Aichi Prefecture

{{Short description|Prefecture of Japan}} {{Redirect|Aichi}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Aichi Prefecture | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|愛知県}}}} | settlement_type = Prefecture | image_skyline = {{multiple image | border = infobox | total_width = 290 | perrow = 1/2/2/2 | image1 = View of Westward from Sky Deck MIRAI360, Nishiki Naka Ward Nagoya 2022.jpg | caption1 = Skyline of Nagoya | image2 = Atsuta Shrine.jpg | caption2 = Atsuta Shrine | image3 = Kōrankei.jpg | caption3 = Kōrankei | image4 = Castle in Inuyama.JPG | caption4 = Inuyama Castle | image5 = Inuyamamatsuri1.jpg | caption5 = Cape Irago | image6 = Tenshuhonmaru.jpg | caption6 = Nagoya Castle | image7 = Tsushimajinja4.JPG | caption7 = Tsushima Shrine }} | translit_lang1 = Japanese | translit_lang1_type = Japanese | translit_lang1_info = {{lang|ja|愛知県}} | translit_lang1_type1 = Rōmaji | translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|ja-Latn|Aichi-ken}} | image_flag = Flag of Aichi Prefecture.svg | flag_size = 100px | image_blank_emblem = Emblem of Aichi Prefecture.svg | blank_emblem_size = 80px | blank_emblem_type = Symbol | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | image_map1 = | coordinates = {{coord|35|10|43|N|136|54|50|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Japan}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Chūbu (Tōkai) | subdivision_type2 = Island | subdivision_name2 = Honshu | seat_type = Capital | seat = Nagoya | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts_style = para | p1 = Districts: 7 | p2 = Municipalities: 54 | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Hideaki Ōmura (since February 2011) | area_total_km2 = 5172.92 | area_water_percent = 5.4 | area_rank = 27th | population_footnotes = | population_total = 7552873 | population_as_of = 1 October 2019 | population_rank = 4th | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type2 = GDP (2022) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=2020年度国民経済計算（2015年基準・2008SNA） : 経済社会総合研究所 - 内閣府|url=https://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/sna/data/data_list/kakuhou/files/2020/2020_kaku_top.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924062316/https://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/sna/data/data_list/kakuhou/files/2020/2020_kaku_top.html |archive-date=24 September 2023 |access-date=18 May 2023 |website=内閣府ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> | demographics2_title1 = Total | demographics2_info1 = JP¥ 43,083 billion US$ 318.2 billion | iso_code = JP-23 | website = {{URL|http://www.pref.aichi.jp/global/en/index.html}} | module = {{Infobox place symbols| embedded=yes | country = Japan | bird = Oriental scops owl (''Otus sunia japonicus'') | fish = Kuruma prawn (''Penaeus japonicus'') | flower = Kakitsubata (''Iris laevigata'') | tree = Hananoki (''Acer pycnanthum'') }} | anthem = Warera ga Aichi }}

{{nihongo|'''Aichi Prefecture'''|愛知県|Aichi-ken|{{IPA|ja|aꜜi.tɕi, ai.tɕi̥ꜜ.keɴ}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū.<ref name="Frédéric_2002" />{{rp|pages=11,126}} Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 ({{as of|2025|01|01|lc=y}}) and a geographic area of {{convert|5172.92|km2|lk=on}} with a population density of {{convert|1442|PD/km2}}. Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture to the north, and Shizuoka Prefecture to the east. Nagoya is the capital and largest city of the prefecture.

==Overview== Nagoya is the capital and largest city of Aichi Prefecture, and the fourth-largest city in Japan. Other major cities include Toyota, Okazaki, and Ichinomiya. Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya form the core of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, the third-largest metropolitan area in Japan and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world.<ref name="Frédéric_2002" />{{rp|page=685}} Aichi Prefecture is located on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast and forms part of the Tōkai region, a subregion of the Chūbu region and Kansai region. Aichi Prefecture is home to the Toyota Motor Corporation. Aichi Prefecture had many locations with the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens, The Chubu Centrair International Airport, and the Legoland Japan Resort.

