Makinohara#Economy

Makinohara is located in south-central Shizuoka Prefecture. It is bordered by Suruga Bay on the Pacific Ocean to the east, and rises gradually to the Makinohara Plateau in the west. The area has a temperate maritime climate, characterized by hot, humid summers and mild winters, with the warm Kuroshio Current off shore providing a moderating effect.

Shizuoka Prefecture

• Kikugawa
• Omaezaki
• Shimada
• Yoshida, Haibara District

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-shizuoka.php Makinohara population statistics] the population of Makinohara has been relatively steady over the past 50 years.

{{Historical populations

| 1940 | 44,565

| 1950 | 55,066

| 1960 | 50,993

| 1970 | 47,953

| 1980 | 48,835

| 1990 | 51,308

| 2000 | 51,672

| 2010 | 49,022

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The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Makinohara is {{cvt|16.0|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|2269.4|mm}} with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|26.6|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|5.6|C}}.

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|location = Shizuoka Airport, Makinohara (2009−2020 normals, extremes 2009−present)

|Jan record high C = 18.8

|Feb record high C = 24.0

|Mar record high C = 26.5

|Apr record high C = 28.2

|May record high C = 30.6

|Jun record high C = 33.9

|Jul record high C = 37.4

|Aug record high C = 36.8

|Sep record high C = 36.2

|Oct record high C = 31.5

|Nov record high C = 25.5

|Dec record high C = 22.0

|Jan record low C = -4.6

|Feb record low C = -5.0

|Mar record low C = -1.8

|Apr record low C = 1.1

|May record low C = 6.2

|Jun record low C = 11.6

|Jul record low C = 17.4

|Aug record low C = 18.2

|Sep record low C = 14.5

|Oct record low C = 8.1

|Nov record low C = 1.3

|Dec record low C = -3.0

|Jan high C = 10.5

|Feb high C = 11.5

|Mar high C = 14.8

|Apr high C = 18.6

|May high C = 23.1

|Jun high C = 25.4

|Jul high C = 29.0

|Aug high C = 30.8

|Sep high C = 27.3

|Oct high C = 22.6

|Nov high C = 17.8

|Dec high C = 12.6

|Jan mean C = 5.6

|Feb mean C = 6.7

|Mar mean C = 9.9

|Apr mean C = 13.9

|May mean C = 18.5

|Jun mean C = 21.5

|Jul mean C = 25.2

|Aug mean C = 26.6

|Sep mean C = 23.4

|Oct mean C = 18.6

|Nov mean C = 13.4

|Dec mean C = 8.1

|Jan low C = 1.7

|Feb low C = 2.6

|Mar low C = 5.5

|Apr low C = 9.7

|May low C = 14.5

|Jun low C = 18.4

|Jul low C = 22.4

|Aug low C = 23.7

|Sep low C = 20.3

|Oct low C = 15.4

|Nov low C = 9.8

|Dec low C = 4.3

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|Jan precipitation mm = 56.4

|Feb precipitation mm = 126.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 181.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 240.3

|May precipitation mm = 210.5

|Jun precipitation mm = 262.8

|Jul precipitation mm = 292.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 156.3

|Sep precipitation mm = 261.0

|Oct precipitation mm = 264.6

|Nov precipitation mm = 121.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 83.3

|year precipitation mm = 2269.4

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 4.1

|Feb precipitation days = 6.7

|Mar precipitation days = 9.4

|Apr precipitation days = 10.1

|May precipitation days = 8.7

|Jun precipitation days = 12.3

|Jul precipitation days = 12.3

|Aug precipitation days = 9.3

|Sep precipitation days = 11.4

|Oct precipitation days = 9.6

|Nov precipitation days = 7.1

|Dec precipitation days = 5.9

|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）

| publisher = JMA

| access-date = April 17, 2022}}{{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 = April 17, 2022}}}}

The area of present-day Makinohara was part of former Tōtōmi Province. During the Edo period, the town of Sagara was the castle town of Sagara Domain. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in the early Meiji period on April 1, 1889, Sagara was incorporated as a town within Haibara District.

The city of Makinohara was established on October 11, 2005, from the merger of the towns of Haibara and Sagara (both from Haibara District).

Makinohara has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 16 members. The city contributes one member to the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly.

The local economy of Makinohara is dominated by the production of green tea, and to a lesser extent by commercial fishing, and manufacturing of automobile components for Suzuki Motors (Sagara Plant).{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/productionbase/headoffice/sagara.html|title = Head Offices & Plants :Sagara Plant | Global Suzuki}}

Fuji Dream Airlines has its headquarters in Makinohara."[http://www.info.fujidreamairlines.com/company/aboutus.html 会社概要]." Fuji Dream Airlines. Retrieved on February 21, 2010.

Makinohara has seven public elementary schools operated by the city government and one shared between Makinohara and Kikugawa, and three shared between Makinohara and Omaezaki. The city likewise operates two public junior high schools and shares operated with one junior high school with Kikugawa and one with Omaezaki. The city has two public high schools operated by the Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education.

Although both the Tokaido Shinkansen and the Tokaido Main Line pass through Makinohara, the city has no passenger railway services. The nearest train station is Kikugawa Station in neighboring Kikugawa or Kanaya Station in neighboring Shimada.

• Image:JP Expressway E1.svg Tōmei Expressway - Makinohara Interchange
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Shizuoka Airport, which opened in 2009, straddles the border between Makinohara and Shimada.

• Sagara Oil field, Japan's only oil field on the Pacific coast. Hand-pumping began in 1873, and the following year, Nippon Oil opened the first mechanical pumping operation in the country at Sagara. Operations ceased in 1955, and in 1980 the field was made into the "Yuden no Sato" Park, operated by the Shizuoka Prefectural government.[http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kensetsu/ke-500j/kouen/18yuden/yuden.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416045540/http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kensetsu/ke-500j/kouen/18yuden/yuden.html |date=April 16, 2009 }}[http://www.city.makinohara.shizuoka.jp/asp/mc0040.asp?yid=MK00000107] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005232244/http://www.city.makinohara.shizuoka.jp/asp/mc0040.asp?yid=MK00000107 |date=October 5, 2006 }}
• Sagara Castle ruins

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• Takuma Edamura, professional soccer player
• Hideji Katō, professional baseball player
• Umetaro Suzuki, scientist, pioneer in vitamin research
• Kazuo Ueda, economist, the 32nd Governor of the Bank of Japan

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