Category: Kakegawa

Kakegawa-shi Hanging river City

Kakegawa (Hanging river City) is a city located in Shizuoka Prefecture, the area is steeped in history and features Kakegawa Castle and two other ruins of the Castle. It is also a city that preserves the culture and traditional art.

With an area of 265.63 square kilometers and a population of 117.309 inhabitants, including about 4.564 foreign citizens, being 1.676 Brazilians, 220 Peruvians, 16 Argentines, 7 Paraguay, 9 Bolivians, 2 Mexicans, 615 Chinese, 913 Philippines, 84 Koreans, 176 Vietnam, 37 Thai, 21 Nepal, 24 Sri Lanka, 108 Indonesia, 44 Pakistan and others (data, September 2020).

Kakegawa has a climate characterized by hot, humid summers and relatively mild winters. September it is the wettest month. Temperatures are higher in August, reaching about 27.8 ° C, and the lowest in January with 5 ° C.

The city of Kakegawa was created in the cadastral reform of April 1891, four years after the opening of Kakegawa Station on what later became the Tokaido Main Line railway. The city has expanded continuously over the years, annexing neighboring villages and towns in the district of Ogasa, and was elevated to city status in 1954.

In the agricultural sector of Kakegawa, the production and processing of green tea predominates. The city is surrounded by green tea fields and is known for its high quality tea, it also offers a wide variety of typical products such as strawberries, roses, kuzu (kuzufu) fabric, famous sweets from the region, etc.

Kakegawa has several light industrial complexes. The main products include telecommunications equipment and electronic equipment, cosmetics, automotive components and musical instruments.

The city emblem was designed in the image of the bell flower, in the shape of the letter K, the initial alphabet of the city name, which reflects the expectation of the future of the city of Kakegawa, with the motto “City of dreams and the future, in an interaction with sea, mountains and roads ”. The emblem was created in 2005, when 1 municipality and 2 districts merged to form the current city.

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Kakegawa Attractions

Kakegawa Castle, was built by Asahina Yasuhiro in the 1470s, and in 1994 it was rebuilt and today, the Castle displays military gear and historical documents.