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Kariya 刈谷市
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Location of Kariya in Aichi
Kariya
Coordinates: 34°59′N 137°0′E / 34.983°N 137°E / 34.983; 137Coordinates: 34°59′N 137°0′E / 34.983°N 137°E / 34.983; 137
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu, Tōkai
Prefecture	Aichi
Government
• Mayor
Area
• Total	50.45 km2 (19.48 sq mi)
Population (October 2011)
• Total	145,955
• Density	2,890/km2 (7,500/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
City Symbols
- Tree	Camphor Laurel
- Flower	Iris laevigata
Phone number	0566-23-1111
Address	1-1 Tōyōchō, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken 448-8501
Website	City of Kariya

Kariya City Hall

Kariya (刈谷市, Kariya-shi^?) is a city located in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2011, the city had an estimated population of 145,955 and a population density of 2890 persons per km². The total area was 50.45 km².

Geography [link]

Kariya is situated in central Aichi Prefecture.

Neighboring municipalities [link]

• Toyota
• Ōbu
• Anjō
• Chiryū
• Takahama
• Toyoake
• Miyoshi
• Tōgō
• Higashirua

History [link]

Kariya was a castle town in the Sengoku period, in an area contested between the Imagawa clan, Oda clan and various local warlords, including the Mizuno clan and Matsudaira clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu’s maternal grandfather Mizuno Tadamasa rebuilt Kariya Castle in the mid-16th century. The Mizuno clan shifted allegiances adroitly between the Imagawa clan to Oda Nobunaga and to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who relocated the clan to Ise Province. However, Mizuno Katsunari, the grandson of Tadamasa was allowed to return to the clan’s ancestral territories by Ieyasu after the Battle of Sekigahara as daimyo of Kariya Domain a feudal han under the Tokugawa shogunate. The domain was reassigned to numerous clans during the Edo period, but was retained by the Doi clan from 1734 until the Meiji restoration.

After the Meiji restoration, Kariya Town was created within Hekikai District, Aichi Prefecture on October 1, 1889. The town prospered as a center for commerce, sake production, sericulture and ceramics due to its location on the main railway routes. The Yosami Transmitting Station, located in Kariya, was Japan’s tallest structure when completed in 1929. Kariya achieved city status on April 1, 1950. The city expanded by annexation of neighboring Fujimatsu and most of Yosami villages on April 1, 1955. Control of the Yosami Transmitting Station was returned to Japan from the United States Navy in 1994, and the former facility is now a city park.

Economy [link]

The economy of Kariya is dominated by companies related to Toyota Motor Corporation, including Toyota Industries Corporation, Aisin Seiki and Denso Corporation. Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Toyodajidoshoki, was the original company of Toyota Motor Corporation, and later became a subsidiary of that firm. Because the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was so highly profitable, board members decided to reinvest much of the profits into the growing automobile manufacturing business

Transportation [link]

Railway [link]

• JR-Tōkai – Tōkaidō Main Line
  • Higashi-Kariya • Noda-Shimmachi • Kariya • Aizuma

• Meitetsu – Nagoya Main Line
  • Hitotsugi • Fujimatsu
• Meitetsu – Mikawa Line
  • Kariya • Kariyashi • Ogakie

Highway [link]

• Isewangan Expressway
• Japan National Route 1
• Japan National Route 23
• Japan National Route 155
• Japan National Route 419

Education [link]

• Aichi University of Education

Sister cities [link]

• – Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Noted people from Kariya [link]

• On Kawara – artist
• Nobuyuki Sato – marathon runner
• Koji Kondo – professional soccer player
• Mitsunori Yoshida – professional soccer player
• Norihiro Akahoshi – professional baseball player
• Yoshifumi Ayukawa - professional baseball player

References [link]

External links [link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kariya, Aichi

• (English) Official website
• (Japanese) Aichi University of Education
• (English) Aichi University of Education Library
• (Japanese) Kariya Lutheran Church
• (English) Mississauga Sister City Site

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