== Geography == thumb|200px|Map of Aichi Prefecture {{legend0|#D8E|Government Ordinance Designated City}} {{legend0|#EAB|City}} {{legend0|#ED9|Town}} {{legend0|#BFE|Village}} [[File:090408 aichi kenchou.jpg|thumb|200px|Aichi Prefectural Government Office]] thumb|200px|Satellite photo of Mikawa Bay Located near the centre of the Japanese main island of Honshu, Aichi Prefecture faces the Ise and Mikawa Bays to the south and borders Shizuoka Prefecture to the east, Nagano Prefecture to the northeast, Gifu Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture to the west. It measures {{cvt|106|km}} east to west and {{cvt|94|km}} south to north and forms a major portion of the Nōbi Plain. With an area of {{convert|5172.48|km2}} it accounts for approximately 1.36% of the total surface area of Japan. The highest spot is Chausuyama at {{cvt|1,415|m}} above sea level.

The western part of the prefecture is dominated by Nagoya, Japan's third largest city, and its suburbs, while the eastern part is less densely populated but still contains several major industrial centres. Due to its robust economy, for the period from October 2005 to October 2006, Aichi was the fastest growing prefecture in terms of population, beating Tokyo, at 7.4% and around with after Saitama Prefecture.

{{as of|2012|04|01|post=,}} 23% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks, namely the Aichi Kōgen, Hida-Kisogawa, Mikawa Wan, and Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Parks along with seven Prefectural Natural Parks.<ref name="NationalPark" />

===Cities=== {{See also|List of cities in Aichi Prefecture by population}} Thirty-eight cities are located in Aichi Prefecture. {{colbegin}} *Aisai *Ama *Anjō *Chiryū *Chita *Gamagōri *Handa *Hekinan *Ichinomiya *Inazawa *Inuyama *Iwakura *Kariya *Kasugai *Kitanagoya *Kiyosu *Komaki *Kōnan *Miyoshi *Nagakute *'''Nagoya (capital)''' *Nishio *Nisshin *Okazaki *Ōbu *Owariasahi *Seto *Shinshiro *Tahara *Takahama *Tokoname *Tōkai *Toyoake *Toyohashi *Toyokawa *Toyota *Tsushima *Yatomi {{colend}} <gallery> File:Take Island from Mount Togami.jpg|Gamagōri File:Inuyamamatsuri1.jpg|Inuyama File:Nagoya TV Tower1.jpg|Nagoya File:Okazaki city.jpg|Okazaki File:Kōrankei.jpg|Toyota File:Tsushimajinja3.JPG|Tsushima File:ToyohashiSkyline02.jpg|Toyohashi </gallery>

===Towns and villages=== These are the towns and villages in each district: {{colbegin}} *Aichi District **Tōgō *Ama District **Kanie **Ōharu **Tobishima *Chita District **Agui **Higashiura **Mihama **Minamichita **Taketoyo *Kitashitara District **Shitara **Tōei **Toyone *Nishikasugai District **Toyoyama *Niwa District **Fusō **Ōguchi *Nukata District **Kōta {{colend}} <gallery> File:Kaniegawa.JPG|Ama District, Kanie File:Kankonouen.JPG|Chita District, Minamichita File:Chausuyama02.jpg|Kitashitara District, Toyone File:Cherry blossoms on the gojo river.jpg|Niwa District, Ōguchi File:Front Approach to Honkoji Temple (Kota Town).jpg|Nukata District, Kōta </gallery>

