Tokigawa, Saitama

Tokigawa

ときがわ町
Tokigawa ときがわ町
Town
	Tokigawa town office
	Flag Seal
	Location of Tokigawa in Saitama Prefecture
	Tokigawa
	Coordinates: 36°0′31″N 139°17′48.5″E / 36.00861°N 139.296806°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kantō
Prefecture	Saitama
District	Hiki
Area
• Total	55.90 km2 (21.58 sq mi)
Population (March 2021)
• Total	10,880
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Japanese maple
- Flower	Rhododendron
- Bird	Common kingfisher
Phone number	0493-65-1521
Address	2490 Tamagawa, Tokigawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama-ken 355-0395
Website	Official website

Tokigawa (ときがわ町, Tokigawa-machi) is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2021^[update], the town had an estimated population of 10,880 in 4750 households and a population density of 190 persons per km².^[1] The total area of the town is 55.90 square kilometres (21.58 sq mi).

Geography

Tokigawa is located in central Saitama Prefecture.

Surrounding municipalities

Saitama Prefecture

Climate

Tokigawa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tokigawa is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1746 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.3 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Tokigawa peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly in the decades since.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1920	9,929	—
1930	9,898	−0.3%
1940	9,740	−1.6%
1950	11,772	+20.9%
1960	11,120	−5.5%
1970	10,414	−6.3%
1980	11,131	+6.9%
1990	13,489	+21.2%
2000	13,966	+3.5%
2010	12,418	−11.1%
2020	10,540	−15.1%

History

The villages of Myōkaku and Tamagawa were created within Hiki District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Myōkaku merged with the village of Okunugi from Chichibu District to form the village of Tokigawa on February 1, 1955. Tokigawa and Tamagawa merged to form the town of Tokigawa on February 1, 2006.

Government

Tokigawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Tokigawa, together with the towns of Ranzan, Ogawa and Namekawa, contributes one member to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Saitama 9th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.