Miyoshi

History

The place name of "Miyoshin-no-sato" appears in the Heian period Ise Monogatari, and was part of ancient Musashi Province. During the Edo period, it was part of the holdings of Kawagoe Domain and was a rural agricultural area with few inhabitants. The village of Miyoshi was created within Iruma District, Saitama on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. It was elevated to town status on November 3, 1970.

Geography

Miyoshi is located in south-central Saitama Prefecture. Saitama Prefecture * Fujimi * Fujimino * Kawagoe * Niiza * Shiki * Tokorozawa Miyoshi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Miyoshi is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.3 °C.

Most-observed species

• Brown-eared Bulbul

  Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves
  7,443
• Cinereous Tit

  Parus cinereus Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
  6,429
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck

  Anas zonorhyncha Swinhoe, 1866 · Aves
  6,085
• Large-billed Crow

  Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 · Aves
  6,008
• Oriental Turtle-Dove

  Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  5,110
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,930
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,560
• White-cheeked Starling

  Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temminck, 1835) · Aves
  4,551

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 4.5 — 2026-06-26
  5 km NE of Noda, 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