===Demographics=== thumb|287x287px|Aichi prefecture population pyramid in 2020 {{historical populations|13=1890|14=1,473,099|15=1903|16=1,752,042|17=1913|18=2,073,224|19=1920|20=2,089,762|21=1925|22=2,319,494|23=1930|24=2,567,413|25=1935|26=2,862,701|27=1940|28=3,166,592|29=1945|30=2,857,851|31=1950|32=3,390,585|33=1955|34=3,769,209|35=1960|36=4,206,313|37=1965|38=4,798,653|39=1970|40=5,386,163|41=1975|42=5,923,569|43=1980|44=6,221,638|45=1985|46=6,455,172|47=1990|48=6,690,603|49=1995|50=6,868,336|51=2000|52=7,043,300|53=2005|54=7,254,704|55=2010|56=7,410,719|57=2015|58=7,484,094|percentages=pagr|source=Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications<ref name="StatsBureau" />}} As of 2001, Aichi Prefecture's population was 50.03% male and 49.97% female. 139,540 residents (nearly 2% of the population) are of foreign nationality.

====Population by age (2001)==== {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col" | Age ! scope="col" | % population ! scope="col" | % male ! scope="col" | % female |- align="right" ! 0–9 | 10.21 || 10.45 || 9.96 |- align="right" ! 10–19 | 10.75 || 11.02 || 10.48 |- align="right" ! 20–29 | 15.23 || 15.71 || 14.75 |- align="right" ! 30–39 | 14.81 || 15.31 || 14.30 |- align="right" ! 40–49 | 12.21 || 12.41 || 12.01 |- align="right" ! 50–59 | 15.22 || 15.31 || 15.12 |- align="right" ! 60–69 | 11.31 || 11.22 || 11.41 |- align="right" ! 70–79 | 6.76 || 6.01 || 7.52 |- align="right" ! Over 80 | 3.12 || 2.01 || 4.23 |- align="right" ! Unknown | 0.38 || 0.54 || 0.23 |}

===Mergers=== {{main|List of mergers in Aichi Prefecture}}

== History == {{See also|Historic Sites of Aichi Prefecture}}

Originally, the region was divided into two provinces of Owari and Mikawa.<ref name="Frédéric_2002" />{{rp|page=780}} After the Meiji Restoration, Owari and Mikawa were united into a single entity. In 1871, after the abolition of the han system, Owari, with the exception of the Chita Peninsula, was established as Nagoya Prefecture, while Mikawa combined with the Chita Peninsula and formed Nukata Prefecture. Nagoya Prefecture was renamed to Aichi Prefecture in April 1872 and was united with Nukata Prefecture on 27 November of the same year.

The government of Aichi Prefecture is located in the Aichi Prefectural Government Office in Nagoya, which is the old capital of Owari. The Aichi Prefectural Police and its predecessor organisations have been responsible for law enforcement in the prefecture since 1871.

The Expo 2005 World Exposition was held in Seto and Nagakute.

===Etymology=== In the third volume of the {{Lang|ja-latn|Man'yōshū}} there is a poem by Takechi Kurohito that reads: "The cry of the crane, calling to Sakurada; it sounds like the tide, draining from Ayuchi flats, hearing the crane cry". Ayuchi is the original form of the name ''Aichi'', and the Fujimae tidal flat is all that remains of the earlier Ayuchi-gata. It is now a protected area.<ref name="pref.aichi.jp" /><ref name="Kato_2000" />

For a time, an Aichi Station existed on the Kansai Line (at the time the Kansai Railway) between Nagoya and Hatta stations, but its role was overtaken by Sasashima-raibu Station on the Aonami Line and Komeno Station on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line.

==Economy== [[File:Nagoya (2015-11-03).JPG|thumb|200px|Chūkyō Metropolitan Area]] Gross domestic product (2018) is the second largest in Japan, the shipment value of manufactured goods (2018) is the first in Japan, annual product sales (2019) is the third largest in Japan, and its agricultural output (2018) is eighth in Japan. Aichi's agriculture industry and commerce are all ranked high in Japan, and the industrial structure is well-balanced. ;Main industry * Aerospace Industry * Automotive industry * Ceramics Industry * Steel, Alloy steel Industry

