Miyashiro

History

The villages of Monma and Suka were created within Minamisaitama District, Saitama with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. The two villages were merged on July 20, 1955 to form the town of Miyashiro. Ina was elevated to town status on November 1, 1970. The origin of the town's name comes from the shrines of the largest villages. "Miya" was taken from Himemiya shrine (姫宮神社) in Himemiya village and "shiro" from Konoshiro shrine (身代神社) in Suka village.

Geography

Miyashiro is located in central-west Saitama Prefecture. Saitama Prefecture * Kasukabe * Kuki * Shiraoka * Sugito Miyashiro has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Miyashiro is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1408 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.7 °C.

Most-observed species

• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

  Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves
  1,665
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,488
• Brown-eared Bulbul

  Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves
  1,416
• Oriental Turtle-Dove

  Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  1,404
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,354
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,295
• White-cheeked Starling

  Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temminck, 1835) · Aves
  1,268
• Little Grebe

  Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) · Aves
  1,252

Most recent

• M 5.7 — 2026-06-26
  7 km N of Oshino, Japan
• M 5.8 — 2026-06-26
  3 km SE of Yokoshiba, Japan
• M 5.5 — 2026-06-16
  4 km NW of Noda, Japan
• M 4.2 — 2026-05-29
  3 km ESE of Mobara, Japan
• M 4 — 2026-05-24
  3 km W of Fussa, Japan
• M 4.2 — 2026-05-24
  11 km NNE of Ōmiya, Japan