is a

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located in

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

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. , the city had an estimated

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of 69,525 in 30,185 households, and a

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of 2,994 persons per km². The total area of the city is .

Geography

Toyoake is located in the coastal flatlands of central

, bordering the

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

metropolis.

Climate

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

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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Toyoake is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1586 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.3 °C.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Toyoake population statistics
/ref> the population of Toyoake exploded during the 1970s and has continued to grow.

Surrounding municipalities

;

* Kariya *

( Midori-ku) *

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* Tōgō

History

Feudal period

The area of modern Toyoake was part of

Owari Province was a province of Japan in the area that today forms the western half of Aichi Prefecture, including the modern city of Nagoya. The province was created in 646. Owari bordered on Mikawa, Mino, and Ise Provinces. Owari and Mino provinces w ...

and was the location of many battles during the

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, one of them being the Battle of Okehazama.

Early modern period

It was part of the holdings of

Owari Domain The Owari-Han, also known as the Owari Domain, was a significant feudal domain in Tokugawa shogunate, Japan during the Edo period. Situated in the western region of what is now Aichi Prefecture, it covered portions of Owari Province, Owari, Mino ...

under the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

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Late modern period

With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in 1888, Toyoake Village was created within

Aichi District, Aichi is a rural district located just east of Nagoya in central western Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of October 1, 2019, the district had an estimated population of 44,109 with a density of 2,446 persons per km2. Its total area was 18.03 km2. ...

Contemporary history

Toyoake became a town on January 1, 1951, and was elevated to city status on August 1, 1982.

Government

Toyoake has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a

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city legislature of 20 members. The city contributes one member to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 7 of the

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of the

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Sister cities

International

;Friendship city *

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, Victoria,

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, since October 22, 2003

National

;Friendship city * Toyone,

, since November 3, 1977 * Agematsu,

Nagano Prefecture is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,007,682 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture ...

, since November 12, 2002

Economy

Due to its proximity to the Nagoya metropolis, Toyoake is largely a

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with some light manufacturing and product distribution.

Education

Close view of Fujita Health University Hospital Building A 2018

Universities

* Fujita Health University * Ohkagakuen University

Colleges

* Nagoya College

Primary and secondary schools

Toyoake has nine public elementary schools and three public junior high schools operated by the city government, and one public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private junior high school and one private high school. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.

International schools

North Korean: * Aichi Korean Middle and High School

Transportation

Railways

Conventional lines

;

Meitetsu , publicly trading 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 w ...

* Nagoya Main Line: - - -

Roads

Expressways

Isewangan Expressway The is a national expressway in the Tōkai region of Japan. It is owned and operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company. Naming The route primarily follows the north shore of Ise Bay (wangan means bayshore in Japanese). Officially, the rou ...

- Toyoake Interchange

Japan National Route

Local attractions

Places

* Ano Ichirizuka, milestone markers on the old Tōkaidō, National Historic Site *Ruins of Kutsukake Castle (沓掛城址) * Okezazama Battlefield site, National Historic Site *Chukyo Racecourse (中京競馬場)

Culture

Mascots

*Monami Gentsuki *Nobunaga-kun and Yoshimoto-kun

Events

April

June

August

November

* *

Gallery

File:Nyakōji-ike, Kutsukake-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg, Nyakōji-ike pond File:Nishi-ike03, Zengo-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg, Nishi-ike pond & Nishiike park File:Around the Top of Futamura-Yama Mountain, Kutsukake-cho Toyoake 2019.jpg, Mount Futamura File:Bisan Fire Department Toyoake, Kutsukake-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg, Fire department File:Toyoake Danchi entrance, Futamuradai Toyoake 2018.jpg, Toyoake Danchi File:Toyoake City Cultural Center, Nishikawa-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg, Cultural center File:Toyoake City Library, Nishikawa-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg, Toyoake city library File:Ruins of Kutsukake Castle(Honmaru), Toyoake 2012.JPG, Ruins of Kutsukake castle File:Chukyo Racecourse Main-Stand PEGASUS, Toyoake 2018.jpg, Chukyo Racecourse Main-stand PEGASUS

Notable people

* Kimiyasu Kudoh, professional baseball player

References

External links

* (with link to pages in English) {{Authority control Cities in Aichi Prefecture