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_amd_ym.php?prec_no=52&block_no=1058&year=&month=&day=&view=h0 |script-title=ja:気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値） | publisher = JMA | access-date = April 28, 2022}}</ref>}}

===Neighbouring municipalities=== *Aichi Prefecture **Inuyama **Kasugai **Seto *Gifu Prefecture **Kani **Toki

=== Mountains ===

* Mt. Takane (556.3 m) The highest peak in the city. * Kasahara Fuji (471.8 m) -The second highest peak, on the border with Seto City in Shiomi Park . * Mt. Hogetsu (456.5 m) * Mt. Miroku (436.6m) - located on the border with Kasugai City, on the Tōkai Nature Trail. * Mt. Doju (429 m) * Mt. Kosha (416.6 m) * Mt. Sengen (372 m) * Mt. Takane (225.6 m)

=== Rivers === * Gojō River * Ichinokura River * Kasahara River * Kiso River * Ohara River * Shinzawa River * Shōnai River

==Demographics== Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-gifu.php Tajimi population statistics]</ref> the population of Tajimi peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since. {{Historical populations | 1970 | 76,846 | 1980 | 87,812 | 1990 | 106,213 | 2000 | 115,740 | 2010 | 112,595 | 2020 | 106,732 |align = none | footnote = }}

==History== The area around Tajimi was part of traditional Mino Province. During the Edo period, much of the area was ''tenryō'' territory under the direct control of Tokugawa shogunate. In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Toki District in Gifu Prefecture was created, and the town of Tajimi was established on July 1, 1889, by the creation of the modern municipalities system. Tajimi annexed the town of Toyota from neighbouring Kani District in 1934, and was raised to city status on August 1, 1940.

Tajimi subsequently annexed the villages of Koizimi and Ikeda from Kani District in 1944, and the villages of Ichinokura and Kasahara from Toki District in 1951. On January 23, 2006, the town of Kasahara (from Toki District) was merged into Tajimi.<ref name=tajimi>{{cite web|script-title=ja:多治見市と笠原町合併の歩み|url=http://www.city.tajimi.gifu.jp/kasahara/sub/gappei.html|work=Tajimi official website|accessdate=August 20, 2011|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927062045/http://www.city.tajimi.gifu.jp/kasahara/sub/gappei.html|archivedate=September 27, 2011}}</ref>

==Government== thumb|200px|Tajimi City Hall Tajimi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 24 members.

==Economy== Tajimi is traditionally known for ceramics, mostly ceramic tiles and tableware, although due to increasing competitive pressures, especially from imported sources, only a few producers remain within the city limits, and economic activity in ceramics is increasingly orientated towards trade and wholesaling.

==Education== Tajimi has 13 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the city government and one private combined middle/high school. The city has three public high schools operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education. The Nagoya Institute of Technology has a campus in Tajimi.

===Railway=== 20px - JR Central - Chūō Main Line *{{STN|Tajimi|x}} - {{STN|Kokokei|x}} 20px - JR Central - Taita Line * {{STN|Tajimi|x}} - {{STN|Koizumi|x|Gifu}} - {{STN|Nemoto|x}} - {{STN|Hime|x}}

===Highway=== *22px Chūō Expressway *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|19}} *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|248}}

==Sister cities== *{{flagicon|USA}} Terre Haute, Indiana, United States, since September 1962

==Local attractions== *Eihō-ji, a Zen monastery *Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramic Art *Mino International Ceramics Festival (every three years)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *{{official website|1=http://www.city.tajimi.lg.jp/ }} {{in lang|ja}}

Category:Cities in Gifu Prefecture Tajimi