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21-662: Gyōda is located in north-central Saitama Prefecture, with the Tone River separating it from Gunma Prefecture. The entire city is located on the alluvial plain of the Tone River and the Arakawa River . The altitude is 19.7 meters above sea level (Gyoda City Hall), and the city as a whole is around 20 meters above sea level. The highest point is 36 meters above sea level (in Saitama Kofun Park). Gyōda has

42-561: A Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Gyōda is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1300 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.5 °C. Per Japanese census data,

63-614: Is 322 kilometers (200 mi) in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano ) and has a drainage area of 16,840 square kilometers (6,500 sq mi) (the largest in Japan). It is nicknamed Bandō Tarō ( 坂東太郎 ); Bandō is an obsolete alias of the Kantō Region , and Tarō is a popular given name for an oldest son. It is regarded as one of the "Three Greatest Rivers" of Japan,

84-455: Is a local speciality consisting of fried bean curd, carrots, onion, and potato. There are many shops which sell it around town, especially during the warmer seasons. Gyōda is a center for traditional tabi socks, worn with kimono . Gyoda still makes half of the tabi made in Japan. Tone River The Tone River ( 利根川 , Tone-gawa ) is a river in the Kantō region of Japan . It

105-636: Is nicknamed Shikoku Saburō (四国三郎; Saburō is a popular given name for a third son). This was reflected in the 1998 naming of the Shikoku Saburo Bridge . The Yoshino rises from Mount Kamegamori (瓶ケ森) in Ino , Kōchi Prefecture and flows to the east. In Ōtoyo it turns to the north and crosses the Shikoku Mountains. The gorge, named Ōboke Koboke , is a famous tourist attraction of Shikoku. In Ikeda , Tokushima Prefecture it turns to

126-455: Is over 230km but the final 10km or so into Choshi is on a road. The remaining 220km is on detached cycling paths high up on the river bank with great views of mountains while in Gunma and large rice fields and agriculture as you approach the ocean. [REDACTED] Media related to Tone River at Wikimedia Commons Yoshino River The Yoshino River (吉野川 Yoshino-gawa ) is a river on

147-612: The Keiyō Industrial Zone . The Minakami onsen area in Gunma Prefecture is near the source for the Tone River and during the spring snow melt period, April–June, the river provides consistent grade 4 rapids (on the International Scale of River Difficulty ) over a 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) stretch. The river provides some of the best white water rafting and kayaking in Japan. The snow melt swells

168-679: The Meiji period , with the assistance of Dutch civil engineer Anthonie Rouwenhorst Mulder . Its vast watershed is thus largely artificial. Two ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were named after the river, one of World War I vintage and another from World War II , the lead ship of its class . As a result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster radioactive cesium concentrations of 110 becquerels per kilogram were found in silver crucian carp fish caught in

189-568: The Tōhoku region , in order to save time and to avoid risk in the open sea. With the advent of the railway in the 19th century major shipping on the Tone quickly declined, and inland ports such as Noda , Sekiyado , now part of Noda, Nagareyama , and Sawara , now part of Katori diminished in importance. Today the river has several dams that supply water for more than 30 million inhabitants of metropolitan Tokyo and large-scale industrial areas such as

210-713: The Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Saitama 12th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Gyōda has a mixed economy of agriculture and light manufacturing, especially for automobile components. SHOWA Corporation , a global manufacturer of automotive, motorcycle and outboard suspension systems, is headquartered in the city. [REDACTED] JR East – Takasaki Line [REDACTED] Chichibu Railway – Chichibu Main Line Zeri Furai

231-627: The Tone River in April 2012. The river is 180 kilometres (110 mi) from the Fukushima Daiichi Plant. Six fishery cooperatives and 10 towns along the river were asked to stop all shipments of fish caught in the Tone. The Tone River was an indispensable inland water link between the capitol at Edo , and later Tokyo, to the Pacific Ocean. It carried not only local products like soy sauce from Choshi , but also products from

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252-518: The Tone River include the Agatsuma , Watarase , Kinu , Omoi , and the Kokai River   [ Wikidata ] . The Edo River branches away from the river and flows into Tokyo Bay . The Tone River was once known for its uncontrollable nature, and its route changed whenever floods occurred. It is hard to trace its ancient route, but it originally flowed into Tokyo Bay along the route of

273-615: The castle was the center of Oshi Domain , ruled by a branch of the Matsudaira clan until 1871, during which time the castle town prospered from its location on the Nakasendō highway. The town of Gyōda was created within Kitasaitama District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1937, Gyōda annexed the neighboring villages of Nagano, Hoshikawa and Mochida. It

294-556: The east again and pours into the Kii Channel at the north of Tokushima city . Its major tributaries include Ananai, Iya, Dōzan, Sadamitsu, and Anabuki. The river has some "submerged bridges" (潜水橋 Sensuikyō ), equivalents of Chinkabashi of the Shimanto, which lack parapets in order not to be washed away by floods. The river was the subject of controversy in January 2000 when around half of eligible local residents showed up to

315-623: The island of Shikoku , Japan . It is 194 km (121 mi) long and has a watershed of 3,750 km (1,450 sq mi). It is the second longest river in Shikoku (slightly shorter than the Shimanto ), and is the only river whose watershed spreads over the four prefectures of the island. It is regarded as one of the three greatest rivers of Japan along with the Tone and the Chikugo , and

336-872: The others being the Yoshino in Shikoku and the Chikugo in Kyūshū . The source of the Tone River is at Mount Ōminakami   [ Wikidata ] ( 大水上山 ) (1,831 meters (6,007 ft)) in the Echigo Mountains , which straddle the border between Gunma and Niigata Prefectures in Jōshin'etsu Kōgen National Park . The Tone gathers tributaries and pours into the Pacific Ocean at Cape Inubō , Choshi in Chiba Prefecture . Major tributaries of

357-449: The polls and overwhelmingly voted against a proposed dam construction across the river, with 102,759 (90.14%) registering a "no" vote and only 9,367 (8.22%) giving a "yes" vote (1.64% of votes were deemed invalid). This was considered unusual in a country where pork barrel public works projects were common and often welcomed by locals in provincial areas. Ironically, one author has argued that because of earlier local reforms which required

378-565: The population of Gyōda peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since. Gyōda contains many Kofun period burial mounds and has been inhabited since prehistoric times. “Saitama” is a local place name within Gyōda, and is recorded in Nara period documents. During the Sengoku period , Oshi Castle famously withstood a siege by Ishida Mitsunari in 1590. During the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate ,

399-574: The present-day Edo River , and tributaries like the Watarase and Kinu had independent river systems. For the sake of water transportation and flood control, extensive construction began in the 17th century during the Tokugawa shogunate , when the Kantō region became the political center of Japan. The course of the river was significantly changed, and the present route of the river was determined during

420-555: The river to grade 4 in spring; in the summer it is a gentle grade 2. The Momijikyo section has 7 grade 3-4 rapids for 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) and is 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) long in total. The Tone River is home to Japan's longest car free cycling path. At over 220km long the Tone River Cycling Road 利根川サイクリングロード starts in Shibukawa City, Gunma and runs all the way to Choshi City, Chiba. The total route

441-439: Was elevated to city status on April 23, 1949. From 1954 to 1955, the city expanded by annexing the neighboring villages of Araki, Suka, Kitakawahara, Saitama, Hoshimiya, and Ōi. On January 1, 2006, the village of Minamikawara (from Kitasaitama District ) was merged into Gyōda. Gyōda has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 20 members. Gyōda contributes one member to

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