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 p ...
population
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of 136,015 and a
population density
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Minami Ward is the southern portion of the city of Nagoya, in the coastal flatlands near the shore of
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: ...
. Due to land reclamation and the expansion of Minato Ward, Minami Ward no longer has a coastline.
All of what is now Minami Ward was part of the domains of the
Owari Domain
The was a feudal domain of Japan in the Edo period. Located in what is now the western part of Aichi Prefecture, it encompassed parts of Owari, Mino, and Shinano provinces. Its headquarters were at Nagoya Castle. At its peak, it was rate ...
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 character ...
(except for two villages which belonged to
Imao Domain Imao may refer to:
* IMAO, Internet slang standing for "In my arrogant opinion"
* IMAO.us, a conservative American political humor blog founded by Frank J. Fleming
* Instituto Miguel Ángel de Occidente, a private school in the Guadalajara area, ...
of
Mino Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today southern Gifu Prefecture. Mino was bordered by Ōmi to the west, Echizen and Hida to the north, and Shinano to the east, and Ise, Mikawa, and Owari to the south. Its abbrevia ...
). After the
Meiji Restoration
The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were r ...
, the area was transferred to the new Nagoya Prefecture, which later became part of Aichi Prefecture. A “Minami Ward” was one of the original wards, with the division of the city of Nagoya into wards on April 1, 1908; however, none of present-day Minami Ward was within the geographical extent of the original Minami Ward. On August 22, 1922, Minami Ward annexed the neighboring town of Yobitsuki and the village Kasadera from Aichi District. On October 1, 1937 the city of Nagoya was re-divided into ten wards, with the original Minami Ward divided into the new Minami Ward, plus Atsuta Ward, Nakagawa Ward, Minato Ward, and part of Showa Ward. In 1959, the
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. ...
caused severe damage to the area.
Economy
Minami Ward was traditionally known for its production of sea salt and seaweed. During the post-World War II period, the area developed into a center for heavy industry, including a large factory operated by
Mitsubishi Motors
is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.Daido University
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 parall ...
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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 ...
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Nagoya Main Line
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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 ...
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Tokoname Line
The is a railway line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu), connecting Jingū-mae Station in Nagoya and Tokoname Station in Tokoname, Aichi, Tokoname.
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Kasadera Kannon
Kasadera Kannon, also known as ''Ryūfuku-ji'' (笠覆寺) is a Buddhist temple located in Minami-ku, Nagoya in central Japan.
It is a part of the Owari Thirty-three Kannon.
History
The temple was established by the Shingon sect. The temple ha ...
