Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, Kansai Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Kameyama (亀山市, Kameyama-shi) is a city located in northern Mie Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 August 2021, the city had an estimated population density of 260 persons per km². The total area of the city is 190.91 km² (73.71 square miles).

Geography Kameyama is located in the north-central part of Mie Prefecture. The Suzuka Mountains are in the north-western part of the city, and the Nunobiki Mountains are in the south-western part. More than half of the city's area is forest.

Neighboring municipalities Mie Prefecture • Tsu • Suzuka • Iga; Shiga Prefecture • Kōka.

Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Kameyama has increased slowly over the past 50 years.

History Kameyama developed as the castle town of Kameyama Castle, which belonged to the Ise-Kameyama Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. In the early 17th century, the castle town was Kameyama-juku, the forty-sixth post station of Tōkaidō. Seki-juku and Sakashita-juku on the Tōkaidō, also fall within its borders. During the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early Meiji period, Kamayama-juku was organized into the town of Kameyama within Suzuka District. It was elevated to city status on October 1, 1954.

On January 11, 2005, the town of Seki (also from Suzuka District) was merged into Kameyama.

Government Kameyama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Kameyama contributes one member to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Mie 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy Candles are a traditional product of the city. Sharp Corporation has been operating one of the world's largest LCD factories in the city since January 8, 2004.

Education Kameyama has eleven public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Mie Prefectural Department of Education. There is also one private high school.

Transport: Rail JR Tōkai – Kansai Main Line • Idagawa - Kameyama; JR Tōkai – Kisei Main Line • Kameyama - Shimonoshō; JR West – Kansai Main Line • Kameyama - Seki - Kabuto.

Transport: Road • Higashi-Meihan Expressway • Ise Expressway • Shin-Meishin Expressway • National Route 1 • National Route 25 • National Route 306.

Local attractions • Kameyama Castle • Seki-juku.