| Kōfu 甲府 |
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| Shingen Takeda Festival in April | |||
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| Location of Kōfu in Yamanashi | |||
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Kōfu
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| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | Japan | ||
| Region | Chūbu | ||
| Prefecture | Yamanashi | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Masanobu Miyajima (since February 2003) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 212.41 km2 (82 sq mi) | ||
| Population (May 1, 2011) | |||
| • Total | 197,540 | ||
| • Density | 929.99/km2 (2,408.7/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
| City symbols | |||
| - Tree | Quercus | ||
| - Flower | Dianthus | ||
| - Bird | Common Kingfisher | ||
| Phone number | 055-237-1161 | ||
| Address | 2-17-1 Aioi, Kofu-shi, Yamanashi-ken 400-8585 |
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| Website | City of Kōfu | ||
Kōfu (甲府市 Kōfu-shi) is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan.
As of May 1, 2011, the city had a estimated population of 197,540, with 85,794 households. The total area is 212.41 km².
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Kōfu's name means "capital of Kai Province". During the Sengoku period, it was the stronghold of Takeda Shingen.
Centuries ago the area which today is referred to as Yamanashi Prefecture was known as Kai Province. At that time the geographical denomination of ken (prefecture), was not yet in use, and the area was categorized as a fu. Located in the center of Kai, Kōfu's name was derived from a combination of kanji used in both Kai and fu. Alternate pronunciation of the characters resulted in the modern name of Kōfu.
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of human settlement in the Kōfu area dating back as far as 6000 years BCE. However, the town of Kōfu was not formally established until 1519.
Kōfu is designated as one of the special cities of Japan. On March 1, 2006 the city, with a population of 193,795, was amalgamated with the town of Nakamichi, from Higashiyatsushiro District, and the northern part of the village of Kamikuishiki, from Nishiyatsushiro District, increasing the population to 201,184.
Kōfu has the typical Honshū humid subtropical climate, though it is less wet than either the south or Sea of Japan coast due to its location in a shielded mountain valley. Temperature ranges are noticeably greater than in coastal regions: in 2004 Kōfu reached a temperature of 40 °C (104 °F) previously almost unknown in Japan, and it has fallen below 0 °C (32 °F) as early as 26 October[1], which is about a month before the earliest freezing temperatures in such coastal cities as Kanazawa or Tokyo.
| Climate data for Kōfu (1981～2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.3 (93.7) |
38.1 (100.6) |
40.4 (104.7) |
39.8 (103.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
33.8 (92.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
40.4 (104.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
−1 (30) |
2.7 (36.9) |
8.3 (46.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.5 (−3.1) |
−17.2 (1.0) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.2 (55.8) |
6.0 (42.8) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−6 (21) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 40.2 (1.583) |
46.1 (1.815) |
87.9 (3.461) |
77.7 (3.059) |
86.3 (3.398) |
122.5 (4.823) |
132.6 (5.22) |
149.5 (5.886) |
180.3 (7.098) |
125.2 (4.929) |
54.9 (2.161) |
32.1 (1.264) |
1,135.3 (44.697) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 13 (5.1) |
10 (3.9) |
4 (1.6) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
28 (11) |
| % humidity | 57 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 64 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 61 | 64.7 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.5 mm) | 4.9 | 5.7 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 104.8 |
| Avg. snowy days | 4.5 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 9.2 |
| Sunshine hours | 204.8 | 189.9 | 198.7 | 202.0 | 196.3 | 148.9 | 164.1 | 197.3 | 142.2 | 160.9 | 176.6 | 201.3 | 2,183 |
| Source no. 1: Japan Meteorological Agency[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source no. 2: Japan Meteorological Agency (records)[3] | |||||||||||||
A J-League football team, Ventforet Kofu is based in Kōfu. They currently[update] play in the J. League division 2, and their home ground is the Kose Sports Stadium.
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