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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Railway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Highway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Highway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Highway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Highway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_attractions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_attractions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Local attractions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_attractions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noted_people_from_Hikone" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noted_people_from_Hikone"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Noted people from Hikone</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noted_people_from_Hikone-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87%D8%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7" title="هیکونه، شیقا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="هیکونه، شیقا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone-chh%C4%AB" title="Hikone-chhī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hikone-chhī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8D" title="Хіконэ – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Хіконэ" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Хиконе – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хиконе" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone_(Shiga)" title="Hikone (Shiga) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Hikone (Shiga)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87%D8%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7" title="هیکونه، شیگا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هیکونه، شیگا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9E%88%EC%BD%94%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C" title="히코네시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="히코네시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A5" title="Հիկոնե – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հիկոնե" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone,_Shiga" title="Hikone, Shiga – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hikone, Shiga" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87%D8%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7" title="هیکونه، شیگا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="هیکونه، شیگا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone,_Shiga" title="Hikone, Shiga – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Hikone, Shiga" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%A6%E6%A0%B9%E5%B8%82" title="彦根市 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="彦根市" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Хиконе – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Хиконе" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Хиконе – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хиконе" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Хиконе – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Хиконе" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone,_Shiga" title="Hikone, Shiga – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Hikone, Shiga" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Хиконе – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Хиконе" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B0" title="ฮิโกเนะ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ฮิโกเนะ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Ҳиконе – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Ҳиконе" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Хіконе – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Хіконе" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone" title="Hikone – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Hikone" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikone,_Shiga" title="Hikone, Shiga – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Hikone, Shiga" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%A5%E6%A0%B9%E5%B8%82" title="彥根市 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="彥根市" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg/375px-Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg/500px-Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="413" data-file-height="373" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:66.875%;left:38.169%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Hikone"><img alt="Hikone" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Hikone</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Japan</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Hikone,_Shiga&params=35_16_N_136_16_E_region:JP_type:city(111958)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°16′N</span> <span class="longitude">136°16′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.267°N 136.267°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.267; 136.267</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Japan</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan" title="List of regions of Japan">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefecture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shiga_Prefecture" title="Shiga Prefecture">Shiga</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Hiroyuki Wada (since May 2021)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">196.84 km<sup>2</sup> (76.00 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(August 31, 2021)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">111,958</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">570/km<sup>2</sup> (1,500/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B09:00" title="UTC+09:00">UTC+09:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japan_Standard_Time" title="Japan Standard Time">JST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City hall address</th><td class="infobox-data">4-2 Motomachi, Hikone-shi, Shiga-ken 522-8501</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Phone number</th><td class="infobox-data">0749-30-6111</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">Cfa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.city.hikone.lg.jp/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141396924">.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-none{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-center{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-title{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-subheader{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cddeff}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-island{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cef2e0}</style></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Symbols</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="height:0px"></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iris_(plant)" title="Iris (plant)">Iris</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tachibana_orange" title="Tachibana orange">Tachibana Orange</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hikone</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">彦根市</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Hikone-shi</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> is a <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Japan" title="Cities of Japan">city</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Shiga_Prefecture" title="Shiga Prefecture">Shiga Prefecture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. As of 1 August 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the city had an estimated <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> of 111,958 in 49066 households and a <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> of 570 persons per km².<sup id="cite_ref-Hikone-hp_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hikone-hp-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total area of the city is 196.84 square kilometres (76.00 sq mi). