Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Ichikawamisato is a town located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the town had an estimated population density of 210 persons per km². The total area of the town is 75.18 square km (29.03 sq mi).

Geography Ichikawamisato is located in south-central Yamanashi Prefecture at the southern end of the Kofu Basin. The Fuefuki River and the Kamanashi River flow through the town, which contains the confluence where these rivers join to form the Fuji River.

Neighboring municipalities • Yamanashi Prefecture ◦ Minami-Alps; ◦ Chūō; ◦ Kōfu; ◦ Minobu; ◦ Fujikawa.

History The area of Ichikawamisato was part of a huge shoen during the Heian period controlled by Minamoto no Yoshikiyo, the ancestor of the Takeda clan. In the Edo period, along with the rest of Kai Province, the area was tenryō territory controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate. After the Meiji restoration, the area was organized into villages within Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on July 1, 1889. On October 1, 2005, the towns of Ichikawadaimon, Mitama and Rokugō (all from Nishiyatsushiro District) merged to form the new town of Ichikawamisato.

Economy The economy of Ichikawamisato is primarily agricultural. The town was traditionally famous for its production of fireworks and Japanese traditional paper (washi).

Education Ichikawamisato has six public elementary schools and four public middle schools run by the town government and one public high school operated by the Yamanashi Prefectural Board of Education.

Transport: Rail • Central Japan Railway Company - Minobu Line ◦ Kai-Iwama - Ochii - Kajikazawaguchi - Ichikawa-Daimon - Ichikawa-Hommachi - Ashigawa - Kai-Ueno

Transport: Road • National Route 140 • National Route 358