Climate

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Kiyosu is 15.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1688 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 28.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.4 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Kiyosu has grown steadily over the past 60 years.

Surrounding municipalities

Aichi Prefecture

• Ichinomiya
• Inazawa
• Kitanagoya
• Ama
• Nagoya
  • Nishi-ku
  • Nakamura-ku

Middle Ages

Kiyosu was the location of a post town (Kiyosu-juku) on the junction of the Nakasendō and the Minoji connecting Kamakura with Kyoto and the Ise Shrine during the Kamakura period.

In the Muromachi period, the area was fortified with the construction of Kiyosu Castle, which subsequently became a stronghold of the Oda clan and the base from which Oda Nobunaga consolidated his control over Owari Province during the Sengoku period.

Early modern period

After the start of the Edo period, Kiyosu Castle was dismantled by order of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and most of the population relocated to Nagoya.

Late modern period

By the start of the Meiji period, the area was a rural area organized into villages within Nishikasugai District of Aichi Prefecture. The town of Kiyosu was proclaimed on August 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system..

Contemporary history

The city of Kiyosu was established on July 7, 2005, from the merger of the former town Kiyosu with the towns of Shinkawa and Nishibiwajima (all from Nishikasugai District).

On October 1, 2009, the neighboring town of Haruhi (also from Nishikasugai District) was merged into Kiyosu.^[4]

Twin towns – Sister cities

College

The Aichi Medical College for Physical and Occupational Therapy is also located in Kiyosu.

• Aichi Medical College for Physical and Occupational Therapy

Schools

Kiyosu has eight public elementary schools and four public junior high schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education.

Railways

Roads