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hikone is located in central Shiga Prefecture, on the eastern shore of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa" title="Lake Biwa">Lake Biwa</a>, and extending inland to the Ibuki Mountains. Parts of the city are within the borders of the <a href="/wiki/Biwako_Quasi-National_Park" title="Biwako Quasi-National Park">Biwako Quasi-National Park</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighboring_municipalities">Neighboring municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Neighboring municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shiga Prefecture </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aish%C5%8D,_Shiga" title="Aishō, Shiga">Aishō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashi%C5%8Dmi" title="Higashiōmi">Higashiōmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dra,_Shiga" title="Kōra, Shiga">Kōra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maibara,_Shiga" title="Maibara, Shiga">Maibara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taga,_Shiga" title="Taga, Shiga">Taga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyosato,_Shiga" title="Toyosato, Shiga">Toyosato</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hikone has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">Humid subtropical climate</a> (Köppen <i>Cfa</i>) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Hikone is 14.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1810 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.6 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest recorded temperature was 37.7 °C (July 26, 2014) and the lowest was -11.3 °C (January 23, 1904). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Hikone (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1893−present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.7<br />(99.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(99.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.5<br />(97.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.7<br />(99.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(45.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.3<br />(11.7) </td> <td style="background: #B6B6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.9<br />(16.0) </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.9<br />(17.8) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.1<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9<br />(33.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.4<br />(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.7<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−11.3<br />(11.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">112.0<br />(4.41) </td> <td style="background: #5CFF5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.6<br />(3.92) </td> <td style="background: #53FF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">114.9<br />(4.52) </td> <td style="background: #4AFF4A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">117.3<br />(4.62) </td> <td style="background: #24FF24; color:#000000;" class="notheme">146.9<br />(5.78) </td> <td style="background: #00EF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">175.6<br />(6.91) </td> <td style="background: #00B700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">219.0<br />(8.62) </td> <td style="background: #45FF45; color:#000000;" class="notheme">124.6<br />(4.91) </td> <td style="background: #00FB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167.7<br />(6.60) </td> <td style="background: #2DFF2D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">140.7<br />(5.54) </td> <td style="background: #7AFF7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.8<br />(3.38) </td> <td style="background: #61FF61; color:#000000;" class="notheme">105.9<br />(4.17) </td> <td style="background: #33FF33; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,610<br />(63.39) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">36<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">29<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #5B5BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #9898FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">81<br />(32) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #5151FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.1 </td> <td style="background: #5B5BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #7B7BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #5C5CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">131.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 3 cm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3 </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8 </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #90FF90; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #88FF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">74 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #ADAD97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.8 </td> <td style="background: #B9B94D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">115.6 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">162.6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">183.8 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">197.3 </td> <td style="background: #C8C800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">154.4 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">169.8 </td> <td style="background: #DADA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">213.0 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">162.9 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">163.0 </td> <td style="background: #BFBF2B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">134.6 </td> <td style="background: #B0B085; color:#000000;" class="notheme">106.4 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,863.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency" title="Japan Meteorological Agency">JMA</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Per Japanese census data,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the population of Hikone has increased steadily over the past 60 years. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1920 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">55,280</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1930 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">62,877</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+13.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1940 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">64,264</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1950 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">77,606</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+20.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">72,931</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−6.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">78,753</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">89,701</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+13.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">99,519</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">107,860</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+8.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">112,156</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+4.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">113,647</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.3%</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nakasendo_in_Tsuzuracho_Hikone_20110809.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Nakasendo_in_Tsuzuracho_Hikone_20110809.jpg/180px-Nakasendo_in_Tsuzuracho_Hikone_20110809.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Nakasendo_in_Tsuzuracho_Hikone_20110809.jpg/270px-Nakasendo_in_Tsuzuracho_Hikone_20110809.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Nakasendo_in_Tsuzuracho_Hikone_20110809.jpg/360px-Nakasendo_in_Tsuzuracho_Hikone_20110809.