Tsu, Mie

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::callout[type=note] the capital city of Mie Prefecture, Japan ::

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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Mie_prefectural_road_No.19_start.jpg" caption="[[Downtown]] of Tsu City"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Tsu_Castle_air.jpg" caption="Tsu Castle from the air"] ::

Tsu is the capital city of Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 274,879 in 127,273 households and a population density of 390 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 711.11 sqkm. Although the second largest city in the prefecture in terms of population (behind Yokkaichi), its designation as the prefectural capital and its holding of a large concentration of national government offices and educational facilities make the city the administrative and educational center of Mie Prefecture.

Geography

Tsu is located in east-central Kii Peninsula, in central Mie Prefecture. It is the largest city in Mie Prefecture in terms of area and stretches the width of Mie Prefecture, and is bordered by Ise Bay on the Pacific Ocean to the east, and Nara Prefecture to the west. Parts of the city are within the limits of the Murō-Akame-Aoyama Quasi-National Park.

Neighboring municipalities

Climate

Tsu has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tsu is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1931 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.0 °C. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from May to September.

|width = auto |collapsed = Y |single line = Y |metric first = Y |location = Tsu (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1889−present) |Jan record high C = 19.0 |Feb record high C = 22.8 |Mar record high C = 25.9 |Apr record high C = 31.0 |May record high C = 33.9 |Jun record high C = 36.7 |Jul record high C = 39.1 |Aug record high C = 39.5 |Sep record high C = 37.7 |Oct record high C = 31.0 |Nov record high C = 27.2 |Dec record high C = 23.7 |Jan record low C = -7.8 |Feb record low C = -7.0 |Mar record low C = -5.6 |Apr record low C = -3.0 |May record low C = 3.0 |Jun record low C = 9.0 |Jul record low C = 14.6 |Aug record low C = 14.6 |Sep record low C = 8.7 |Oct record low C = 2.3 |Nov record low C = -1.4 |Dec record low C = -6.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 48.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 57.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 104.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 129.0 |May precipitation mm = 167.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 201.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 173.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 144.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 276.6 |Oct precipitation mm = 186.1 |Nov precipitation mm = 76.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 47.2 |year precipitation mm = 1612.9 |Jan mean C = 5.7 |Feb mean C = 5.9 |Mar mean C = 9.0 |Apr mean C = 14.2 |May mean C = 19.0 |Jun mean C = 22.7 |Jul mean C = 26.8 |Aug mean C = 27.9 |Sep mean C = 24.4 |Oct mean C = 18.8 |Nov mean C = 13.2 |Dec mean C = 8.1 |year mean C = 16.3 |Jan high C = 9.5 |Feb high C = 10.0 |Mar high C = 13.4 |Apr high C = 18.6 |May high C = 23.1 |Jun high C = 26.2 |Jul high C = 30.4 |Aug high C = 31.6 |Sep high C = 28.0 |Oct high C = 22.6 |Nov high C = 17.1 |Dec high C = 12.0 |year high C = 20.2 |Jan low C = 2.4 |Feb low C = 2.4 |Mar low C = 5.2 |Apr low C = 10.2 |May low C = 15.4 |Jun low C = 19.7 |Jul low C = 24.0 |Aug low C = 25.0 |Sep low C = 21.4 |Oct low C = 15.5 |Nov low C = 9.5 |Dec low C = 4.6 |year low C = 12.9 |Jan humidity = 61 |Feb humidity = 61 |Mar humidity = 62 |Apr humidity = 64 |May humidity = 68 |Jun humidity = 74 |Jul humidity = 75 |Aug humidity = 73 |Sep humidity = 72 |Oct humidity = 69 |Nov humidity = 65 |Dec humidity = 63 |year humidity = 67 |Jan sun = 162.9 |Feb sun = 156.2 |Mar sun = 186.1 |Apr sun = 192.7 |May sun = 197.8 |Jun sun = 146.9 |Jul sun = 180.2 |Aug sun = 220.7 |Sep sun = 165.3 |Oct sun = 164.5 |Nov sun = 163.7 |Dec sun = 171.5 |year sun = 2108.6 |Jan snow cm = 2 |Feb snow cm = 3 |Mar snow cm = 0 |Apr snow cm = 0 |May snow cm = 0 |Jun snow cm = 0 |Jul snow cm = 0 |Aug snow cm = 0 |Sep snow cm = 0 |Oct snow cm = 0 |Nov snow cm = 0 |Dec snow cm = 1 |year snow cm = 6 |unit precipitation days = 0.5 mm |Jan precipitation days = 6.4 |Feb precipitation days = 7.5 |Mar precipitation days = 10.5 |Apr precipitation days = 9.8 |May precipitation days = 10.9 |Jun precipitation days = 12.8 |Jul precipitation days = 12.3 |Aug precipitation days = 9.8 |Sep precipitation days = 12.3 |Oct precipitation days = 10.1 |Nov precipitation days = 6.8 |Dec precipitation days = 6.5 |year precipitation days = 115.7 |source 1 = Japan Meteorological Agency{{cite web | url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/index.php?prec_no=53&block_no=47651&year=&month=&day=&view= |script-title=ja:気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値） | publisher = Japan Meteorological Agency | access-date = May 19, 2021}}

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Tsu has been relatively stable over the past 40 years.

| 1960 | 226,065 | 1970 | 242,000 | 1980 | 265,443 | 1990 | 280,384 | 2000 | 286,521 | 2010 | 285,728 |align = none | footnote =

History

Origin

Tsu originally developed as a port town known as Anotsu in the Nara and Heian periods.

