Inagawa, Hyōgo


Inagawa is a town located in Kawabe District in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. As of Dec 2012, the town has an estimated population of 31,381. The total area is 90.41 km². The famous Tada Mine is located in the southern part of Inagawa. It is claimed, with some uncertainty, that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's treasures are buried there.
The mascot of Inagawa is Inabō, a character of a wild boar.

Geography

This town is located in southeastern part of Hyogo Prefecture. While this town is comparatively close to central Osaka, it is abundant in nature with much of nature remains in the northern part of Inagawa, with firefly, Japanese giant salamander and rhacophorus arboreus still live there. In southern part of Inagawa, there are three large new towns, the Hankyu-Nissei Newtown, Inagawa Parktown, and Tsutsujigaoka and are located on the centre of Inagawa. Inagawa is a commuter's town of Osaka or Kobe.
Before 12th century, mining of Tada silver-and-copper mine was started. In 1955, Nakatani Village and Mutsuse Village merged and became Inagawa Town.
In 1978, Nose Electric Railway Nissei Line was opened to traffic.

Administration

Town mayors

Inagawa has one sister city: