Kameyama, Mie

Kameyama is located in the north-central part of Mie Prefecture. The Suzuka Mountains are in the northwestern part of the city, and the Nunobiki Mountains are in the southwestern part. More than half of the city's area is forest.

Mie Prefecture

• Iga
• Suzuka
• Tsu

Shiga Prefecture

• Kōka

Kameyama has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kameyama is {{cvt|15.1|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1853.7|mm}} with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|26.7|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|4.3|C}}.

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|location = Kameyama (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1979−present)

|Jan record high C = 16.9

|Feb record high C = 21.2

|Mar record high C = 25.6

|Apr record high C = 29.9

|May record high C = 32.9

|Jun record high C = 35.4

|Jul record high C = 38.3

|Aug record high C = 37.9

|Sep record high C = 36.3

|Oct record high C = 32.7

|Nov record high C = 25.9

|Dec record high C = 21.5

|Jan record low C = -5.8

|Feb record low C = -6.5

|Mar record low C = -4.4

|Apr record low C = -1.0

|May record low C = 3.7

|Jun record low C = 9.6

|Jul record low C = 14.0

|Aug record low C = 14.4

|Sep record low C = 8.1

|Oct record low C = 1.9

|Nov record low C = -1.7

|Dec record low C = -5.4

|Jan high C = 8.8

|Feb high C = 9.6

|Mar high C = 13.5

|Apr high C = 19.1

|May high C = 23.5

|Jun high C = 26.3

|Jul high C = 30.2

|Aug high C = 31.7

|Sep high C = 27.7

|Oct high C = 22.3

|Nov high C = 16.8

|Dec high C = 11.3

|Jan mean C = 4.3

|Feb mean C = 4.7

|Mar mean C = 8.0

|Apr mean C = 13.2

|May mean C = 18.0

|Jun mean C = 21.6

|Jul mean C = 25.6

|Aug mean C = 26.7

|Sep mean C = 23.0

|Oct mean C = 17.4

|Nov mean C = 11.7

|Dec mean C = 6.6

|Jan low C = 0.1

|Feb low C = 0.3

|Mar low C = 3.0

|Apr low C = 7.9

|May low C = 12.9

|Jun low C = 17.6

|Jul low C = 22.1

|Aug low C = 22.9

|Sep low C = 19.2

|Oct low C = 13.0

|Nov low C = 6.8

|Dec low C = 2.2

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 57.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 68.8

|Mar precipitation mm = 120.0

|Apr precipitation mm = 153.4

|May precipitation mm = 203.0

|Jun precipitation mm = 255.8

|Jul precipitation mm = 211.2

|Aug precipitation mm = 180.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 284.1

|Oct precipitation mm = 178.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 81.3

|Dec precipitation mm = 59.3

|year precipitation mm = 1853.7

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 8.1

|Feb precipitation days = 8.7

|Mar precipitation days = 10.9

|Apr precipitation days = 10.1

|May precipitation days = 10.7

|Jun precipitation days = 12.6

|Jul precipitation days = 12.1

|Aug precipitation days = 10.3

|Sep precipitation days = 12.1

|Oct precipitation days = 10.0

|Nov precipitation days = 6.8

|Dec precipitation days = 7.5

|Jan sun = 145.6

|Feb sun = 142.9

|Mar sun = 176.3

|Apr sun = 191.1

|May sun = 196.4

|Jun sun = 145.1

|Jul sun = 163.9

|Aug sun = 195.1

|Sep sun = 149.8

|Oct sun = 158.1

|Nov sun = 154.3

|Dec sun = 155.3

|year sun = 1973.7

|source 1 = Japan Meteorological Agency{{cite web

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|script-title=ja:観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）

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Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-mie.php Kameyama population statistics] the population of Kameyama has increased slowly over the past 50 years.

{{Historical populations

| 1960 | 39,148

| 1970 | 37,817

| 1980 | 40,578

| 1990 | 45,045

| 2000 | 46,606

| 2010 | 51,047

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Kameyama developed as the castle town of Kameyama Castle, which belonged to the Ise-Kameyama Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. In the early 17th century, the castle town was Kameyama-juku, the forty-sixth post station of Tōkaidō. Seki-juku and Sakashita-juku on the Tōkaidō, also fall within its borders.

During the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early Meiji period, Kamayama-juku was organized into the town of Kameyama within Suzuka District. It was elevated to city status on October 1, 1954.

On January 11, 2005, the town of Seki (also from Suzuka District) was merged into Kameyama.

Kameyama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Kameyama contributes one member to the Mie Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Mie 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Candles are a traditional product of the city. Sharp Corporation has been operating one of the world's largest LCD factories in the city since January 8, 2004.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}

Kameyama has eleven public elementary schools and three public middle schools operated by the city government and one public high school operated by the Mie Prefectural Department of Education. There is also one private high school.

20px JR Tōkai – Kansai Main Line

• {{STN|Idagawa|x}} - {{STN|Kameyama|x|Mie}}

20px JR Tōkai – Kisei Main Line

• {{STN|Kameyama|x|Mie}} - {{STN|Shimonoshō|x}}

20px JR West – Kansai Main Line

• {{STN|Kameyama|x|Mie}} - {{STN|Seki|x|Mie}} - {{STN|Kabuto|x|Mie}}

• file:JP Expressway E23.svg Higashi-Meihan Expressway
• file:JP Expressway E23.svg Ise Expressway
• file:JP Expressway E1A.svg Shin-Meishin Expressway
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|1}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|25}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|306}}

• Kameyama Castle
• Seki-juku

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

Kameyama is twinned with:

• {{flagicon|JPN}} Gose, Nara, Japan, since 1998
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Habikino, Osaka, Japan, since 1998

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• Shiro Hattori - linguist
• Teinosuke Kinugasa - film director
• Kiyoshi Toyoda - baseball player

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• [http://www.city.kameyama.mie.jp Kameyama City official website] {{in lang|ja}}

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