Meiko West Bridge is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

located in Ama District,

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 ...

, in the

Tōkai region The is a subregion of the Chūbu region and Kansai region in Japan that runs along the Pacific Ocean. The name comes from the Tōkaidō, one of the Edo Five Routes. Because Tōkai is a sub-region and is not officially classified, there is s ...

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. , the town had an estimated

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of 4,609 in 1765 households, and a

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of 206 persons per km². The total area of the village was . The village contains the place " Aichi-ken Ama-gun Tobishima-mura Ooaza-tobishima Shinden-aza Take-no-gou Yotare Minami-no-wari", which has a claim on having the longest name in Japan.

Geography

Tobishima is situated in south-western Aichi Prefecture, bordered by the metropolis of Nagoya 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: th ...

to the south. Most of the village is at sea level.

Neighboring municipalities

*Aichi Prefecture **

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

Yatomi is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 44,589 in 18,185 households and a population density of 910 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The between of the border, and neighboring town ...

Kanie is a town located in Ama District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 37,082 in 16,647 households, and a population density of 3,344 persons per km². The total area of the town was . Etymology The origin of ...

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Tobishima has remained steady over the past 70 years.

Climate

The village has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (

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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Tobishima is 15.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1651 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 4.6 °C.

History

Tobishima was developed on reclaimed land by 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 ...

and again during 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 ...

. The modern village was established on October 1, 1889 with the

establishment of the modern municipalities system. The village suffered from damage during the

1944 Tōnankai earthquake The 1944 Tōnankai earthquake occurred at 13:35 local time (04:35 UTC) on 7 December. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale (making it the strongest known earthquake of 1944) and a maximum felt intensity of greater th ...

and the 1959

Isewan typhoon Typhoon Vera, also known as the , was an exceptionally intense tropical cyclone that struck Japan in September 1959, becoming the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country as a Category 5 equivalent storm. Th ...

. As a result, an eight-meter tall seawall was constructed to protect the village against

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s in 1962.

Economy

Tobishima has a mixed agricultural and industrial economy. The

Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station is an LNG-fired thermal power station operated by JERA in the village of Tobishima, Aichi, Japan. The facility is located on reclaimed land at the head of Mikawa Bay. History The Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station began operations as an oil-fir ...

is also located in Tobishima and is a source of tax revenue for the village.

Education

Tobishima has one combined public elementary/middle school operated by the village government. The village does not have a high school.

Transportation

Railway

*Tobishima does not have any passenger railway service. The nearest train station is in the neighboring town of Kanie.

Highways

* Isewangan Expressway – Tobishima IC * C2 Expressway (Japan)

Mei-Nikan Expressway The , or , is a partially completed tolled expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by the Central Nippon Expressway Company. Upon completion, the expressway will form a second ring road around Nagoya in conjunction with the Isewangan Expre ...

* *

Sister city relations

* -

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, United States, sister cities since April 6, 2007

References

External links

* {{Authority control Villages in Aichi Prefecture Populated coastal places in Japan