is a town located in Echi District in eastern Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 21,411 in 8310 households and a population density of 940 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area of the town is .
Aishà  is located in east-central Shiga Prefecture in the flatlands of the à Âmi Basin.
Shiga Prefecture
Aishà  has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Aishà  is 12.9 ðC. The average annual rainfall is 1810 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.7 ðC, and lowest in January, at around 1.3 ðC.
Per Japanese census data, the population of Aishà  has grown slightly over the past 50 years.
The area of Aishà  was part of ancient à Âmi Province. During the Edo period, Echigawa-juku was the 65th post station on the Nakasendà  highway connecting Kyoto with eastern Japan. The village of Echigawa was established on April 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. It was raised to town status on October 1, 1909, and merged with the neighboring village of Toyokuni in 1955. The town of Aishà  was founded on February 13, 2006, when the towns of Echigawa and Hatashà  merged. The name "Aishà Â" combines the first character in and the second character in .
Aishà  has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 14 members. Aishà  contributes one member to the Shiga Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of Shiga 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Agriculture has dominated the local economy since ancient times. Manufacturing includes a number of small to medium-sized food processing and metals processing factories.
Aishà  has four public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Shiga Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.
Ohmi Railway â Main Line