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23-611: Isesaki is located in the northwestern part of the Kantō Plain of southern Gunma Prefecture . It is adjacent to Saitama Prefecture across the Tone River , which runs through the southern part of the city. The distance to the center of the city is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Maebashi City, the prefectural capital of Gunma, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Takasaki , and about 95 kilometres (59 mi) from central Tokyo . Gunma Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Isesaki has

46-859: A feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate controlled by the Sakai clan . The area also contained two post towns on the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō , a subroute to Nikkō Kaidō which connected the Nakasendō directly with Nikkō, bypassing Edo . Isesaki Town was created within Sai District, Gunma Prefecture on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system after the Meiji Restoration . Sai District and Nawa District merged to form Sawa District in 1896. It merged with

69-574: A humid continental climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Isesaki is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1256 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.3 °C. On June 26, 2022, the temperature in

92-595: A mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 29 members. Isesaki contributes five members to the Gunma Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Gunma 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Isesaki (along with neighboring Kiryū ) was traditionally famous for sericulture since ancient times, with

115-455: A cloth called "Isesaki Meisen" as one of its most famous products. This cloth has been made since the late 17th century, and became popular during the Meiji and Taishō periods . Now, however, due to the ubiquity of Western-style clothes, its popularity is decreasing. The automotive equipment and electrical equipment manufacturing company Sanden Corporation is headquartered in Isesaki. Also

138-459: Is recorded several times during the winter. Throughout the year, the entire Kanto Plain, especially the inland areas, are easily affected by radiative cooling due to clear skies and north winds, so the minimum temperature before sunrise can drop to about 5 degrees below zero in winter. Even on days when the temperature drops at dawn, the daytime temperature rises to about 7 to 10 degrees Celsius on sunny days, and on days with strong dry north winds,

161-644: The Kantō region of central Honshu , is the largest plain in Japan . Its 17,000 km covers more than half of the region extending over Tokyo , Saitama Prefecture , Kanagawa Prefecture , Chiba Prefecture , Gunma Prefecture , Tochigi Prefecture , and Ibaraki Prefecture . The northern limit borders on the Abukuma Highlands , Yamizo Mountain Range , Ashio Mountain Range, and a volcanic field associated with

184-588: The Kanto basin-forming movement, which has continued since the Neogene period . This movement is what caused sedimentation in the center of the present-day Kanto Plain and uplift of the surrounding mountains. As a result, sediment from the surrounding mountains was deposited very thickly (the Tertiary layer reaches as high as 3,000 meters) and further uplifted to form many hills and plateaus. Large tectonic lines such as

207-574: The Kantō Plain stand on Tertiary strata and rise higher than surrounding plateaus, exemplified by the Sayama Hills and Tama Hills , typically, undulating between 100 and 200 m above sea level. Hills located at the western edge of the Kantō Plain, the Hiki Hills, Koma Hills, Kusahana Hills, and Kaji Hills, also reach approximately 200 m (660 ft) above sea level. The overall tilt of

230-726: The Nasu Volcanic Belt. The western coincides with the Kantō Mountain Range , and the southern edge is defined by the Bōsō Peninsula , the Miura Hills , Tokyo Bay , and Sagami Bay . The Kashima Sea and Kujūkuri Beach define the eastern end of the plain. Most of its rivers originate in the northern or western mountain ranges and flow east or southeast into the Pacific Ocean , Tokyo Bay , or Sagami Bay . In

253-465: The alluvial lowland of the Kantō Plain. A collection of plateaus constitute a large part of the plain. Among them are the Ōmiya, Musashino , Sagamino , Jōsō , and Shimōsa Plateaus. These large plateaus are divided into smaller ones by shallow river valleys. A common feature of the plateaus is that their surfaces are covered with a thick layer of loam of volcanic origin. Volcanic ash from surrounding volcanoes, Mounts Asama , Haruna , and Akagi to

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276-678: The central part of the plain is the Tone River ; in the northern part the Watarase River , Kinu River , Kokai River, Naka River , and Kuji River ; and in the southern part the Arakawa River , Tama River , and Sagami River . Of these, the Tone River encompasses a large area of floodplain, for its drainage area of 16,840 km (6,500 sq mi) is the largest in Japan. The drainage areas covered by these rivers account for

