:Minokamo, Gifu

Minokamo is located in south-central Gifu Prefecture in the Nōbi Plain, between the Hida Mountains and the Kiso River.

• Gifu Prefecture
• Hichisō
• Kani
• Kawabe
• Mitake
• Sakahogi
• Seki
• Tomika
• Yaotsu

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Minokamo is {{cvt|15.1|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1756.8|mm}} with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|27.5|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|3.1|C}}.

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-gifu.php Minokamo population statistics] the population of Minokamo has grown substantially over the past 50 years. Notably, the proportion of foreign nationals residing in the city is very high for Japan, at 9.2% as of October 2020.{{Cite web|title=美濃加茂市ホームページ|url=http://www.city.minokamo.gifu.jp/shimin/contents.cfm?base_id=1080&mi_id=5&g1_id=16&g2_id=79#guide|access-date=2020-11-02|website=www.city.minokamo.gifu.jp}} The foreign residents are predominantly from Brazil or the Philippines, with small but growing Chinese and Vietnamese populations.{{Cite web|title=令和2年外国人住民国籍別男女別集計表|url=http://www.city.minokamo.gifu.jp/temp2/hp/10/20070511114740/R2_10g.pdf|access-date=2 November 2020|website=Minokamo City Hall}}

{{Historical populations

| 1970 | 35,075

| 1980 | 39,531

| 1990 | 43,013

| 2000 | 50,063

| 2010 | 54,729

| 2020 | 56,589

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The area around Minokamo was part of traditional Mino Province. In the Edo period, the area was divided between the holdings of Owari Domain and Naegi Domain, and tenryō holdings directly under the Tokugawa shogunate. Ōta-juku flourished as a post station on the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto. In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Kamo District in Gifu prefecture was created. The modern city was formed on April 1, 1954 by the merger of the towns of Ota and Furui with the villages of Yamanoue, Hachiya, Kamono, Ibuka, Shimoyoneda and Miwa.{{cite web|script-title=ja:生活情報 > Ｑ＆Ａ: 美濃加茂市の面積が知りたい|url=http://www.city.minokamo.gifu.jp/seikatu/answer.cfm?id=22821&g1id=9|work=Minokamo official website|access-date=25 August 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927062045/http://www.city.minokamo.gifu.jp/seikatu/answer.cfm?id=22821&g1id=9|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}

Minokamo has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 16 members.

The area around Minokamo was formerly known for sericulture. Agriculture, including horticulture remains an important component of the local economy, producing crops such as rice, Asian pears, and persimmons. However, since the 1960s, the area has become increasingly industrialized as part of the Chubu Plateau Industrial Zone. Industries include textiles, semiconductor, electronics, machine tools and automotive components, as well as food products.

• Shogen Junior College, a traditional Japanese arts and Buddhist scripture university run by the Shogenji Temple.
• {{Interlanguage link|Ajisai Nursing College|lt=|ja|あじさい看護福祉専門学校|WD=}}
• {{Interlanguage link|Takumi Academy|lt=|ja|岐阜県立国際たくみアカデミー|WD=}}, a Gifu prefecture-run vocational school that offers associates degrees in industrial technology, and construction, and vocational certificates in residential construction, automobile engineering, and public facilities.

Minokamo has nine public elementary schools, and two public junior high schools operated by the city government, a junior high school operated by an association between Minokamo City and the neighbouring Tomika Town, and a private combined junior/senior high school, {{Interlanguage link|Minokamo Gakuen|lt=|ja|美濃加茂中学高等学校|WD=}}. The city has two public high schools operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education, which also operates a special education school.

Minokamo has a Brazilian school, the {{Interlanguage link|Colégio Isaac Newton Japão|lt=Colégio Isaac Newton Japão|ja|イザキ・ニュートン・カレッジ|WD=}} ("Isaac Newton College Japan"; )"[http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151018083340/http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php Archive]). Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. Retrieved on October 13, 2015.{{Cite web|title=Isaac Newton|url=https://isaacnewtonjapao.wordpress.com/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Isaac Newton|language=en}}

• 20px - JR Central - Takayama Main Line
• {{STN|Mino-Ōta|x}} - {{STN|Kobi|x}}
• 20px - JR Central - Taita Line
• {{STN|Mino-Ōta|x}} - {{STN|Mino Kawai|x}}
• 20px Nagaragawa Railway Etsumi-Nan Line
• {{STN|Mino-Ōta|x}} - {{STN|Maehira-Kōen|x}} - {{STN|Kamono|x}}

• Yaotsu Line run by {{Interlanguage link|Tōnō Tetsudō|lt=|ja|東濃鉄道|WD=}} to Yaotsu Town
• The Odakyu Bus "Papillon" overnight bus connection to Shibuya (Tokyo){{Cite web|title=パピヨン号(美濃・関・岐阜)｜高速バス｜小田急バス|url=https://odakyubus.co.jp/highway/line/papillon.html|access-date=2020-11-18|website=odakyubus.co.jp|language=ja}}
• the Ai Ai Community Bus{{Cite web|title=美濃加茂市コミュニティバス あい愛バス|url=http://aiai-bus.com/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=aiai-bus.com}}

• 22px Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|21}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|41}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|248}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|418}}

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Japan}}

Minokamo is twinned with:{{cite web |title=姉妹都市ダボ市の紹介|url=http://www.city.minokamo.gifu.jp/shimin/contents.cfm?base_id=7283&mi_id=0&g1_id=13&g2_id=59|website=city.minokamo.gifu.jp|publisher=Minokamo|language=ja|access-date=2020-07-10}}

• {{flagicon|AUS}} Dubbo, Australia

• Gifu-Seiryu Satoyama Park, a prefectural park with outdoor activities
• Koyama Kannon Temple
• Kobi no Tengusan, the main shrine of the {{Interlanguage link|Aranagikyō Religion|lt=|ja|荒薙教|WD=}}
• The Ota-juku area, a post town on the Nakasendo
• River Port Park Minokamo, a park with river sports activities
• Shōgen-ji, a Buddhist monastery
• Yamazaki Mazak Machine Tools Museum{{Cite web|title=ヤマザキマザック工作機械博物館|url=https://machine-tools-museum.mazak.com/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=machine-tools-museum.mazak.com}}

• Summer Onsai Festival (on the first weekend of August)
• Autumn Onsai Festival (in October)
• Minokamo Citizens' Festival (in November)

• Tsubouchi Shōyō, author

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• {{Official website|https://www.city.minokamo.lg.jp/|Minokamo City official website}} {{in lang|ja}}

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