is a
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
in
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 188,693 in 76,087 households, and a population density of 2,193 persons per km². The total area of the city was .
Geography
![Meiji Irrigation canal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Meiji_Irrigation_canal.jpg)
Anjō is situated in southern Aichi Prefecture, approximately from central Nagoya, in the center of the Okazaki Plain, on the west bank of the
Yahagi River , a historical Japanese occupation equivalent to "fletcher", may refer to:
* Yahagi, a former village now part of Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan
* Yahagi Domain, Shimōsa Province, now in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
* , several ships
* Rikuzen-Yahagi S ...
.
National Route 1 and
National Route 23 provide the main east-west access through the city, with Aichi Prefectural Route 48 running between the two.
Climate
The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Anjō is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1576 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.7 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.4 °C.
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Anjō has grown rapidly over the past 70 years.
Neighboring municipalities
;
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
*
Okazaki
*
Hekinan
is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 72,864 in 29,139 households, and a population density of 1,986 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Geography
Hekinan is located in south-central Aich ...
*
Takahama
*
Kariya
is a Cities of Japan, city in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 153,162 in 66,751 households, and a population density of 3,040 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Kariya is situat ...
*
Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
*
Chiryū
*
Nishio
is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 169,984 in 65,553 households, with a population density of 1,054 persons per km². The total area of the city was . It is a regional ...
History
Origins
The area of present-day Anjō has been continuously occupied since preshistoric times. Archaeologists have found numerous remains from the
Japanese Paleolithic
The is the period of human inhabitation in Japan predating the development of pottery, generally before 10,000 BC. The starting dates commonly given to this period are from around 40,000 BC; although any date of human presence before 35,000 BC ...
period and
burial mounds
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of Soil, earth and Rock (geology), stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a ...
from the
Kofun period
The is an era in the history of Japan from about 300 to 538 AD (the date of the introduction of Buddhism), following the Yayoi period. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes collectively called the Yamato period. This period is ...
.
Ancient history
During the
Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from CE 710 to 794. Empress Genmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara). Except for a five-year period (740–745), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the cap ...
, the area was assigned to ancient Hekikai County, and was divided into several ''
shōen
A was a field or manor in Japan. The Japanese term comes from the Tang dynasty Chinese term "莊園" (Mandarin: ''zhuāngyuán'', Cantonese: ''zong1 jyun4'').
Shōen, from about the 8th to the late 15th century, describes any of the private, ...
'' during the
Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. ...
, largely under the control of the
Fujiwara clan
was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since the ancient times and dominated the imperial court until th ...
or the
Taira clan
The Taira was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian, Kamakura and Muromachi Periods of Japanese history – the others being the Fujiwara, the Tachibana, and the Minamoto. The clan is divided ...
.
Middle Ages
However, in the
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ...
, parts of the territory came under the control of the
Jōdo Shinshū
, also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran.
Shin Buddhism is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.
History
Shinran ( ...
sect, who challenged the secular authority of the various
samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...
clans, most notably the
Matsudaira clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of th ...
.
During the
Sengoku period
The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615.
The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
, numerous fortifications were erected in the area.
Early modern period
Tokugawa Ieyasu
was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...
unified the region and destroyed the power of the Jōdo Shinshū sect in the
Battle of Azukizaka (1564)
The or took place in 1564, when Matsudaira Motoyasu (later renamed Tokugawa Ieyasu), sought to destroy the growing threat of the Ikkō-ikki, a league of monks, samurai, and peasants who were strongly against samurai rule.
Background
Tensions bet ...
. During the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...
, half of present-day Anjō was controlled by
Okazaki Domain
was a feudal domain of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period, Japan located in eastern Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Okazaki Castle in what is now the city of Okazaki, Aichi. It was ruled by a number ...
and the other half by
Kariya Domain
was a feudal domain of the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate located in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture), Japan, what is now part of the modern-day cities of Kariya and Anjō. It was centered on Kariya Castle, which was located in w ...
under the
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
with some scattered portions of ''
tenryō
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
'' territory ruled directly by the shogunate. During this period, the area was noted for its production of cotton and textiles.
Late modern period
At the start of the
Meiji period
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.
The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...
, on October 1, 1889, Anjō was one of a collection of villages organized within
Hekikai District
was a rural districts of Japan, district located in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As a result of various consolidations and mergers of municipalities, the district was incorporated into the five cities of Kariya, Aichi, Kariya, Anjō, Aichi, An ...
,
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
by the establishment of the modern municipalities system,.
It was elevated to town status on May 1, 1906.