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1095" data-file-height="821" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nakasend%C5%8D" title="Nakasendō">Nakasendo</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hikone_castle17s3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Hikone_castle17s3200.jpg/180px-Hikone_castle17s3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Hikone_castle17s3200.jpg/270px-Hikone_castle17s3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Hikone_castle17s3200.jpg/360px-Hikone_castle17s3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hikone_Castle" title="Hikone Castle">Hikone Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Hikone is part of ancient <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmi_Province" title="Ōmi Province">Ōmi Province</a> and was originally a market town that developed around a Buddhist temple called Hogon-ji which was founded in the <a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site was a natural bottleneck on the route of the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dsand%C5%8D" title="Tōsandō">Tōsandō</a> (later the <a href="/wiki/Nakasend%C5%8D" title="Nakasendō">Nakasendō</a>) highway connecting <a href="/wiki/Heian-ky%C5%8D" title="Heian-kyō">Heian-kyō</a> with the eastern provinces. Hikone is home to two former <a href="/wiki/Shukuba" title="Shukuba">post stations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toriimoto-juku" title="Toriimoto-juku">Toriimoto-juku</a> and <a href="/wiki/Takamiya-juku" title="Takamiya-juku">Takamiya-juku</a> on the Nakasendō and the <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dsenjin_Kaid%C5%8D" title="Chōsenjin Kaidō">Chōsenjin Kaidō</a> also passed through the area. Strategically, it was a vital point in protecting the capital from attack from the east. In the <a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku period</a>, this area was controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Azai_clan" title="Azai clan">Azai clan</a>, who were based in northern Ōmi, and who built a castle called Sawayama Castle. The Azai were defeated by <a href="/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga" title="Oda Nobunaga">Oda Nobunaga</a>, who assigned Sawayama Castle to his general <a href="/wiki/Niwa_Nagahide" title="Niwa Nagahide">Niwa Nagahide</a>. Under <a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi" title="Toyotomi Hideyoshi">Toyotomi Hideyoshi</a>, this closest advisor, <a href="/wiki/Ishida_Mitsunari" title="Ishida Mitsunari">Ishida Mitsunari</a> was entrusted with the castle. After Ishida Mitsunari was defeated at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara" title="Battle of Sekigahara">Battle of Sekigahara</a> in 1601, <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a> appointed his general <a href="/wiki/Ii_Naomasa" title="Ii Naomasa">Ii Naomasa</a> as <i><a href="/wiki/Daimy%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimyō">daimyō</a></i> of a new domain centered at Sawayama Castle. Ii Naomasa began the construction of <a href="/wiki/Hikone_Castle" title="Hikone Castle">Hikone Castle</a>, which was completed by his son <a href="/wiki/Ii_Naokatsu" title="Ii Naokatsu">Ii Naokatsu</a> in 1622. The area remained under the control of <a href="/wiki/Hikone_Domain" title="Hikone Domain">Hikone Domain</a> through the end of the <a href="/wiki/Edo_Period" class="mw-redirect" title="Edo Period">Edo Period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Shiseki_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shiseki-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town of Hikone was established on April 1, 1889 within <a href="/wiki/Inukami_District,_Shiga" title="Inukami District, Shiga">Inukami District, Shiga</a> with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to city status on February 11, 1937 by merging with the neighboring villages of Matsubara, Aonami, Kitaaoyagi, Fukumitsu and Chimoto. The city escaped major damage in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p><p>In 2003, meetings were held to discuss the merger of Hikone with the towns of <a href="/wiki/Toyosato,_Shiga" title="Toyosato, Shiga">Toyosato</a>, <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dra,_Shiga" title="Kōra, Shiga">Kōra</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Taga,_Shiga" title="Taga, Shiga">Taga</a> (all from <a href="/wiki/Inukami_District,_Shiga" title="Inukami District, Shiga">Inukami District</a>). However, a survey conducted by the city in February 2004, revealed that most citizens opposed the merger, leading the city government to shelve the proposal.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hikone_City_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hikone_City_Hall.jpg/220px-Hikone_City_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hikone_City_Hall.jpg/330px-Hikone_City_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Hikone_City_Hall.jpg/440px-Hikone_City_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Hikone City Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>Hikone has a <a href="/wiki/Mayor-council" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor-council">mayor-council</a> form of government with a directly elected mayor and a <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> city council of 24 members. Hikone, collectively with the towns of Inukami District, contributes four members to the Shiga Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Shiga 2nd district of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Japan">lower house</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Diet_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Diet of Japan">Diet of Japan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hikone_Apples_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Hikone_Apples_07.jpg/220px-Hikone_Apples_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Hikone_Apples_07.jpg/330px-Hikone_Apples_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Hikone_Apples_07.jpg/440px-Hikone_Apples_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2432" data-file-height="1824" /></a><figcaption>Hikone apples, a local <a href="/wiki/Apple" title="Apple">apple</a> cultivar</figcaption></figure> <p>The key industries of Hikone are the manufacturing of <a href="/wiki/Butsudan" title="Butsudan">butsudan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Textile" title="Textile">textiles</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Valve" title="Valve">valves</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bridgestone" title="Bridgestone">Bridgestone</a> has a tire manufacturing plant here. <a href="/wiki/Fujitec" title="Fujitec">Fujitec</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohmi_Railway" title="Ohmi Railway">Ohmi Railway</a>, and Heiwadō (the largest supermarket chain in Shiga) are headquartered in Hikone.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, a small area south of the castle, called the Yume Kyōbashi Castle Road, was built in the old style and attracts visitors keen to see modern construction fused with traditional looks. Even the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kansai_Urban_Bank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kansai Urban Bank (page does not exist)">Kansai Urban Bank</a> in this district has remodeled itself to fit in with the surrounding structures. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ShigaUniv_Hikone_AssemblyHall01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/ShigaUniv_Hikone_AssemblyHall01.jpg/220px-ShigaUniv_Hikone_AssemblyHall01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/ShigaUniv_Hikone_AssemblyHall01.jpg/330px-ShigaUniv_Hikone_AssemblyHall01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/ShigaUniv_Hikone_AssemblyHall01.jpg/440px-ShigaUniv_Hikone_AssemblyHall01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Shiga University</figcaption></figure> <p>There are three universities in Hikone: <a href="/wiki/Seisen_University_(Shiga)" title="Seisen University (Shiga)">Seisen University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shiga_University" title="Shiga University">Shiga University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_University_of_Shiga_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="The University of Shiga Prefecture">The University of Shiga Prefecture</a> (USP). </p><p>Hikone is also the home of the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Center_for_Michigan_Universities" title="Japan Center for Michigan Universities">Japan Center for Michigan Universities</a> (JCMU), a facility operated jointly by a consortium of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Michigan" title="List of colleges and universities in Michigan">fifteen public universities</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">State of Michigan</a> and the government of Shiga Prefecture (in coordination with USP) that offers programs for American university students and scholars for the study of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese language</a> and <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Japan" title="Culture of Japan">culture</a>, as well as courses in English for the citizens of Shiga Prefecture. The Michigan Center, as it is known, was founded in 1989, under the auspices of the Michigan-Shiga Sister State Agreement, the oldest such relationship between a US state and Japanese prefectures. </p><p>Hikone has 17 public elementary schools and seven public middle schools operated by the city government and one middle school operated by the Shiga Prefectural Department of Education. The prefecture also operates six public high schools and two special education schools for the handicapped. There are also two private high schools. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_(west).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/20px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/30px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/40px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Japan_Railway_Company" title="West Japan Railway Company">JR West</a> – <a href="/wiki/Biwako_Line" title="Biwako Line">Biwako Line</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hikone_Station" title="Hikone Station">Hikone</a> - <a href="/wiki/Minami-Hikone_Station" title="Minami-Hikone Station">Minami-Hikone</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kawase_Station" title="Kawase Station">Kawase</a> - <a href="/wiki/Inae_Station" title="Inae Station">Inae</a></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ohtetsu_Logomark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ohtetsu_Logomark.svg/20px-Ohtetsu_Logomark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ohtetsu_Logomark.svg/30px-Ohtetsu_Logomark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ohtetsu_Logomark.svg/40px-Ohtetsu_Logomark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ohmi_Railway" title="Ohmi Railway">Ohmi Railway</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ohmi_Railway_Main_Line" title="Ohmi Railway Main Line">Main Line</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fujitec-mae_Station" title="Fujitec-mae Station">Fujitec-mae</a> - <a href="/wiki/Toriimoto_Station" title="Toriimoto Station">Toriimoto</a> - <a href="/wiki/Hikone_Station" title="Hikone Station">Hikone</a> - <a href="/wiki/Hikone-Serikawa_Station" title="Hikone-Serikawa Station">Hikone-Serikawa</a> - <a href="/wiki/Hikoneguchi_Station" title="Hikoneguchi Station">Hikoneguchi</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highway">Highway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Highway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/JP_Expressway_E1.svg/20px-JP_Expressway_E1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/JP_Expressway_E1.svg/30px-JP_Expressway_E1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/JP_Expressway_E1.svg/40px-JP_Expressway_E1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="436" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Meishin_Expressway" title="Meishin Expressway">Meishin Expressway</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0008.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0008.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0008.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_8" title="Japan National Route 8">National Route 8</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0306.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0306.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0306.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0306.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0306.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0306.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_306" title="Japan National Route 306">National Route 306</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hikone is <a href="/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">twinned</a> with the following two cities:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a>, United States 1969</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Xiangtan" title="Xiangtan">Xiangtan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a>, China</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_attractions">Local attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Local attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carrom" title="Carrom">Carrom</a>, unlike in most parts of Japan, carrom is still popular in Hikone ever since it was introduced in the early 20th century.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikone_Castle" title="Hikone Castle">Hikone Castle</a>, National Treasure and Special National Historic Site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Djinyama_Kofun" title="Kōjinyama Kofun">Kōjinyama Kofun</a>, National Historic Site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Biwa" title="Lake Biwa">Lake Biwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawayama_Castle" title="Sawayama Castle">Sawayama Castle</a> ruins</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Noted_people_from_Hikone">Noted people from Hikone</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikone,_Shiga&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Noted people from Hikone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oniroku_Dan" title="Oniroku Dan">Oniroku Dan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshihide_Fukao" title="Yoshihide Fukao">Yoshihide Fukao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikonyan" title="Hikonyan">Hikonyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ii_clan" title="Ii clan">Ii clan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshihide_Kiry%C5%AB" title="Yoshihide Kiryū">Yoshihide Kiryū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ii_Naokatsu" title="Ii Naokatsu">Ii Naokatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ii_Naomasa" title="Ii Naomasa">Ii Naomasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takanori_Nishikawa" title="Takanori Nishikawa">Takanori Nishikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ippei_Shimamura" title="Ippei Shimamura">Ippei Shimamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kizo_Yasui" title="Kizo Yasui">Kizo Yasui</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Japan.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hikone+city+official+statistics&rft.place=Japan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.city.hikone.lg.jp%2Fkakuka%2Fshimin_kankyo%2F2%2F2%2F3132.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHikone%2C+Shiga" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/shiga/hikone-4805/">Hikone climate data</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/rank_s.php?prec_no=60&block_no=47761&year=&month=&day=&view=h0"><bdi lang="ja">観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency" title="Japan Meteorological Agency">JMA</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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