Okaya

Okaya-shi 岡 谷 市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Chūbu
Prefecture :	Nagano
Coordinates :	36 ° 4 '  N , 138 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 4 '0 "  N , 138 ° 3' 0"  E
Basic data
Surface:	85.19 km²
Residents :	48,283 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	567 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	20204-5
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Japanese yew
Flower :	Azaleas
town hall
Address :	Okaya City Hall 8 - 1 , Saiwai-chō Okaya -shi Nagano  394-8510
Website URL:	http://www.city.okaya.lg.jp/
Location Okayas in Nagano Prefecture

Okaya ( Japanese 岡 谷 市 , -shi ) is a city in the center of Nagano Prefecture on the Japanese main island of Honshu .

geography

Okaya is located northwest of Kofu and south of Matsumoto on Lake Suwa in central Nagano prefecture and is considered an industrial city.

history

Okaya was founded on April 1, 1936 .

Attractions

• Suwa lake
• Okaya Silk Museum : The museum, which opened in 1964, is still a reminder of the time when Okaya was a center of the silk industry in Japan. In addition to pictures and old machines from the silk factory, the museum itself houses an ongoing silk production by the Miyasaka Seishisho company in the main building of the museum. After the museum had moved, it reopened in August 2014 in the city center, not far from Okaya train station.

traffic

• Street:
  • Chūō Highway
  • National Road 20 , to Tokyo or Shiojiri
  • National Road 142
• Train:
  • JR Chūō Main Line

sons and daughters of the town

• Naoki Tsukahara (* 1985), Japanese sprinter

Town twinning

• Mount Pleasant, Michigan , since 1965

Neighboring cities and communities

• Matsumoto
• Suwa
• Shiojiri
• Shimosuwa
• Tatsuno

Web links

Commons : Okaya  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Okaya Silk Museum. Kimonogeisha.com, 2015, accessed February 9, 2015 . 
2. ↑ 生 糸 を つ く る . Miyasaka Silk Reeling Co., 2014, accessed February 9, 2015 (Japanese).