Tajimi is located on the southern border of Gifu Prefecture with Aichi Prefecture. The Kiso River and the Shōnai River flow through the city.
Climate
The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively cold winters (Köppen climate classificationCfa). The average annual temperature in Tajimi is 15.2 °C (59.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,644.3 mm (64.74 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 34.1 °C (93.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.9 °C (28.6 °F).[3] Tajimi set the record for Japan's highest recorded daytime temperature of 40.9 °C (105.6 °F) on August 16, 2007.[4][5]
Climate data for Tajimi (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present)
Per Japanese census data,[6] the population of Tajimi peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1970
76,846
—
1980
87,812
+14.3%
1990
106,213
+21.0%
2000
115,740
+9.0%
2010
112,595
−2.7%
2020
106,732
−5.2%
History
The area around Tajimi was part of traditional Mino Province. During the Edo period, much of the area was tenryō territory under the direct control of Tokugawa shogunate. In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Toki District in Gifu Prefecture was created, and the town of Tajimi was established on July 1, 1889 by the creation of the modern municipalities system. Tajimi annexed the town of Toyota from neighbouring Kani District in 1934, and was raised to city status on August 1, 1940.
Tajimi subsequently annexed the villages of Koizimi and Ikeda from Kani District in 1944, and the villages of Ichinokura and Kasahara from Toki District in 1951. On January 23, 2006 the town of Kasahara (from Toki District) was merged into Tajimi.[7]
Government
Tajimi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 24 members.
Economy
Tajimi is traditionally known for ceramics, mostly ceramic tiles and tableware, although due to increasing competitive pressures, especially from imported sources, only a few producers remain within the city limits, and economic activity in ceramics is increasingly orientated towards trade and wholesaling.
Education
Tajimi has 13 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the city government and one private combined middle/high school. The city has three public high schools operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education. The Nagoya Institute of Technology has a campus in Tajimi.