Sumoto, Hyōgo

The city of Sumoto occupies the middle of Awaji Island, sandwiched between Awaji and Minamiawaji. with the Gulf of Harima on the Seto Inland Sea to the west and Osaka Bay to the east. The Sumoto River flows into Osaka Bay in the center of the city area, part of which are within the borders of the Setonaikai National Park

Hyogo Prefecture

• Awaji
• Minamiawaji

Sumoto has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is somewhat lower in the winter.

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|Jan record high C = 19.5

|Feb record high C = 22.2

|Mar record high C = 24.4

|Apr record high C = 28.3

|May record high C = 32.2

|Jun record high C = 33.6

|Jul record high C = 37.3

|Aug record high C = 38.0

|Sep record high C = 36.2

|Oct record high C = 31.0

|Nov record high C = 26.0

|Dec record high C = 21.8

|year record high C = 38.0

|Jan high C = 8.5

|Feb high C = 9.2

|Mar high C = 12.7

|Apr high C = 18.2

|May high C = 22.7

|Jun high C = 25.5

|Jul high C = 29.4

|Aug high C = 31.0

|Sep high C = 27.0

|Oct high C = 21.5

|Nov high C = 16.2

|Dec high C = 11.1

|year high C = 19.4

|Jan mean C = 5.4

|Feb mean C = 5.6

|Mar mean C = 8.6

|Apr mean C = 13.7

|May mean C = 18.3

|Jun mean C = 21.7

|Jul mean C = 25.6

|Aug mean C = 26.9

|Sep mean C = 23.5

|Oct mean C = 18.3

|Nov mean C = 13.1

|Dec mean C = 8.0

|year mean C = 15.7

|Jan low C = 2.6

|Feb low C = 2.5

|Mar low C = 5.0

|Apr low C = 9.8

|May low C = 14.6

|Jun low C = 18.8

|Jul low C = 23.0

|Aug low C = 24.1

|Sep low C = 20.8

|Oct low C = 15.6

|Nov low C = 10.2

|Dec low C = 5.2

|year low C = 12.7

|Jan record low C = -5.2

|Feb record low C = -6.1

|Mar record low C = -4.0

|Apr record low C = 0.1

|May record low C = 5.5

|Jun record low C = 9.5

|Jul record low C = 15.5

|Aug record low C = 16.9

|Sep record low C = 12.1

|Oct record low C = 5.8

|Nov record low C = 0.7

|Dec record low C = -3.0

|year record low C = -6.1

| precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 48.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 67.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 109.0

|Apr precipitation mm = 117.5

|May precipitation mm = 145.0

|Jun precipitation mm = 198.2

|Jul precipitation mm = 182.2

|Aug precipitation mm = 117.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 223.6

|Oct precipitation mm = 185.6

|Nov precipitation mm = 91.5

|Dec precipitation mm = 75.1

|year precipitation mm = 1559.9

|unit precipitation days = 0.5 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 7.5

|Feb precipitation days = 7.8

|Mar precipitation days = 10.7

|Apr precipitation days = 10.5

|May precipitation days = 10.4

|Jun precipitation days = 12.7

|Jul precipitation days = 10.8

|Aug precipitation days = 7.3

|Sep precipitation days = 10.9

|Oct precipitation days = 9.8

|Nov precipitation days = 7.7

|Dec precipitation days = 7.9

|year precipitation days = 114.1

| Jan snow cm = 1

| Feb snow cm = 1

| Mar snow cm = 0

| 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 = 0

|unit snow days = 1 cm

|Jan snow days = 0.3

|Feb snow days = 0.4

|Mar snow days = 0

|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 = 0.1

| humidity colour= green

|Jan humidity = 68

|Feb humidity = 68

|Mar humidity = 68

|Apr humidity = 69

|May humidity = 72

|Jun humidity = 80

|Jul humidity = 82

|Aug humidity = 78

|Sep humidity = 78

|Oct humidity = 75

|Nov humidity = 72

|Dec humidity = 69

|year humidity = 73

|Jan sun = 138.9

|Feb sun = 146.4

|Mar sun = 183.1

|Apr sun = 201.4

|May sun = 208.9

|Jun sun = 158.5

|Jul sun = 197.1

|Aug sun = 232.1

|Sep sun = 165.7

|Oct sun = 163.8

|Nov sun = 139.9

|Dec sun = 133.9

|year sun = 2069.8

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Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-hyogo.php Hyōgo population statistics] the population of Sumoto has been declining steadily over the past 60 years.

{{Historical populations

| 1960 | 62632

| 1970 | 56171

| 1980 | 54826

| 1990 | 54049

| 2000 | 52248

| 2010 | 47271

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The city of Sumoto is situated in ancient Awaji Province, and developed as a castle town around the Muromachi period Sumoto Castle. It was ruled as part of Tokushima Domain during the Edo period. After the Meiji restoration, it became part of Tsuna District, Hyōgo. The town of Sumoto was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system April 1, 1889. It was raised to city status on February 11, 1940. On February 11, 2006, the town of Goshiki (from Tsuna District) was merged into Sumoto.

Sumoto has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Sumoto contributes one member to the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Hyōgo 9th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

The local economy is largely rural, and is based on agriculture and commercial fishing. Sumoto has traditionally been famous for its production of Awaji onions, Naruto oranges and Kobe Beef.

Sumoto has 13 public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by the city government and two public high schools operated by the Hyōgo Prefectural Department of Education. The city also operates one combined elementary/middle school. There are also one private combined middle/high school.

Sumoto does not have any passenger rail service.

• File:JP Expressway E28.svg Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway
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Jointly with Minami Awaji and Awaji, the city operates a low-cost electric bike rental scheme, designed to attract visitors to stay for more than one day in order to explore the island.{{cite news | title = Rental bicycles eyed to boost tourism | newspaper = Yomiuri Shimbun | location = Japan | date = 19 July 2010 | url = http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T100718001401.htm | access-date = 2 August 2010}}

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• Awajishima Happy Monkey Centre Japan. Famous Tourist Place.
• Awajishima Historical Museum
• Sumoto Castle - A castle ruin, one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.{{cite web|url= http://jokaku.jp/japan-top-100-castles/best-100-castles-of-japan-2nd-selection/ |title=続日本100名城 |publisher=日本城郭協会|language=ja|access-date=25 July 2019}}
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• Mao Daichi, actress
• Yuji Horii, author, video game designer, writer and director
• Mao Miyaji, actress

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• [http://www.city.sumoto.hyogo.jp/ Sumoto City official website] {{in lang|ja}}

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