Companies headquartered in Aichi include the following. {| |Aichi Steel |Tōkai |- |Aisin Seiki||Kariya |- |Brother Industries, Ltd.||Nagoya |- |Central Japan Railway Company||Nagoya |- |Denso Corporation||Kariya |- |Eisaku Noro Company||Ichinomiya |- |Kanesue Corporation |Ichinomiya |- |Makita Corporation||Anjō |- |Matsuzakaya||Nagoya |- |Mizkan Corporation |Handa |- |Nagoya Railroad||Nagoya |- |Nippon Sharyo||Nagoya |- |Noritake||Nagoya |- |Okuma Corporation |Ōguchi |- |Sumitomo Riko||Komaki<ref name="SumitomoRiko" /> |- |Toyota Motor Corporation||Toyota |- |}

Companies such as Fuji Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Motors, Pfizer, Sony, Suzuki, Bodycote, and Volkswagen Group also operate plants or branch offices in Aichi.

==International relations== [[File:Expo 2005 Flaggs and Corporate Pavillion Zone.jpg|thumb|200px|Expo 2005]]

===Sister regions=== {{colbegin}} *{{Flagicon|AUS}} Victoria, Australia – {{Start date|1980|5|2}} *{{Flagicon|CHN}} Jiangsu, China – {{Start date|1980|7|28}} *{{flagicon|THA}} Bangkok, Thailand – {{Start date|2012|7|9}} *{{flagicon|CHN}} Guangdong, China – {{Start date|2013|11|25}} *{{flagicon|KOR}} Gyeonggi Province, South Korea – {{Start date|2015|11|10}} *{{Flagicon|USA}} Texas, United States – {{Start date|2016|4|22}} *{{Flagicon|VIE}} Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – {{Start date|2016|9|13}} *{{Flagicon|USA}} Washington, United States – {{Start date|2016|10|18}} *{{Flagicon|BEL}} Brussels, Flemish Region, Wallonia, Belgium – {{Start date|2017|5|15}} *{{Flagicon|USA}} Indiana, United States – {{Start date|2017|9|15}} *{{Flagicon|USA}} Kentucky, United States – {{Start date|2017|10|23}} *{{Flagicon|FRA}} Occitanie, France – {{Start date|2018|6|5}} *{{Flagicon|BRA}} São Paulo, Brazil – {{Start date|2018|9|10}} {{colend}}

==Transport== ===Rail=== [[File:Skyscrapers of Meieki (2016-07-07).jpg|thumb|200px|Nagoya Station and Nagoya Station building]] [[File:160321 Toyohashi Station Toyohashi Aichi pref Japan13n.jpg|thumb|200px|Toyohashi Station and Toyohashi Railroad]] thumb|200px|Komaki Junction [[File:Nagoya Expwy. Ring Route 20160401B.JPG|thumb|200px|Nagoya Expressway]] [[File:Nagoya Airport view from promenade.jpg|thumb|200px|Chubu Centrair International Airport, constructed on an artificial island]] [[File:Airport Walk NAGOYA 01.JPG|thumb|200px|Nagoya Airfield]] [[File:Nagoya Port 02.jpg|thumb|200px|Port of Nagoya]] thumb|200px|Port of Mikawa ;20px JR Central :16px Tokaido Shinkansen :{{Color|yellow|■}}Tokaido Line :{{Color|#0066ff|■}}Chūō Main Line :{{Color|limegreen|■}}Kansai Line :{{Color|brown|■}}Taketoyo Line :{{Color|orange|■}}Iida Line ;16px Meitetsu :{{RouteBox|NH||#d12027}}Nagoya Line :{{RouteBox|IY||#018b44}}Inuyama Line :{{RouteBox|KM||#da5290}}Komaki Line :{{RouteBox|TA||#1065ab}}Centrair Line :{{RouteBox|TA||#1065ab}}Tokoname Line :{{RouteBox|ST||#7c2982}}Seto Line :{{RouteBox|TK||#d12027}}Toyokawa Line :{{RouteBox|GN||#654e9e}}Gamagori Line :{{RouteBox|TT||#9eb03a}}Toyota Line :{{RouteBox|KC||#2a9dd8}}Chita Line :{{RouteBox|MU||#654e9e}}{{RouteBox|MY||#9eb03a}}Mikawa Line :{{RouteBox|TB||#e85624}}Bisai Line :{{RouteBox|CH||#727171}}Chikko Line :{{RouteBox|TB||#e85624}}Tsushima Line ;16px Kintetsu :{{RouteBox|E||#153f97}}Nagoya Line ;16px Aonami Line ;13px Nagoya Municipal Subway :13px Higashiyama Line :13px Meijo Line :13px Tsurumai Line (connecting to Meitetsu Toyota and Inuyama Line) :13px Sakura-dori Line :13px Meiko Line :13px Kamiiida Line (connecting to Meitetsu Komaki Line) ;16px Toyohashi Railroad ;16px Aichi Loop Line

