was a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
located in
Toyoura District,
Yamaguchi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). Y ...
,
Japan
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.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 6,581 and a
density
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of 40.26 persons per km². The total area was 163.47 km².
On February 13, 2005, Toyota, along with the towns of
Hōhoku,
Kikugawa and
Toyoura (all from
Toyoura District), was merged into the expanded city of
Shimonoseki
is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. With a population of 265,684, it is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region. It is located at the southwestern tip of Honshu facing the Tsushim ...
.
As suggested by the presence of a local museum and a summer festival, Toyota is renowned for its firefly population, which makes an appearance for a short time during the month of June.
Although there are numerous spots where fireflies gather in Toyota, the most popular ones are along the banks of , down which one can ride Toyota's famed during the latter weeks of June.
External links
Toyota official website(in Japanese)
Dissolved municipalities of Yamaguchi Prefecture
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