Infomation of Kikugawa City

Road (The Tomei Expressway)

• Tokyo Interchange—Kikugawa Interchange (about 2hours and 20minutes)
• Nagoya Interchange—Kikugawa Interchange (about 1hour and 30minutes)

Train

The Tokaido Shinkansen (Bullet Train)

• Tokyo Station—Kakegawa Station (about 1hour and 50minutes)
• Nagoya Station—Kakegawa Station (about 1hour)

The Tokaido Line

• Kakegawa Station—Kikugawa Station (about 5minutes)

 Airline

Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport is the most convenient for air travelers. Buses from/to the airport are available.

The climate of Kikugawa City is mild with the annual average temperature at 14.7°C and precipitation at 2,170 mm (at Kikugawa Makinohara Meteorological Observatory of the Japan Meteorological Agency).

※The above data were observed at a relatively high-altitude place in the city; the average temperature at the city center may be 1－2°C higher. This area has four distinctive seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter). It rarely snows here. It is dry and mostly sunny in winter, but you may feel cold because of strong monsoon winds (west winds).

Logo of the city

The design of the city logo is based on the chrysanthemum and the flow of the Kikugawa River. It illustrates the integration of two different towns into a single city. 
The two types of green colors in the logo represent the city’s active nature-based industries such as the planting of Kikugawa Tea. The logo also expresses the way people have been and will be developing along with nature in a lively manner.

 Flower of the city: Chrysanthemum

“Kiku (chrysanthemum)” are the first two syllables of “Kikugawa,” the name of a river, which the city was named after. There are various kinds of chrysanthemums, ranging from large-flowered to floret chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemums, which are beautiful, clean, and elegant, are planted by many people at home. Kikugawa City has designated the chrysanthemum as the symbolic flower of the city in the hope that people will love our city in the way they cherish chrysanthemums

 Tree of the city: Tea tree

Tea is a specialty of Kikugawa City. Also, Kikugawa City is the birthplace of “deep steamed tea.” Every year, the whole city shines “light green” during the harvesting season of tealeaves. Tea trees best match with the city’s future vision, “Green New Generation.” Therefore we have designated tea as the symbolic tree of the city in the hope that our city will develop into a city with a lot of greenery.

Bird of the city: Grey wagtail

Grey wagtails, dwelling at the edge of the clear water, sing adorably and pleasantly. We hope that Kikugawa River will be clean enough to allow grey wagtails to inhabit, and that Kikugawa City will be a city with a beautiful natural environment.