===People movers and tramways=== *Linimo *Nagoya Guideway Bus *Toyohashi Railroad

===Road=== '''Expressways and toll roads''' {{colbegin}} *Chita across Road *Chita Peninsula Road *Chubu International Airport Connecting Road *Chuo Expressway *Higashi-Meihan Expressway (East Meihan Expressway) *Isewangan Expressway (Ise Bayside Expressway) *Meishin Expressway *Mei-Nikan Expressway *Nagoya Expressway *Nagoya Seto Road *Shin-Meishin Expressway *Shin-Tōmei Expressway *South Chita Road *Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway *Tomei Expressway

{{colend}} '''National highways''' {{colbegin}} *Route 1 *Route 19 (Nagoya-Kasugai-Tajimi-Nagiso-Matsumoto-Nagano) *Route 22 (Nagoya-Ichinomiya-Gifu) *Route 23 (Ise-Matsuzaka-Suzuka-Yokkaichi-Nagoya-Toyoake-Chiryu-Gamagori-Toyohashi) *Route 41 (Nagoya-Komaki-Inuyama-Gero-Takayama-Toyama) *Route 42 *Route 151 *Route 153 *Route 154 *Route 155 (Tokoname-Chita-Kariya-Toyota-Seto-Kasugai-Komaki-Ichinomiya-Tsushima-Yatomi) *Route 247 *Route 248 *Route 257 (Hamamatsu-Shinshiro-Toyota-Ena-Nakatsugawa-Gero-Takayama) *Route 259 *Route 301 *Route 302 *Route 362 *Route 363 *Route 366 *Route 419 *Route 420 *Route 473 (Gamagori-Okazaki-Toyota-Shitara-Hamamatsu) *Route 474 *Route 475 {{colend}}

===Airports=== *Chubu Centrair International Airport *Nagoya Airfield

===Ports=== *Kinuura Port – Handa and Hekinan *Mikawa Port – mainly automobile and car parts export and part of inport base *Nagoya Port – International Container hub and ferry route to Sendai and Tomakomai, Hokkaido

