The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classificationCfa). The average annual temperature in Minamiizu is 16.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2028 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 7.3 °C.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Minamiizu has been in decline over the past 60 years.
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1940
13,383
—
1950
17,696
+32.2%
1960
14,547
−17.8%
1970
12,219
−16.0%
1980
11,722
−4.1%
1990
11,200
−4.5%
2000
10,304
−8.0%
2010
9,512
−7.7%
History
During the Edo period, all of Izu Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the area now comprising Minamiizu Town consisted of 25 villages. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system of the early Meiji period in 1889, the area was reorganized into six villages (Minamizaka, Minaminaka, Minamikami, Mizaka, Mihama and Chikuma) within Kamo District. The town of Minamiizu was formed in July 1955 through the merger of these six villages.
Tourism based on water sports and the hot spring industry, commercial fishing and farming are mainstays of the local economy.
Education
Minamiizu has three public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government. The town has one public high school operated by the Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
Railway
Minamiizu does not have any passenger railway service
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