Kashiba

Kashiba is a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan, located at the western edge of the Nara Basin. The city spreads out over an alluvial fan at the eastern foot of Mount Nijō, borders Osaka Prefecture, and has developed as a residential area near Osaka, increasingly a commuter town with numerous new town developments. The area was part of ancient Yamato Province. The town of Kashiba was established on 1 April 1956 by the merger of the villages of Goido, Shimoda, Futagami and Shitomi in Kitakatsuragi District, and it was raised to city status on 1 October 1991. The local economy is based on agriculture and light manufacturing. The Hirano Tsukaanayama Kofun and the Ninji temple ruins are National Historic Sites within the city. The estimated population was 78,357 and the area is 24.26 square kilometres. The climate is humid subtropical, with warm summers and cool winters.