299-665: The city government, and five public high schools operated by the Gunma Prefectural Board of Education. Then prefecture also operates three special education schools for the handicapped. Isesaki has a Peruvian international school ( ペルー学校 ) , Colegio Hispano Americano de Gunma . [REDACTED] JR East – Ryōmō Line [REDACTED] Tobu Railway – Tobu Isesaki Line Kant%C5%8D Plain 36°00′N 140°00′E  /  36.000°N 140.000°E  / 36.000; 140.000 The Kantō Plain ( Japanese : 関東平野 , Hepburn : Kantō heiya ) , in

322-476: The city is home to Meisei Electric , a communications and electronics equipment and electric measuring instruments manufacturing company. Large industrial parks have been built in the suburbs, making it one of the leading industrial cities in the northern Kantō region. It is also the location of J-List , a retailer of anime goods, visual novels and related products from Japan. Isesaki has 22 public elementary schools and 12 public middle schools operated by

345-573: The city reached 40.2 °C, the highest ever recorded in Japan for the month of June. Per Japanese census data, the population of Isesaki has increased steadily over the past 60 years. Isesaki developed during the Sengoku period as a castle town surrounding Akaishi Castle, a stronghold in southern Kōzuke Province controlled by the Yura clan. During the Edo period , it was the center of Isesaki Domain ,

368-544: The eastern margin of the Fossa Magna and the Median Tectonic Line are thought to exist in the central part of the plain, but this thick accumulation of soft sedimentary layers makes it difficult to find active faults that can cause earthquakes (faults exist in the base 3000m below the sedimentary layers). In addition, natural sediments such as sediment carried by rivers have been used to create land, and

391-569: The north and Mounts Hakone and Fuji to the southwest, are thought to have been deposited on these plateaus. Among the plateaus, the Musashino Plateau has the largest stretch of land, extending from the western edge of Ōme to the eastern edge of Yamanote , which borders the alluvial plains of the Arakawa and Sumida Rivers. Its elevation gradually declines from west to east, measuring 190 m at Ōme and 20 m at Yamanote. Hills in

414-543: The northern part. Due to the influence of the Black Current (warm current) flowing along the coast, the climate is mild, especially in the southern part. In summer, rainfall is heavy due to the rainy season front caused by monsoon, and typhoons are often seen. Thunderclouds that form in the northern to western mountains areas before noon reach the plains in the early afternoon, often resulting in evening showers (thunderstorms). In years when Okhotsk anticyclone prevails,

437-410: The plateaus and hills is noteworthy. In general, the whole area is slightly bent and forming a basin centered in the Tone River and Tokyo Bay. The ongoing process of tectonic extension continues as the plain's central region gradually sinks. The Kantō Plain witnessed its greatest devastation from an earthquake on 1 September 1923 , with a death toll calculated of 142,807. Kanto Plain was formed by

460-605: The sensory temperature is lower than the actual temperature. The lowest temperatures in central Tokyo are higher than those in surrounding areas due to the heat island effect. Kumagaya tends to get hotter because of being inland, foehn phenomenon, which occurs when the wind in the sky above blows down after crossing the mountains on the north and west sides of the Kanto Plain, and the sea breeze that warms up while passing through central Tokyo. Colegio Hispano Americano de Gunma Too Many Requests If you report this error to

483-460: The terrain was almost the same as it is today in the Late Jomon to Early Yayoi Period (more than 3,000 years ago). The climate of the Kanto Plain is temperate, with a Pacific Ocean side climate. Winters are cold and summers are hot. The further inland, the greater the temperature difference between summer and winter, and within a day. There are relatively many hours of sunshine, especially in

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506-453: The villages of Uehasu and Moro to form the city of Isesaki on September 13, 1940. On January 10, 1955 the village of Misato was annexed by Isesaki, followed by the villages of Nawa, Toyouke and Miyagō on March 25 of the same year. On January 1, 2005 the towns of Akabori and Sakai , and village of Azuma were incorporated into Isesaki. On April 1, 2007, Isesaki was proclaimed a special city ( tokureishi ) with increased autonomy. Isesaki has

529-910: The winds from this anticyclone become northeasterly winds, and temperatures do not rise due to the cool air brought in by the Yamase, resulting in a cold summer. In winter, the monsoon from the Sea of Japan is blocked by the Mikuni Mountains, and the moisture falls as snow along the mountains to the north, and the monsoon that has lost its moisture blows through the Kanto Plain as a strong gale carrying dry air (such as Akagi Orosi in Gunma Prefecture , Tsukuba Orosi in Ibaraki Prefecuture and Futaara Orosi). Snowfall has been decreasing year by year, but snow accumulation of around 10–20 cm

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