==Education== ===Universities=== '''National universities''' *Aichi University of Education *Graduate University for Advanced Studies - Okazaki Campus (National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan) *Nagoya Institute of Technology *Nagoya University *Toyohashi University of Technology <gallery> File:Aichi University of Education ac (2).JPG|Aichi University of Education File:NIBB building2.jpg|Graduate University for Advanced Studies File:Nagoya Institute of Technology2.jpg|Nagoya Institute of Technology File:Nagoya University dk4591.jpg|Nagoya University File:Toyohashi University of Technology 120825.jpg|Toyohashi University of Technology </gallery> '''Public universities''' *Aichi Prefectural University *Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts *Nagoya City University <gallery> File:Aichi-pu.jpg|Aichi Prefectural University File:Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music 150713.JPG|Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts File:Nagoya City University Tanabe-dori Campus 20131209.JPG|Nagoya City University </gallery> '''Private universities''' {{colbegin}} *Aichi Bunkyo University *Aichi Gakuin University *Aichi Gakusen University *Aichi Institute of Technology *Aichi Medical University *Aichi Mizuho College *Aichi Sangyo University *Aichi Shukutoku University *Aichi Toho University *Aichi University *Aichi University of Technology *Chubu University *Chukyo University *Daido University *Doho University *Fujita Health University *Globis University Graduate School of Management – Nagoya Campus *Japanese Red Cross Toyota College of Nursing *Kinjo Gakuin University *Meijo University *Nagoya Bunri University *Nagoya College of Music *Nagoya Gakuin University *Nagoya Keizai University *Nagoya Sangyo University *Nagoya University of Arts *Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences *Nagoya University of Commerce & Business *Nagoya University of Foreign Studies *Nagoya Women's University *Nagoya Zokei University *Nanzan University *Nihon Fukushi University *Ohkagakuen University *Okazaki Women's Junior College *Seijoh University *Seisa University – Nagoya Schooling Campus *Shigakkan University *Shubun University *Sugiyama Jogakuen University *Tokai Gakuen University *Tokyo University of Social Welfare – Nagoya Campus *Toyohashi Sozo College *Toyota Technological Institute *University of Human Environments {{colend}} <gallery> File:Aichi University - Daigaku-Kinenkan.jpg|Aichi University File:AICHIGAKUIN Univ.MEIJO-KOEN.JPG|Aichi Gakuin University File:Chubu University.JPG|Chubu University File:Chukyo University Toyota Library exterior ac (4).jpg|Chukyo University File:名城大学 - panoramio (2).jpg|Meijo University File:Nufs-2.jpg|Nagoya University of Foreign Studies File:Nanzan b.jpg|Nanzan University File:Toyota Technological Institute (2016.04.17).JPG|Toyota Technological Institute </gallery>

===Senior high schools=== {{expand section|date=October 2015}}

===Baseball=== ;Central League *Chunichi Dragons (Nagoya)

===Soccer=== ;J.League *Nagoya Grampus (Nagoya and Toyota) ;JFL *FC Maruyasu Okazaki (Okazaki) ;Tokai Regional League *FC Kariya (Kariya) ;L.League *NGU Loveledge Nagoya (Nagoya)

===Basketball=== ;B.League *Aisin AW Areions Anjo (Anjō) *Nagoya Diamond Dolphins (Nagoya) *SAN-EN NeoPhoenix (Toyohashi and Hamamatsu) *SeaHorses Mikawa (Kariya) *Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya (Nagoya)

===Volleyball=== ;V.League *Denso Airybees (Nishio) *JTEKT Stings (Kariya) *Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza (Inazawa) *Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (Kariya)

===Rugby=== ;Japan Rugby League One *Shuttles Aichi (Kariya) *Toyota Verblitz (Toyota)

===Futsal=== ;F.League *Nagoya Oceans (Nagoya)

===Football=== ;X-League *Aichi Golden Wings (Nagoya and Toyota) *Kirix Toyota Bull Fighters (Toyota) *Nagoya Cyclones (Nagoya)

;AFL *Nagoya Redbacks Australian Football Club (AFL Japan) (Nagoya)

==Tourism== [[File:Tenshuhonmaru.jpg|thumb|Nagoya Castle]] [[File:Osukannon.jpg|thumb|Ōsu Kannon, Naka, Nagoya]] [[File:Toyotasangyoukinen5.JPG|thumb|Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology]] [[File:SCMaglev and Railway Park in Aichi Prefecture.jpg|thumb|SCMaglev and Railway Park]] [[File:Daijuji sanmon.jpg|thumb|Daiju-ji]] thumb|Akabane Beach, Tahara thumb|Twin Arch 138 Tower in Kiso River Park, Ichinomiya Notable sites in Aichi include the Meiji Mura open-air architectural museum in Inuyama, which preserves historic buildings from Japan's Meiji and Taishō periods, including the reconstructed lobby of Frank Lloyd Wright's old Imperial Hotel (which originally stood in Tokyo from 1923 to 1967).

Other popular sites in Aichi include the tour of Toyota car factory in the city by the same name, the monkey park in Inuyama, and the castles in Nagoya, Okazaki, Toyohashi, and Inuyama.

