[2] Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Kasama peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since.

Utensils for the Japanese tea ceremony, flower vases, and sake containers made from the Kasama ware pottery contributed to the economy.

[5] After the Meiji Restoration, the town of Kasama was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, within Nishiibaraki District.

In 1955, Shishido merged with the neighboring villages of Kitakawane and Obara to form the town of Tomobe.

His song "Ue o muite arukō" also plays at Tomobe train station to announce departures.

Kasama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 22 members.