On October 1, 2004, Minakuchi merged with the towns of Kōka, Kōnan, Shigaraki and Tsuchiyama (all from Kōka District) to form the city of Kōka. It was raised to town status on August 18, 1894. The village of Minakuchi was established on Apwithin Kōka District, Shiga with the creation of the modern municipalities system. Minakuchi-juku was both a post station and also a castle town for Minakuchi Domain, which ruled over parts of the area of Kōka during the Edo period. During the Sengoku period, the area was a center for the Kōga-ryū school of ninjutsu, in rivalry with Iga The area was on the route of the Tōkaidō highway connecting Kyoto with Edo and the eastern provinces of Japan. Per Japanese census data, the population of Kōka has increased steadily over the past 50 years. Ĭlimate data for Tsuchiyama (elevation 248 m) The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 ☌, and lowest in January, at around 2.1 ☌. The average annual rainfall is 1673 mm with September as the wettest month. The average annual temperature in Kōka is 13.6 ☌. Kōka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The highest altitude point in Kōka is Mount Amagoi in this range. At the eastern end of Kōka, the southern ridge of the Suzuka Mountains with one elevation of 1000 meters runs from northeast to southwest, forming the boundary with Mie Prefecture. Use /r/japantravel for questions/posts related to your vacation or short-term stay, including travelblogs etc.Kōka occupies the entire southern end of Shiga Prefecture, and is thus long east-to-west. Reddit automatically removes comments with URL shorteners (bit.ly etc), it's not us. Repeat or egregious offenders may be banned.ĭo not post personal information, whether it belongs to you or someone else. No fear-/hate-mongering, harassment, shitposting, or soliciting/encouraging illegal activity. Try /r/japanvids, /r/jvlog, /r/moronarmy, /r/japantravel, or /r/videos. Vlogs/travel videos/low-quality viral vids are not allowed. If you believe your post has been removed in error, contact the moderators. Whenever possible, a moderator or AutoMod will leave a comment in a deleted thread explaining why it has been removed.
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