Town in Kyushu, Japan
Asagiri (あさぎり町, Asagiri-chō) is a town located in Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
As of April 2017, the town has an estimated population of 15,796.[1] The total area is 159.49 km2.
Asagiri was created by the merger of 5 smaller towns and villages on April 1, 2003. Those included the town of Menda, and the villages of Ōkaharu, Ue, Sue and Fukada, all from Kuma District.
Soybeans, strawberries, melons and tobacco are also produced here.
Asagiri is in the Kuma District region where shōchū, a popular rice alcohol is produced and consumed.
The village of Sue (now part of Asagiri) was the topic of a 1939 text, Suye Mura, a Japanese Village by John Embree.
The word "asagiri" translates as "morning mist".
Geography
Mt. Shiragatake is a designated nature reserve.
- Mountains: Shiragatake
- Rivers: Kuma river
Adjacent municipalities
- Kumamoto prefecture:
- Nishiki town
- Taragi town
- Sagara village
- Miyazaki prefecture
Area names
Names inside the parenthesis () are the old village names before the merger in 2003.
- East Ue – Uehigashi (Uemura, Ueko)
- North Ue – Uekita (Uemura, Ueotsu)
- South Ue – Ueminami (Uemura, Uehei)
- West Ue – Uenishi (Uemura, Uetei)
- Minagoe (Ue village, Minagoe)
- North Okaharu – Okaharukita (Okaharumura, Miyahara)
- South Okaharu – Okaharuminami (Okaharumura, Okamoto)
- Sue (Sue village)
- North Fukada – Fukadakita (Fukadamura)
- West Fukada (Fukadamura)
- East Fukada (Fukadamura)
- South Fukada (Fukadamura)
- East Menda (Mendamachi-ko)
- West Menda (Mendamachi-otsu)
Climate
Asagiri has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot, humid summers and cool winters. There is significant precipitation throughout the year, especially during June and July. The average annual temperature in Asagiri is 15.5 °C (59.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,496.8 mm (98.30 in) with June as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C (79.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.1 °C (39.4 °F).[2] The highest temperature ever recorded in Asagiri was 37.4 °C (99.3 °F) on 17 August 2020; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.8 °C (7.2 °F) on 25 January 2016.[3]
| Climate data for Ue, Asagiri (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1977−present)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
|
Apr
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May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
20.2
(68.4)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
30.6
(87.1)
|
34.1
(93.4)
|
34.7
(94.5)
|
36.9
(98.4)
|
37.4
(99.3)
|
35.8
(96.4)
|
32.9
(91.2)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
21.6
(70.9)
|
37.4
(99.3)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
12.5
(54.5)
|
16.3
(61.3)
|
21.5
(70.7)
|
25.8
(78.4)
|
27.6
(81.7)
|
31.4
(88.5)
|
32.3
(90.1)
|
29.5
(85.1)
|
24.5
(76.1)
|
18.2
(64.8)
|
12.3
(54.1)
|
21.9
(71.3)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
4.1
(39.4)
|
5.8
(42.4)
|
9.5
(49.1)
|
14.4
(57.9)
|
18.9
(66.0)
|
22.4
(72.3)
|
26.0
(78.8)
|
26.4
(79.5)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
17.5
(63.5)
|
11.3
(52.3)
|
5.8
(42.4)
|
15.5
(59.8)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−1.3
(29.7)
|
−0.1
(31.8)
|
3.4
(38.1)
|
7.9
(46.2)
|
13.0
(55.4)
|
18.3
(64.9)
|
22.1
(71.8)
|
22.4
(72.3)
|
18.9
(66.0)
|
12.1
(53.8)
|
5.9
(42.6)
|
0.5
(32.9)
|
10.3
(50.5)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−13.8
(7.2)
|
−10.6
(12.9)
|
−7.6
(18.3)
|
−3.4
(25.9)
|
2.4
(36.3)
|
8.3
(46.9)
|
15.0
(59.0)
|
15.6
(60.1)
|
6.8
(44.2)
|
−1.2
(29.8)
|
−5.8
(21.6)
|
−8.5
(16.7)
|
−13.8
(7.2)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
65.5
(2.58)
|
98.3
(3.87)
|
144.5
(5.69)
|
154.5
(6.08)
|
200.0
(7.87)
|
558.8
(22.00)
|
496.5
(19.55)
|
256.0
(10.08)
|
248.8
(9.80)
|
104.5
(4.11)
|
86.7
(3.41)
|
73.7
(2.90)
|
2,496.8
(98.30)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
7.5
|
8.9
|
11.6
|
10.6
|
9.8
|
16.1
|
14.0
|
11.6
|
10.7
|
7.1
|
8.3
|
7.4
|
123.6
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
134.6
|
140.8
|
164.3
|
176.8
|
175.6
|
110.2
|
160.8
|
180.0
|
148.9
|
164.8
|
128.4
|
128.6
|
1,815.4
|
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[3][2]
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Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Asagiri in 2020 is 14,676 people.[4] Asagiri has been conducting censuses since 1920.
Historical population| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|
| 1920 | 15,365 | — |
|---|
| 1925 | 15,868 | +3.3% |
|---|
| 1930 | 16,788 | +5.8% |
|---|
| 1935 | 17,407 | +3.7% |
|---|
| 1940 | 16,986 | −2.4% |
|---|
| 1945 | 22,353 | +31.6% |
|---|
| 1950 | 23,299 | +4.2% |
|---|
| 1955 | 24,161 | +3.7% |
|---|
| 1960 | 23,856 | −1.3% |
|---|
| 1965 | 21,760 | −8.8% |
|---|
| 1970 | 19,910 | −8.5% |
|---|
| 1975 | 19,141 | −3.9% |
|---|
| 1980 | 19,524 | +2.0% |
|---|
| 1985 | 19,535 | +0.1% |
|---|
| 1990 | 18,968 | −2.9% |
|---|
| 1995 | 18,533 | −2.3% |
|---|
| 2000 | 17,751 | −4.2% |
|---|
| 2005 | 17,300 | −2.5% |
|---|
| 2010 | 16,644 | −3.8% |
|---|
| 2015 | 15,523 | −6.7% |
|---|
| 2020 | 14,676 | −5.5% |
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| Asagiri population statistics[4] |
Economy
As of 2004, the total town production was 430 billion yen.
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