Coordinates: 35°18′14″N 136°48′11″E

Ichinomiya, Aichi

一 宮 市 Ichinomiya ( Ichinomiya-shi) is a city Ichinomiya located in , . The city is often 一宮市 called Owari-Ichinomiya to avoid confusion with another Ichinomiya (now part of the city of Special city Toyokawa).

As of March 2015, the city had an estimated population of 37 8,829 and a population density of 3330 persons per km². The total area was 113.92 square kilometres (43.98 sq mi).

Contents Geography Neighboring municipalities History Economy Education Transportation Railway Highway Sister cities Noted people from Ichinomiya References External links Upper stage:Twin Arch 138 Lower stage:Masumida Shrine Geography

Ichinomiya is situated in western Aichi Prefecture, bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the west.

Flag Coat of arms Neighboring municipalities

Aichi Prefecture Kōnan Iwakura Gifu Prefecture Hashima Kakamigahara Kasamatsu Ginan

History

Ichinomiya literally means "the first shrine" of the province. In case of this city, it was Masumida Shrine of . Ichinomiya developed as a monzen-machi from the Heian period.

The modern town of Ichinomiya was founded with the establishment of the municipalities system on Location of Ichinomiya in Aichi Prefecture April 1, 1889. It was raised to city status on September 1, 1921. The city annexed the neighboring villages of Haguri and Nishinari in 1940, and with an additional eight surrounding municipalities (the villages of Chiaki, Tanyo and Kitakata, and the towns of Asai, Y amato, Akiwara, Oku and a portion of Imaise) in 1955. Ichinomiya On April 1, 2002 Ichinomiya was designated as a Special City, with increased local autonomy. On April 1, 2005, the city was further expanded by absorbing the city of Bisai, and the town of Kisogawa (from Haguri District) which would make Coordinates: 35°18′14″N 136°48′11″E the city the fourth largest in Aichi Prefecture, behind , Toyota, and . Country Japan Region Chūbu (Tōkai) Economy Prefecture Aichi Prefecture Area Traditional noted for textiles, Ichinomiya is now a • Total 113.82 km2 (43.95 sq mi) regional commercial center with a mixed economy Population (March 2015) of manufacturing and agriculture. Kanesue has its • Total 378,829 headquarters in Ichinomiya. It moved to its • Density 3,330/km2 (8,600/sq mi) current headquarters in July 197 6.[1] Time zone (UTC+9) - Tree Round-Leaf Holly - Flower Chinese bellflower Phone number 0586-28-8100 Address 2-5-6 Honmachi, Ichinomiya- shi, Aichi-ken 491-8501 Website Official website (http://www.cit y.ichinomiya.aichi.jp)

Down town of Ichinomiya Shopping streets and districts of Ichinomiya

Kanesue Telasswalk Ichinomiya City hall

Education

Shubun University Aichi Kiwami College of Nursing Ichinomiya has 42 elementary schools, 19 public and one private middle schools, and 10 public and two private high schools, in addition to two special education schools.

Transportation Owari Ichinomiya

Railway

Central Japan Railway Company – Tōkaidō Line Owari-Ichinomiya - Kisogawa – Bisai Line Tamano - Hagiwara - Futago - Kariyasuka - Kannonji - Meitetsu-Ichinomiya - Nishi-Ichinomiya - Kaimei - Okuchō - Tamanoi Meitetsu – Nagoya Main Line Shima-ujinaga - Myōkōji - Meitetsu Ichinomiya * Imaise - Iwato - Shin Kisogawa - Kuroda - Kisogawa- zutsumi

Highway

Meishin Expressway – Owari Ichinomiya PA, Ichinomiya IC, Ichinomita JCT Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway – Ichinomiya JCT, Ichinomiya-Nishi IC, Hizai IC, Ichinomiya-Kisogawa IC Route 16 (Nagoya Expressway) Japan National Route 22 Japan National Route 155

Owari-Ichinomiya Meitetsu-Ichinomiya Kisogawa Bridge Ichinomiya IC

Sister cities

– Treviso, Veneto, Italy,[2] friendship cities since January 30, 2000

Noted people from Ichinomiya

Masaaki Kanda, politician Shinichi Kondoh, retired baseball player Tetsuma Esaki, politician Yukiko Okada, singer Haruka Tomatsu, voice actress Hisa Ōta, stage actress Kazuo Funaki, actor Jōji Matsuoka, movie director

References

1. "recruit.kanesue.co.jp Company profile" (http://recruit.kanesue.co.jp/kanesue/Company_profile.html) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-12-07. 2. "International Exchange" (https://web.archive.org/web/20151224052656/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/sima i/e/03.cgi?p=23&n=Aichi%20Prefecture). List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures. Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Archived from the original (http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/sima i/e/03.cgi?p=23&n=Aichi%20Prefecture) on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

External links

Media related to Ichinomiya, Aichi at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (http://www.city.ichinomiya.aichi.jp) (in Japanese)

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