Kariya, Aichi

For other uses, see Kariya (disambiguation).

Kariya 刈谷市
City
Kariya Highway Oasis
Flag Official seal of Kariya Seal
Location of Kariya in Aichi Prefecture
Kariya
Coordinates:
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Tōkai)
Prefecture	Aichi Prefecture
Government
Area
• Total	50.39 km2 (19.46 sq mi)
Population (May 2015)
• Total	149,030
• Density	2,960/km2 (7,700/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree	Camphor Laurel
- Flower	Iris laevigata
Phone number	0566-23-1111
Address	1-1 Tōyōchō, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken 448-8501
Website	Official website

File:Kariya City Hall 120912.jpg

Kariya City Hall

Kariya (刈谷市, Kariya-shi) is a city in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2015, the city had an estimated population of 149,030 and a population density of 2,960 persons per km². The total area was 50.45 square kilometres (19.48 sq mi).

Geography

Kariya is situated in central Aichi Prefecture.

Neighboring municipalities

• Aichi Prefecture
  • Toyota
  • Ōbu
  • Anjō
  • Chiryū
  • Takahama
  • Toyoake
  • Miyoshi
  • Tōgō
  • Higashiura

History

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

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

Railway

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

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

Highway

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

Education

• Aichi University of Education
• Kariya has 15 elementary schools, six middle schools and five high schools
• The Colégio Pitágoras Brasil, a Brazilian school was previously located in Kariya.

Sister cities

• – Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Notable people from Kariya

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

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Kariya City official website (English)
• Mississauga Sister City Site (English)