The opening of the Meiji Irrigation Canal transformed the area in the 1920s and 1930s into one of the most agriculturally productive regions of the period, sparking the comparison with Denmark, then regarded the most highly advanced agricultural nation in the world.
This led to Anjō's moniker of , which remains in the form of Den Park, a Danish theme park, as well as Den Beer, a
microbrew
Craft beer is a beer that has been made by craft breweries. They produce smaller amounts of beer, typically less than large breweries, and are often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as having an emphasis o ...
available in the park.
Contemporary history
Anjō was elevated to city status on May 3, 1952.
On April 1, 1967, it annexed the neighboring town of Sakurai.
Government
![Anjo City Hall 2020 ac](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Anjo_City_Hall_2020_ac.jpg)
Anjō has a
mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a
unicameral
Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one.
Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
city legislature of 28 members. The city contributes two members to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 13 of the
lower house
A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...
of the
Diet of Japan
The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (, '' Sangiin''). Both houses are directly elected under a paralle ...
.
Economy
Anjō is a regional commercial center with a mixed economy of manufacturing and agriculture.
Primary sector of the economy
Agriculture
In addition to rice, wheat, and soybeans, notable agricultural products include
fig
The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world ...
s,
Japanese pears, and
cucumber
Cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated Vine#Horticultural climbing plants, creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae family that bears usually cylindrical Fruit, fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables. s.
Secondary sector of the economy
Manufacturing
Due to its proximity to the various factories of
Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
in neighboring
Toyota City
, formerly known as Koromo, is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 426,162 and a population density of 464 people per km2. The total area was . It is located about 35 minutes from Nagoya by way of the Meite ...
, Anjō is host to many factories supplying components into the automobile industry.
Companies headquartered in Anjō
*
Makita
() is a Japanese manufacturer of power tools. Founded on March 21, 1915, it is based in Anjō, Japan and operates factories in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Romania, the United Kingdom, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Canada and th ...
, power tools, founded in Anjō, 1915.
*Aisin AW, automotive components
*Anden, automotive components
*Central Motor Wheel, automotive components
*Hekikai Shinkin Bank
*Sugi Holdings, pharmaceuticals
*Tosho Holdings, real estate
File:The headquarters of AISIN AW.jpg, The headquarters of AISIN AW
File:20160722 306 libramont.jpg, Makita
() is a Japanese manufacturer of power tools. Founded on March 21, 1915, it is based in Anjō, Japan and operates factories in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Romania, the United Kingdom, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Canada and th ...
lawn mowers
File:Sugi Pharmacy headquarters.2008.jpg, Sugi Pharmacy headquarters
File:Tosho Building 2008.jpg, Tosho Building
File:Anforet exterior 2019-02 ac (4).jpg, Anforet main building
File:Anforet outdoor plaza2017-06-02 ac (1).jpg, Anforet outdoor plaza
Education
Schools
Primary and secondary education
*Anjō has 21 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has four public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. In addition the prefecture operates one special education school for the handicapped.
International schools
*
Escola São Paulo –
Brazilian school (Ensinos Fundamental e Médio)
[Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão]
Archive
. Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. Retrieved on October 13, 2015. "Endereço: 1-3-4 Sasame-cho, Anjo-shi, Aichi-ken 446-0073"
Professional development school
*Denso Technical Skills Academy
Transportation
Railways
The
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, ...
stops at
Mikawa-Anjō Station, but
Anjō Station on the
Tōkaidō Main Line
The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...
and
Shin-Anjō Station on the
Meitetsu
, referred to as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.
Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the ''Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of which of ...
Nagoya Main Line
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, title=Nagoya Main Line
, title-bg=red
, top=
*Subway: Nagoya Municipal Subway
*Lines are Meitetsu unless otherwise noted
, collapse=yes
, map=
{{BS, STR, , , Tokaido Main Line}
{{BS3, , STR, hSTR, , , Tokaido Shinkansen}
{{BS5 ...
and
Nishio Line serve the commercial center of the city.
High-speed rail
;
Central Japan Railway Company
*
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, ...
:- –
Conventional lines
;
Central Japan Railway Company
*
Tōkaidō Main Line
The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...
:- – –
;
Meitetsu
, referred to as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.
Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the ''Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of which of ...
*
Nagoya Main Line
{{BS-map
, title=Nagoya Main Line
, title-bg=red
, top=
*Subway: Nagoya Municipal Subway
*Lines are Meitetsu unless otherwise noted
, collapse=yes
, map=
{{BS, STR, , , Tokaido Main Line}
{{BS3, , STR, hSTR, , , Tokaido Shinkansen}
{{BS5 ...
