Miyota, Nagano

Town in Chūbu, Japan

Miyota Flag Seal
Location of Miyota in Nagano Prefecture
36°19′16.3″N 138°30′31.6″E / 36.321194°N 138.508778°E / 36.321194; 138.508778
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Kōshin'etsu)
Prefecture	Nagano
District	Kitasaku
Area
• Total	58.76 km² (22.69 sq mi)
Population (April 2019)
• Total	15,562
• Density	260/km² (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Symbols
• Tree	Taxus cuspidata
• Flower	Lilium auratum
Phone number	0267-32-3111
Address	2464-1 Miyota, Miyota-machi, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano-ken 389-0292
Website	Official website

Miyota (御代田町, Miyota-machi) is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2019^[update], the town had an estimated population of 15,562 in 6897 households,^[1] and a population density of 260 persons per km². The total area of the town is 58.79 square kilometres (22.70 sq mi).

Geography

Miyota is located on the eastern border of Nagano Prefecture with Gumma Prefecture. Mount Asama (2568 meters) is within the town's northern borders.

The Citizen Watch group has other engineering facilities in the adjacent town of Saku, Nagano.

Surrounding municipalities

Nagano Prefecture
- Komoro
- Karuizawa
- Saku
Gumma Prefecture
- Tsumagoi

Climate

The town has a humid continental climate characterized by warm and humid summers, and cold winters with heavy snowfall (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Miyota is 8.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1291 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around -4.0 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Miyota has nearly doubled over the past 60 years.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1940	7,942	—
1950	11,094	+39.7%
1960	8,145	−26.6%
1970	8,708	+6.9%
1980	9,851	+13.1%
1990	11,895	+20.7%
2000	13,412	+12.8%
2010	14,741	+9.9%
2020	15,555	+5.5%

History

The area of present-day Miyota was part of ancient Shinano Province, and was the site of the Battle of Odaihara during the Sengoku period. As Otai-shuku, it developed as a post station on the Nakasendo highway connecting Edo with Kyoto during the Edo period. The village of Miyota was created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. It merged with the villages of Onuma and Goka to form the town of Miyota on September 30, 1956.