Nayoro (ććŻćž, Nayoro-shi, Ainu: Nay Oro meaning "in the middle of the valley") is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
As of September 2016, the city has an estimated population of 28,373 and a population density of 53 persons per km2 (140 persons per sq. mi.). The total area is 535.23 km2 (206.65 sq mi).
On March 27, 2006, the town of FĆ«ren was merged into Nayoro.
History
- 1909: Kaminayoro village was founded.
- 1915: Kaminayoro village became Nayoro town.
- 1920: Chiebun village split off from Shimonayoro village.
- 1924: Shimokawa village was separated from Nayoro town.
- 1954: Nayoro town and Chiebun village was merged to form Nayoro town.
- 1956: Nayoro town became Nayoro city.
- 2006: Nayoro city and FĆ«ren town was merged to form Nayoro city.
Education
Universities
Junior colleges
High schools
- Hokkaido Nayoro High School
- Hokkaido Nayoro Industry High School
Transportation
Rail
The Nayoro Main Line and Shimmei Line used to run from Nayoro Station.
- SĆya Main Line : FĆ«ren - NayorokĆkĆ - Nayoro - Nisshin - Chiebun - Chihoku
Above are stations located in Nayoro.
Road
Nayoro is linked with National Route 40 linking Wakkanai and southern Hokkaido as well as the HokkaidĆ Expressway linking with the island capital of Sapporo. Nayoro is bypassed to the west with the Nayoro Bypass (Route 40) serving two interchanges.
Climate
Nayoro has a wet and snowy warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The climate retains warm and sometimes hot summers with very cold winters by Japanese standards, coupled with heavy sea-effect snowfall.
| Climate data for Nayoro (1991â2020 normals, extremes 1976âpresent) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
26.4 (79.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
35.4 (95.7) |
36.4 (97.5) |
35.6 (96.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
36.4 (97.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | â4.2 (24.4) |
â2.7 (27.1) |
2.0 (35.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
5.3 (41.5) |
â1.8 (28.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | â8.6 (16.5) |
â8.0 (17.6) |
â3.0 (26.6) |
3.8 (38.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
1.5 (34.7) |
â5.4 (22.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | â14.7 (5.5) |
â14.9 (5.2) |
â9.1 (15.6) |
â1.7 (28.9) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
3.1 (37.6) |
â2.3 (27.9) |
â10.1 (13.8) |
0.3 (32.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | â34.5 (â30.1) |
â35.7 (â32.3) |
â30.2 (â22.4) |
â16.5 (2.3) |
â5.9 (21.4) |
â1.0 (30.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.3 (39.7) |
0.3 (32.5) |
â6.0 (21.2) |
â18.1 (â0.6) |
â29.4 (â20.9) |
â35.7 (â32.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 49.4 (1.94) |
38.7 (1.52) |
44.2 (1.74) |
45.5 (1.79) |
60.6 (2.39) |
65.2 (2.57) |
129.4 (5.09) |
136.1 (5.36) |
138.1 (5.44) |
115.6 (4.55) |
108.5 (4.27) |
83.1 (3.27) |
1,006.8 (39.64) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 186 (73) |
147 (58) |
128 (50) |
33 (13) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
3 (1.2) |
104 (41) |
225 (89) |
829 (326) |
| Average rainy days | 16.6 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 16.1 | 19.3 | 21.3 | 167.5 |
| Average snowy days | 20.5 | 18.2 | 16.0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 10.2 | 22.2 | 92.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 58.6 | 79.1 | 116.2 | 147.9 | 178.1 | 159.7 | 148.7 | 142.0 | 139.4 | 109.9 | 50.7 | 37.6 | 1,367.8 |
| Source 1: JMA[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: JMA[2] | |||||||||||||
Culture
Mascot
Nayoro's mascot is Nayoro-kun (ăȘăăă). He is a mochi alien who loves star watching and collecting toys. He carries a telescope all the time to study the stars. He is designed by Sakiko Yatani from Ebetsu and was named by Ayumi Hagiwara from Sapporo.[3][4]
Sister cities and partner cities
International
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada[5]
Dolinsk, Russia.[6]
Within Japan
References
- ^ èŠłæžŹćČäž1ïœ10äœăźć€ïŒćčŽéăéăăŠăźć€ïŒ. JMA. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ æ°è±Ąćș / ćčłćčŽć€ïŒćčŽă»æăăšăźć€ïŒ. JMA. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "ććŻćžèŠłć ăăŁă©ăŻăżăŒăăȘăăăă". Nayoro.
- ^ "ăȘăăă (ćæ”·é)". Yuru-chara Grand Prix.
- ^ "Interaction with Lindsay". Archived from the original on 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Interaction with Dolinsk". Archived from the original on 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Interaction with Fujishima, Tsuruoka". Archived from the original on 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Interaction with Suginami, Tokyo". Archived from the original on 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
External links
- Official Website (in Japanese)
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