Tokigawa, Saitama
Geography. Tokigawa is located in central Saitama Prefecture. Surrounding municipalities. Saitama Prefecture Climate. Tokigawa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen "Cfa") characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Tokigawa is 13.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1746 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.3 °C. Demographics. Per Japanese census data, the population of Tokigawa has remained relatively steady for the past 50 years. History. The  villages of Myōkaku and Tamagawa were created within Hiki District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. Myōkaku merged with the village of Okunugi from Chichibu District to form the village of Tokigawa on February 1, 1955. Tokigawa and Tamagawa merged to form the town of Tokigawa on February 1, 2006. Government. Tokigawa has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral town council of 12 members. Tokigawa, together with the towns of Ranzan, Ogawa and Namekawa, contributes one member to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of  national politics, the town is part of Saitama 9th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan. Economy. Tokigawa is a rural, agricultural community. Education. Tokigawa has three public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government. The town does not have a high school. Transportation. Railway. JR East – Hachikō Line Highway. Tokigawa is not served by any expressways or national highways