Chizu, Tottori

Located in the southeastern part of Tottori Prefecture, mountains and forests occupy 93% of the town area, and it is designated as a heavy snowfall area.

Okayama Prefecture

• Mimasaka
• Nagi
• Nishiawakura
• Tsuyama

Tottori Prefecture

• Tottori
• Wakasa
• Yazu

Chizu has a humid climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Chizu is {{convert|13.1|°C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1972.2|mm}} with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{convert|25.2|°C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{convert|1.6|°C}}. Its record high is {{cvt|38.9|C}}, reached on 5 August 2018, and its record low is {{cvt|-12.7|C}}, reached on 31 January 2011.

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|location = Chizu (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present)

|Jan record high C = 16.8

|Feb record high C = 20.9

|Mar record high C = 26.0

|Apr record high C = 31.4

|May record high C = 33.5

|Jun record high C = 35.9

|Jul record high C = 38.2

|Aug record high C = 38.9

|Sep record high C = 36.9

|Oct record high C = 30.7

|Nov record high C = 26.2

|Dec record high C = 20.7

|Jan record low C = -12.7

|Feb record low C = -12.3

|Mar record low C = -8.5

|Apr record low C = -4.3

|May record low C = 0.3

|Jun record low C = 5.2

|Jul record low C = 11.6

|Aug record low C = 13.3

|Sep record low C = 5.7

|Oct record low C = -0.2

|Nov record low C = -2.9

|Dec record low C = -8.8

|Jan high C = 6.1

|Feb high C = 7.1

|Mar high C = 11.7

|Apr high C = 18.1

|May high C = 23.2

|Jun high C = 26.2

|Jul high C = 29.9

|Aug high C = 31.3

|Sep high C = 26.4

|Oct high C = 20.9

|Nov high C = 15.2

|Dec high C = 9.1

|Jan mean C = 1.6

|Feb mean C = 2.1

|Mar mean C = 5.7

|Apr mean C = 11.3

|May mean C = 16.5

|Jun mean C = 20.5

|Jul mean C = 24.5

|Aug mean C = 25.2

|Sep mean C = 21.0

|Oct mean C = 15.0

|Nov mean C = 9.3

|Dec mean C = 4.1

|Jan low C = -1.8

|Feb low C = -1.8

|Mar low C = 0.6

|Apr low C = 5.0

|May low C = 10.5

|Jun low C = 15.9

|Jul low C = 20.6

|Aug low C = 21.1

|Sep low C = 16.9

|Oct low C = 10.3

|Nov low C = 4.7

|Dec low C = 0.3

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|Jan precipitation mm = 159.5

|Feb precipitation mm = 143.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 164.6

|Apr precipitation mm = 130.9

|May precipitation mm = 146.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 168.9

|Jul precipitation mm = 227.7

|Aug precipitation mm = 172.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 244.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 158.6

|Nov precipitation mm = 112.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 143.0

|year precipitation mm = 1972.2

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 17.2

|Feb precipitation days = 16.4

|Mar precipitation days = 15.6

|Apr precipitation days = 11.7

|May precipitation days = 10.9

|Jun precipitation days = 12.7

|Jul precipitation days = 13.9

|Aug precipitation days = 11.2

|Sep precipitation days = 12.8

|Oct precipitation days = 11.2

|Nov precipitation days = 12.3

|Dec precipitation days = 15.2

|Jan snow cm = 112

|Feb snow cm = 117

|Mar snow cm = 25

|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 = 40

|year snow cm = 285

|unit snow days = 3 cm

|Jan snow days = 10.3

|Feb snow days = 9.8

|Mar snow days = 2.6

|Apr snow days = 0

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 0

|Dec snow days = 3.4

|Jan sun = 75.4

|Feb sun = 82.2

|Mar sun = 131.5

|Apr sun = 173.7

|May sun = 191.3

|Jun sun = 133.2

|Jul sun = 133.1

|Aug sun = 169.7

|Sep sun = 124.9

|Oct sun = 141.0

|Nov sun = 112.3

|Dec sun = 84.6

|year sun = 1552.7

|source 1 = Japan Meteorological Agency{{cite web

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|script-title=ja:気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）

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| access-date = March 24, 2022}}}}

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-tottori.php?cityid=31329 Chizu population statistics] the population of Chizu has been as follows. The population has been steadily declining since the 1950s

{{Historical populations

| 1920 | 12014

| 1930 | 12973

| 1940 | 12512

| 1950 | 14472

| 1960 | 14390

| 1970 | 12392

| 1980 | 11504

| 1990 | 10670

| 2000 | 9383

| 2010 | 7719

| 2020 | 6427

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Chizu is part of ancient Inaba Province. The temple of Gokuraku-ji was founded in 646 AD. During the Edo period, the area was part of the holdings of Tottori Domain ruled by a branch of the Ikeda clan from their seat at Tottori Castle. Yazu District, Tottori was established after the Meiji restoration and the village of Chizu was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on October 1,1889. It was elevated to town status on June 1, 1914. Chizu annexed the neighboring villages of Yamagata, Nagi and Haji on February 20, 1935, Tomizawa on February 26, 1936 and Yamago in June 1954.

Chizu has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Chizu, collectively with the other municipalities of Yazu District, contributes two members to the Tottori Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Tottori 1st district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

The main industry in the area is logging, woodworking, tourism, and brewing.

Chizu has one public elementary school and one public junior high school operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Tottori Prefectural Board of Education.

File:JR logo (west).svg JR West - Inbi Line

• {{STN|Chizu|x}} - {{STN|Haji|x}} -{{STN|Nagi|x}}

Wakasa Railway - Wakasa Line

• {{STN|Yamasato|x}} - {{STN|Koi-Yamagata|x}} - {{STN|Chizu|x}}

• File:JP Expressway E29.svg Tottori Expressway
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|53}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|373}}

• {{flagicon|Korea}} Yanggu County, Gangwon, South Korea, since October 10, 1999

• Ishitani Family Residence - Important Cultural Property
• Itaibara Village - Showa era buildings
• Mitaki Dam
• Mount Nagi
• Suwa Shrine

• Katsumi Nishikawa, movie director

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Category:Towns in Tottori Prefecture

Category:Chizu, Tottori