The port was destroyed by a tsunami in the 1498 Meiō Nankaidō earthquake. File:Kitabatake Akiyoshi.jpg|Kitabatake Akiyoshi File:北畠氏館跡庭園.jpg|Kitabatake Family Residence Gardens（Kitabatake Shrine）

Edo period

The town was rebuilt as a castle town and a post station by the Tōdō clan, daimyō of Tsu Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. During the Edo period, it became a popular stopping point for travelers to Ise Grand Shrine, about 40 km to the southeast. File:藤堂高虎像／津城 - panoramio.jpg|Tōdō Takatora File:Marunouchi, Tsu, Mie Prefecture 514-0033, Japan - panoramio (1).jpg|Tsu Castle File:Tage Jōka Ezu.png|This is a map of Tage castle or Kiriyama castle in Edo period.

Modern Tsu

Following the Meiji Restoration, Tsu became the capital of Mie Prefecture in 1871. With the establishment of then modern municipalities on April 1, 1889, Tsu was one of the original 31 cities to be proclaimed. The city borders gradually expanded, with Tsu annexing the neighboring villages of Tatebe and Tosa in 1909, Shinmachi in 1934, Fujimi in 1936, Takachaya in 1939 and Anto, Kanbe and Kushigata in 1943. During World War II, Allied air raids on July 24 and July 28, 1945, destroyed most of the city and killed 1,239 people. In 1953, Tsu annexed the neighboring villages of Kumozu in 1953, Isshinden, Shiratsuka, Kurima, and Katada in 1954 and Toyosato in 1973.

File:Tsu Shinsekai before 1945.jpg|Tsu Shinsekai before 1945

On January 1, 2006, the neighboring city of Hisai, the towns of Anō, Geinō and Kawage, and the village of Misato (all in Age District), the towns of Hakusan, Ichishi and Karasu, and the village of Misugi (all in Ichishi District) were merged into Tsu. As a result of the merger, the city became the second largest in Mie by population behind Yokkaichi, and the largest in Mie by area ahead of Matsusaka.

Government

Tsu has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 34 members. Tsu contributes seven members to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Mie 1st district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Economy

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/HYAKUGO_BANK.jpg" caption="Hyakugo Bank"] ::

Imuraya Confectionery, a confectionery company, and ZTV, a cable television operator, are headquartered in Tsu.

Education

Colleges and universities

Primary and secondary education

  • Tsu has 48 public elementary schools and 19 public middle schools operated by the city government, one public elementary school and one public middle schools affiliated with Mie University and two private middle schools, as well as one compulsory (Combined elementary and junior high) school. The city has nine public operated by the Mie Prefectural Board of Education and three private high schools.
  • The prefecture also operates six special education schools for the disabled.

Transportation

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Tsu_Station_Kintetsu_and_UST-TSU.jpg" caption="[[Tsu Station"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Hisai_Interchange.JPG" caption="Hisai Interchange"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/A_Nagisamachi_harbor_is_seen_Mie,_JAPAN.jpg" caption="Port of Tsu-Matsusaka"] ::

Railway

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/JR_logo_(central).svg" caption="JR Tōkai]] – [[Kisei Main Line"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/JR_logo_(central).svg" caption="JR Tōkai]] –[[Meishō Line"] ::

20px Kintetsu Railway -Osaka Line

Ise Railway - Ise Railway Ise Line

  • – – -

Highway

Expressway

Japan National Route

  • ]

Sea Ports

Sister cities

Local attractions

Tsu is famous for its Tōjin Odori, a festival commemorating the arrival of the Joseon Tongsinsa delegation from Korea during the feudal period. There are two other cities that celebrate Tōjin Odori: Suzuka city in Mie Prefecture and Ushimado-chō in Okayama Prefecture.

The ruins of Tsu Castle have been made into a downtown city park.

Kitabatake Shrine and Yūki Shrine are notable local Shinto shrines.

Culture

Sports

Baseball

  • Mie Takatora baseball club (JABA)

Volleyball

Notable people

References

References

  1. NHK Publishing. (24 May 2016)
  2. "Tsu city official statistics".
  3. [https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/mie-prefecture/tsu-5032/ Tsu climate data]
  4. [https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-mie.php Tsu population statistics]
  5. "市の概要".
  6. "[http://www.imuraya-support.com/english/about/corporate.htm Corporate profile]." [[Imuraya Confectionery]]. March 30, 2008. Retrieved on January 11, 2010.
  7. [http://www.ztv.co.jp/ Home page]. [[ZTV (Japan). ZTV]]. Retrieved on October 2, 2009.
  8. "c-misato".
  9. "International Exchange". Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR).
  10. http://www.searchnavi.com/~hp/tojin/eng/ Toujin House
  11. http://www006.upp.so-net.ne.jp/asao/toujin.htm 唐人踊り (Tōjin Odori)

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