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is a
city
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located 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
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. , the city had an estimated
population
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of 44,581 in 17,691 households, and a
population density
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of 89.3 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Shinshiro is located in east-central Aichi Prefecture. Much of the northern and eastern portion of the city area is covered in mountains and forest, and most is within the borders of the
Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park
is a quasi-national park in the Tōkai region of Honshū in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category III) according to the IUCN. As with neighboring Hida-Kisogawa Quasi-National Park and Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park the park i ...
Climate
The city 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 Shinshiro is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .
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Demographics
Per Japanese census data,Shinshiro population statistics
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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 ...
*Toyohashi
is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 377,453 in 160,516 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . By area, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefecture's second-la ...
* Okazaki
*Toyokawa
is a city in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 183,930 in 72,949 households, and a population density of 1,141 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Toyokawa, famous for its Toyoka ...
*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 ...
* Kitashitara District, Tōei
* Kitashitara District, Shitara
;Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...
*Hamamatsu
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. the city had an estimated population of 791,707 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, and a population density of . The total area of the site was .
Overview
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( Kita-ku, Tenryū-ku)
History
Middle Ages
The area of present-day Shinshiro was part of the territories of the Okudaira clan, the predecessors of 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 ...
and Tokugawa clan
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during the Sengoku period
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The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
.
Their stronghold, Nagashino Castle
was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now Shinshiro, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is noteworthy as the site of the crucial Battle of Nagashino between the combined forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga against Takeda ...
in what is now the northern part of Shinshiro, was the site of the Battle of Nagashino
The took place in 1575 near Nagashino Castle on the plain of Shitaragahara in the Mikawa Province of Japan. Takeda Katsuyori attacked the castle when Okudaira Sadamasa rejoined the Tokugawa, and when his original plot with Oga Yashiro for taki ...
, between the forces of Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
and the Takeda clan
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.
Noda Castle, at which Takeda Shingen
, of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent ''daimyō'' in feudal Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyō with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.
Shingen was a warlord of great ...
was wounded at the Siege of Noda
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was also located within the borders of Shinshiro.
Early modern period
During the Edo period
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, most of the area was ''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 Tokugawa shogunate
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through ''hatamoto
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'' administrators.
Late modern period
After the start of the Meiji period
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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 ...
, Shinshiro Town in Minamishitara District, Aichi Prefecture was proclaimed on 1 October 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.
Contemporary history
The area of the town expanded through annexation of neighboring villages in 1955 and 1956.
The city of Shinshiro was proclaimed on 1 November 1958.
On 1 October 2005, the town of Hōrai, and the village of Tsukude (both from Minamishitara District) were merged into Shinshiro.
The city of Shinshiro now covers all of former Minamishitara District.
Government
Shinshiro has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral
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Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
city legislature of 18 members. The city contributes one member to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 14 of the lower house
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of the Diet of Japan
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.
Economy
Primary sector of the economy
Agriculture
Shinshiro is a regional commercial center, with the economy concentrated on agriculture, especially chicken farming, and light manufacturing.
Education
University
* Aichi Shinshiro Otani University
now closed
Schools
Shinshiro has 13 public elementary schools and six public junior high schools operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school.
Transportation
Railways
Conventional lines
;![JR logo (central)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/JR_logo_%28central%29.svg)
Central Japan Railway Company
is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...
*Iida Line
The is a Japanese railway line connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi with Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Prefe ...
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Roads
Expressways
* Tōmei Expressway
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* New Tōmei Expressway
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New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
Japan National Route
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External relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
International
* Neuchatel, Switzerland
*New Castle, Pennsylvania
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, United States (since 12 November 1998)
*Newcastle upon Tyne
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, England
National
* Taketoyo(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 ...
, Chūbu region
The , Central region, or is a region in the middle of Honshu, Honshū, Japan, Japan's main island. In a wide, classical definition, it encompasses nine prefectures (''ken''): Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Fukui Prefecture, Fukui, Gifu Prefecture ...
)
**since 1984
World New Castle summit
Shinshiro was part of the 1998 summit
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The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
of worldwide cities named "New Castle" with:
Local attractions
*Site of Nagashino Castle
was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now Shinshiro, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is noteworthy as the site of the crucial Battle of Nagashino between the combined forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga against Takeda ...
*Site of Noda Castle
*Mount Hōraiji
*Hōraisan Tōshō-gū
is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the deified first Shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
History
The Hōraisan Tōshō-gū was established by Shōgun Tokug ...
shrine
*Sakurabuchi Park
*Yuya Onsen
*Atera Seven Falls
is a waterfall in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It has been protected as both a Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument since 1934. The waterfalls was named one of "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by ...
*Narusawa Waterfall
*Thousand Rice Paddies of Yotsuya (Yotsuya Senmaida)
*Fuka-ji
Sakurabuchi park2.JPG, Sakurabuchi Park
Horaijisan1.jpg, Mount Hōraiji
Horaijisan2.jpg, Mount Hōraiji (Niōmon)
Houraisantoushouguu1.JPG, Hōraisan Tōshō-gū
Houraiji.jpg, Hōrai-ji
NagashinoC Ushibuchibashi.jpg, Site of former Nagashino Castle
Atera Nana Falls.jpg, Atera Seven Falls
Narusawa waterfall.jpg, Narusawa Waterfall
Yotsuyanosenmaida.jpg, Thousand Rice Paddies of Yotsuya (Yotsuya Senmaida)
Yuya Onsen.jpg, Yuya Onsen
Fukaji4.jpg, Fuka-ji
Notable people from Shinshiro
*Akihiro Ota
is a Japanese politician of the Komeito Party, currently serving his seventh term in the House of Representatives in the National Diet. Ota has represented three districts within the Tokyo metropolis since first entering the national Diet in 1 ...
, politician
References
External links
*
Shinshiro City official website
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Cities in Aichi Prefecture