:- –
*
Nishio Line:- – – – – – – –
Roads
![Hekikai Anjo Town km zero](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Hekikai_Anjo_Town_km_zero.jpg)
Expressways
*
Isewangan Expressway
The is a national expressway in the Tōkai region of Japan. It is owned and operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
The route primarily follows the north shore of Ise Bay (wangan means bayshore in Japanese).
Officially, the route ...
Japan National Route
*
*
File:Mikawa-Anjō Station.jpg, Mikawa-Anjō Station
File:Mikawa-Anjo Station Tokaido Shinkansen platform - 2.jpg, Tōkaidō Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, ...
File:Anjo Station 2008.jpg, Anjo Station
File:Toyota-Anjo Cycling Road in Daito-cho.jpg, Cycling Road from Anjō to Toyota
External relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
International
*
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, located southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 during the 2020 census, maki ...
(California, United States of America)
**since July 4, 1992
*
Hobsons Bay
Hobsons Bay is a small open bay in Victoria, Australia, and is the northernmost part of the larger Port Phillip Bay. Its western and eastern boundaries are marked by Point Gellibrand in and Point Ormond in respectively, and defines the coast ...
(
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, Australia)
**since October 15, 1994
*
Kolding
Kolding () is a Danish seaport located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companies, ...
(
Southern Denmark
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, Denmark)
**since January 21, 2009
[
]
Local attractions
Tourist attraction
;National Historic Sites
* Honshōji – Buddhist temple that was the site of the Battle of Azukizaka (1564)
The or took place in 1564, when Matsudaira Motoyasu (later renamed Tokugawa Ieyasu), sought to destroy the growing threat of the Ikkō-ikki, a league of monks, samurai, and peasants who were strongly against samurai rule.
Background
Tensions bet ...
* Futago Kofun
* Himeogawa Kofun
; Other historical sites
*Anjō Castle – Site of Anjo Castle, built in 1480, destroyed in 1562
*Anjō shrine
*Meijigawa Shrine
File:Ansho Castle 08.jpg, Anjō Castle
File:本證寺 (安城市)02.jpg, Honshōji temple
File:Anjo shrine ac (3).JPG, Anjō shrine
File:Meijigawa Shrine 1.jpg, Meijigawa Shrine
File:160312 Whole view of Futago Kofun.jpg, Futago Kofun
;Parks
*Den Park
*Horiuchi Park
File:Denpark main gate.jpg, Den Park
File:Horiuchi Park 140613.JPG, Horiuchi Park
Culture
Festival
*Anjo Tanabata Festival
Sports
Anjo City Sports Center in 2018 ac.jpg, Anjō City Gymnasium
Anjo Sports Park softball field ac.jpg, Anjo Sports Park Softball Field
File:Aisin AW Gymnasium2.jpg, Aisin AW Gymnasium
Notable people
*Tohru Fukuyama
is a Japanese organic chemist and Professor of Chemistry at University of Tokyo in Japan. He discovered the Fukuyama coupling in 1998.
Biography
Fukuyama studied chemistry at Nagoya University with degrees Bachelor's (1971) and Master's (1973) d ...
, organic chemist
*Tam Nakano
, is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she competes under the ring name , and is the leader of the Cosmic Angels stable. Nakano is a former three-time Artist of Stardom Champion, as well as a former Won ...
(Real Name: Yuria Tauchi, Nihongo
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic languages, Japonic or Japanese-Ryukyuan languages, Ryukyu ...
: 田内 友里愛, ''Tauchi Yuria''), professional wrestler
*Kazuchika Okada
(born November 8, 1987) is a Japanese professional wrestler
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramati ...
, professional wrestler
*Ayumi Tanimoto
born August 4, 1981, in Anjo, Aichi, is a Japanese judoka. She was coached by Toshihiko Koga, who is a gold medalist at the Barcelona
Olympics and a silver medalist at the Atlanta Olympics Men's Judo.
Tanimoto won the Women's -63 kg c ...
, Olympic gold-medalist judo wrestler
*Ryōka Yuzuki
is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She has played voice roles in a number of Japanese anime including Satsuki Kiryūin in '' Kill la Kill'', Ino Yamanaka in ''Naruto'' and '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', Shamal in '' Magical Girl Lyri ...
, voice actress
*Goiti Yamauchi
is a Japanese-born Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Welterweight division for Bellator MMA. As of December 13, 2022, he is #5 in the Bellator Welterweight Rankings.
Background
Yamauchi was born in Anjō, Aichi to ...
, Japanese Brazilian Mixed martial artist
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...
* Tsuneko Gauntlett, suffrage, and peace activist
References
External links
*
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Cities in Aichi Prefecture
Anjō, Aichi