is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Chita District
is a rural district located in southwestern Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Chita Peninsula.
As of 1 October 2019, the district had an estimated population of 160,542 and a population density of 968 persons per km2. Its total area was 165.84  ...
,
Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 17,393 in 7338 households, and a
population density
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of 453 persons per km
2. The total area of the town was .
Geography
Minamichita is located in the extreme southern tip of
Chita Peninsula
Chita Peninsula (知多半島 ''Chita Hantō'') is a peninsula to the south of Aichi Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan. It runs approximately north-south. To the west is Ise Bay, while to the east it encloses Mikawa Bay. It faces the Atsumi ...
in southern Aichi Prefecture, including a number of islands in
Mikawa Bay. The town is bordered by Mikawa Bay to the east, and
Ise Bay
is a bay located at the mouth of the Kiso Three Rivers between Mie and Aichi Prefectures in Japan. Ise Bay has an average depth of and a maximum depth of . The mouth of the bay is and is connected to the smaller Mikawa Bay by two channels: ...
to the west. Part of the town's area are within the borders of the
Mikawa Wan Quasi-National Park
is a Quasi-National Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.
The park includes the coastal areas of Atsumi Peninsula, the Pacific shoreline of Chita Peninsula as well as islands and ...
.
Neighboring municipalities
*Aichi Prefecture
**
Mihama
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Minamichita had been declining steadily over the past 70 years.
Climate
The town has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Minamichita is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .
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History
The area of Minamichita was part of Owari Province and controlled by Owari Domain under the Edo period
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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 ...
. It was a major port on the coastal trade route between Edo and Osawa. After the Meiji restoration
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, it was organized into villages within Chita District, Aichi with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.
The modern town of Minamichita was established on June 1, 1961, through the merger of the towns of Utsumi, Mihama, and Morozaki, and the villages of Shinojima and Himakajima, all within Chita District. During March 2006, discussions were held to merge
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Concepts
* Merge (traffic), the reduction of the number of lanes on a road
* Merge (linguistics), a basic syntactic operation in generative syntax in the Minimalist Program
* Merger (politics), the comb ...
Minamichita with the town of Mihama to the north to form the new city of “Minamicentrair” after the popular nickname for Chūbu Centrair International Airport
is an international airport on an artificial island in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, south of Nagoya in central Japan.
Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chubu (" ...
, but the merger proposal was strongly opposed by the majority of the inhabitants of Minamichita, and the merger did not take place.
Economy
The primary sector
The primary sector of the economy includes any Industry (economics), industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining.
The primary sector tends to make up a larger portio ...
dominates the economy of Minamichita, notably commercial fishing
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and agriculture. Secondary industries include food processing, and seasonal tourism to beach resorts.
The Yamadera kiln
A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes. Kilns have been used for millennia to turn objects made from clay int ...
(山寺窯) was located in Utsumi, today part of Minamichita. The kiln was active in the years Meiji 40 (1907) - Taishō 3 (1914). It produced Utsumi ware (内海焼).[http://minamichita.ed.jp/kyoikucho/2018/07/16/no-%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%99%EF%BC%93%EF%BC%99%E3%80%80%E3%80%80%E5%86%85%E7%94%B0%E5%AE%B6%E4%BC%81%E7%94%BB%E5%B1%95%E3%80%80%E3%80%8C%E5%9B%9B%E4%BB%A3%E4%BD%90%E4%B8%83%E3%81%A8%E5%86%85%E6%B5%B7/]
Education
Minamichita has six public elementary schools and five public junior high schools operated by the town government, and one high school operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
Railway
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 ...
– Chita New Line
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Highways
* Minamichita Road
The is a 4-laned expressway, toll road in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is managed by Aichi Prefectural Road Public Corporation.
Overview
Officially the road is designated as Aichi Prefectural Route 7. The road is designated (motor vehicles mus ...
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Seaports
*Morogizaki Port
Local attractions
*Minamichita Onsen - hot spring resort
* Himakajima - island in Mikawa Bay
* Shinojima - island in Mikawa Bay
Kankonouen.JPG, Sightseeing farm Flower garden
CITTA NAPOLI.jpg, Citta Napoli
Himakajima7.JPG, Himakajima
File:Shinojima1.jpg, Shinojima
Hazumisaki3.JPG, Cape Hazu
References
External links
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Towns in Aichi Prefecture
Populated coastal places in Japan