Sayō, Hyōgo

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Sayō
佐用町
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Location of Sayō in Hyōgo Prefecture
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Sayō
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 35°0′N134°21′E / 35.000°N 134.350°E / 35.000; 134.350
CountryJapan
Region Kansai
Prefecture Hyōgo
District Sayō
Government
  MayorNoriaki Anzako
Area
  Total
307.44 km2 (118.70 sq mi)
Population
 (March 31, 2022)
  Total
15,701
  Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address2611-1 Sayō, Sayō-chō, Sayō-gun, Hyōgo-ken 679-5380
Website Official website
Symbols
Flower Sunflower
Tree Ginkgo biloba

Sayō (佐用町, Sayō-chō) is a town located in Sayō District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2022, the town had an estimated population of 15,701 in 6797 households and a population density of 51 persons per km2. [1] The total area of the town is 307.44 square kilometres (118.70 sq mi).

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Geography

Sayo is located in the southwestern part of Hyōgo Prefecture in the basin along the Sayogawa River in the Chikusa River system. Approximately 80% of the town area is occupied by hills and forests. In the early morning from late autumn to winter, there is often a fog called "Sayo morning fog".

Neighbouring municipalities

Hyōgo Prefecture

Okayama Prefecture

Climate

Sayō has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Sayō is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1488 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C. [2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, [3] the population of Sayō has declined steadily over the 70 years.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1950 38,352    
1960 32,455−15.4%
1970 26,410−18.6%
1980 24,874−5.8%
1990 23,827−4.2%
2000 22,337−6.3%
2010 19,273−13.7%

History

Debris in Sayo after Tropical Storm Etau Severe Tropical Storm Etau (2009) aftermath in Sayo 21.jpg
Debris in Sayo after Tropical Storm Etau

Sayō is located in ancient Harima Province, and the name appears in the Heian period Engishiki records. From the Kamakura period Hirafuku-juku prospered as a post town on the Inaba Kaidō, the main highway from Kyoto and Osaka to Inaba Province in western Japan, and in the Nanboku-chō period, the Akamatsu clan built Rikan Castle overlooking the town. In 1600, the Ikeda clan of Himeji Domain built three-story tenshu and established a cadet domain called "Hirafuku Domain" for Ikeda Teruoki. In 1697, the Tokugawa shogunate established Mikazuki Domain, who ruled parts of Sayō until the Meiji restoration in 1871. The villages of Sayo and Hirafuku were established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Both were elevated to town status on October 1, 1928. On March 1, 1955, Sayo and Hirafuku merged with the neighboring villages of Ekawa, Ishii and Nagatani to form the town of Sayō On October 1, 2005 the towns of Kōzuki, Mikazuki and Nankō, all from Sayō District were merged into Sayō.

In August 2009, around a dozen people in Sayo are dead or missing as a result of flash floods due to Tropical Storm Etau, according to NHK. According to the Japan Times, 390 homes were flooded.

Government

Sayō has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 14 members. Sayō, together with the city and district of Akō, contributes one member to the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Hyōgo 12th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

Sayō has mostly a rural economy based on agriculture and forestry.

Education

Sayō has four public elementary schools and four public middle schools operated by the town government and one public high school operated by the Hyōgo Prefectural Department of Education. There is also one private middle school and one private high school.

Transportation

Railway

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Chizu ExpressChizu Line

Highways

Local attractions

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References

  1. "Sayō town official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
  2. Sayō climate data
  3. Hyōgo population statistics