Tarui, Gifu

Tarui is located in far southwestern Gifu Prefecture, at the western end of the Nōbi Plain of Japan. The town has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Tarui is 15.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1904 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.7 °C.

Neighbouring municipalities

• Gifu Prefecture
  • Ikeda
  • Ibigawa
  • Ōgaki
  • Sekigahara
  • Yōrō

Per Japanese census data, the population of Tarui peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since.

The area around Tarui was part of traditional Mino Province. Numerous Jōmon period and Kofun period remains have been found in the area, which was the site of the Nara period provincial capital and Provincial temple. During the Edo period, Tarui-juku prospered as a post station on the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto. The town of Tarui was formed on 1 July 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The 1891 Mino-Owari earthquake caused considerable damage to the area. Tarui annexed the neighboring villages of Iwate, Fuchu, Miyashiro, Osa, and Aihara in 1954. The 1959 Isewan Typhoon caused severe damage to the town.

Tarui has seven public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education.

Railway

• JR Central - Tōkaidō Main Line
  • Tarui

Highway

• National Route 21

• Calgary, Alberta, Canada, since July 1996

• The Beauty of Tarui, a video portraying the major sites of Tarui
• Mino Provincial Capital Site, A National Historic Site
• Nangū Taisha, the ichinomiya of Mino Province
• Tarui Ichirizuka. a National Historic Site