Imabetsu

Imabetsu is in Higashitsugaru District of Aomori Prefecture, and occupies the northern coastline of Tsugaru Peninsula, facing Tsugaru Strait. It is surrounded by Mount Yotsutaki and Mount Maruyagata to the east and west, and faces Mimaya Bay to the north. The area of the town is the basin of the Imabetsu River, which mainly flows into Mimaya Bay, and the basins of the Nagakawa and Kurosaki Rivers. Much of the town is within the limits of the Tsugaru Quasi-National Park.

Aomori Prefecture

• Goshogawara
• Sotogahama

The town has a cold humid continental climate (Köppen Cfb) characterized by warm short summers and long cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Imabetsu is 10.2 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1249 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around -1.4 °C.[https://en.climate-data.org/location/50715/ Imabetsu climate data]

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|location = Imabetsu (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1976−present)

|Jan record high C = 11.3

|Feb record high C = 15.8

|Mar record high C = 18.3

|Apr record high C = 25.7

|May record high C = 29.7

|Jun record high C = 30.8

|Jul record high C = 32.9

|Aug record high C = 33.7

|Sep record high C = 33.3

|Oct record high C = 26.4

|Nov record high C = 22.3

|Dec record high C = 15.8

|Jan record low C = -10.7

|Feb record low C = -11.2

|Mar record low C = -9.0

|Apr record low C = -4.4

|May record low C = -0.5

|Jun record low C = 3.9

|Jul record low C = 9.4

|Aug record low C = 11.0

|Sep record low C = 5.8

|Oct record low C = 1.1

|Nov record low C = -6.1

|Dec record low C = -10.4

|Jan high C = 1.6

|Feb high C = 2.3

|Mar high C = 6.1

|Apr high C = 12.2

|May high C = 16.9

|Jun high C = 20.2

|Jul high C = 24.0

|Aug high C = 25.9

|Sep high C = 23.2

|Oct high C = 17.3

|Nov high C = 10.5

|Dec high C = 4.2

|Jan mean C = -0.8

|Feb mean C = -0.4

|Mar mean C = 2.5

|Apr mean C = 7.7

|May mean C = 12.4

|Jun mean C = 16.0

|Jul mean C = 20.3

|Aug mean C = 22.1

|Sep mean C = 18.9

|Oct mean C = 13.0

|Nov mean C = 7.0

|Dec mean C = 1.4

|Jan low C = -3.3

|Feb low C = -3.2

|Mar low C = -0.9

|Apr low C = 3.3

|May low C = 8.1

|Jun low C = 12.4

|Jul low C = 17.3

|Aug low C = 19.0

|Sep low C = 15.1

|Oct low C = 8.8

|Nov low C = 3.5

|Dec low C = -1.3

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|Jan precipitation mm = 137.0

|Feb precipitation mm = 103.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 98.1

|Apr precipitation mm = 98.5

|May precipitation mm = 105.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 86.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 129.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 191.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 167.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 159.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 176.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 167.0

|year precipitation mm = 1619.8

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 22.7

|Feb precipitation days = 18.1

|Mar precipitation days = 15.6

|Apr precipitation days = 11.9

|May precipitation days = 10.8

|Jun precipitation days = 9.1

|Jul precipitation days = 10.2

|Aug precipitation days = 10.6

|Sep precipitation days = 12.1

|Oct precipitation days = 14.2

|Nov precipitation days = 18.3

|Dec precipitation days = 22.6

|Jan snow cm = 163

|Feb snow cm = 131

|Mar snow cm = 87

|Apr snow cm = 5

|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 = 14

|Dec snow cm = 103

|year snow cm = 503

|unit snow days = 3 cm

|Jan snow days = 19.4

|Feb snow days = 16.9

|Mar snow days = 11.7

|Apr snow days = 0.6

|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 = 1.6

|Dec snow days = 13.2

|Jan sun = 27.6

|Feb sun = 55.5

|Mar sun = 126.1

|Apr sun = 187.2

|May sun = 198.5

|Jun sun = 177.6

|Jul sun = 157.6

|Aug sun = 186.4

|Sep sun = 170.3

|Oct sun = 144.9

|Nov sun = 68.6

|Dec sun = 33.9

|year sun = 1527.1

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Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-aomori.php Imabetsu population statistics] the population of Imabetsu has decreased by more than two-thirds over the past 60 years and is now much less than it was a century ago.

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| 1920 | 5,188

| 1930 | 5,385

| 1940 | 6,121

| 1950 | 7,710

| 1960 | 8,068

| 1970 | 7,358

| 1980 | 7,113

| 1990 | 4,978

| 2000 | 4,124

| 2010 | 3,217

| 2020 | 2,334

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The area around Imabetsu was controlled by the Tsugaru clan of Hirosaki Domain during the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration Minmaya, Kanita and Tairadate villages were separated from Imabetsu, which was also organized as a village on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. On March 31, 1955, Imabetsu annexed the neighboring village of Ippongi and was elevated to town status.

Imabetsu has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town legislature of six members. Higashitsugaru District, contributes one member to the Aomori Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Aomori 1st district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

The economy of Imabetsu is heavily dependent on commercial fishing and agriculture. Some of the locally caught seafood include sea urchin roe, sea cucumber, scallops, abalone and squid.

Imabetsu is known for Imabetsu-gyu, a type of wagyu, and Shine Muscat grapes.

Imabetsu has one public elementary school and one public junior high middle school operated by the town government. The public high school operated by the Aomori Prefectural Board of Education closed in April 2022.

22px East Japan Railway Company (JR East) - Tsugaru Line

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22px Hokkaidō Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) - Hokkaido Shinkansen

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Category:Towns in Aomori Prefecture

Category:Populated coastal places in Japan

Imabetsu

Category:Aomori metropolitan area