Aichi Prefecture has many wonderful beaches. For example, Himakajima Beach, Shinojima Beach, Akabane Beach and Utsumi Beach. <gallery mode="packed"> Atsuta Shrine.jpg|Atsuta Shrine Toyokawainari honden.jpg|Toyokawa Inari Castle in Inuyama.JPG|Inuyama Castle Kiyosu-jo&ote-bashi.jpg|Kiyosu Castle and Kiyosu Castle Park in Kiyosu Okazakijo2.JPG|Okazaki Castle Tokugawabijutsukan1.JPG|Tokugawa Art Museum Meijimurabunkazai15.JPG|Meiji-mura TOYOTA AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM.JPG|Toyota Automobile Museum FLIGHT OF DREAMS4.jpg|Flight of Dreams Yakimonosanpomichi1.JPG|Tokoname pottery footpath LAGUNA TEN BOSCH.jpg|Laguna Ten Bosch Chidorigahama１.jpg|Utsumi Beach(Chidorigahama) Himakajima8.JPG|Himakajima Shinojima1.jpg|Shinojima Sakushima5.jpg|Sakushima Nishiura Enchi1.jpg|Nishiura Onsen Morikoro Park.JPG|Site of Expo 2005 Tahana nanohana.jpg|Field Mustard, Tahara Higashiyama botanical gardens-01.jpg|Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium1.jpg|Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium Chiiwakyo4.jpg|Chiiwa Gorge Horaijisan1.jpg|Mount Hōraiji Senmishikizakura1.jpg|Obara shikizakura Mt.Tyausu Moss phlox.jpg|Chausuyama Plateau Ajisainosato1.jpg|Katahara Onsen(Hydrangea Park) Matsudairago1.jpg|The ruins of Matsudaira Sakurabuchi park2.JPG|Sakurabuchi Park Yotsuyanosenmaida.jpg|Thousand Rice Paddies of Yotsuya Kisogawazutsumi.JPG|Kisogawazutsumi Noma lighthouse.jpg|Nomazaki Lighthouse Irago view hotel.jpg|View of Cape Irago from Irago Ocean Resort File:Legoland japan.jpg|Legoland Japan </gallery>

==Notable people from Aichi== {{Expand section|date=June 2021}} * F Chopper Koga ({{langx|ja|FチョッパーKOGA|Efu Choppā Koga}}), bass player and leader of the rock band Gacharic Spin{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} * Yūki Ishikawa (石川祐希), professional volleyball player, Japan National Team, Power Volley Milano Italy Super Lega * Takahiro Sakurai (born 1974), Japanese actor, narrator and radio personality * Kansuke Yamamoto (1914–1987), avant-garde photographer and poet from Nagoya * Syoh Yoshida (born 1984), Japanese artist * Yuki Yamada (actor) (born 1990), Japanese actor * Yoshiaki Katayama (born 1993), racing driver * Tatsuya Kataoka (born 1975), racing driver * Haruna Ono (musician), lead vocals and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Scandal * Mami Sasazaki (musician), lead guitar and vocalist for the rock band Scandal * Suzuki Ichiro, professional baseball player, member of Japan national baseball team, 2x time World Baseball Classic Champion and National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee * Koji Kondo (born 1961), composer and pianist born in Nagoya who works on video game soundtracks for Nintendo * Kazuchika Okada (born 1987), professional wrestler from Anjō * Akira Toriyama (1955–2024), manga artist and character designer from Kiyosu<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yoon |first1=John |last2=Notoya |first2=Kiuko |title=Akira Toriyama, Creator of 'Dragon Ball,' Dies at 68 |work=The New York Times |date=8 March 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/arts/akira-toriyama-dead.html |access-date=21 March 2024 |archive-date=9 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309021221/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/arts/akira-toriyama-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * Aoi Morikawa (born 1995), actress and model<ref>{{Cite web |title=STモデルプロフィール:森川葵（もりかわあおい）Aoi Morikawa{{pipe}}Seventeen(セブンティーン) |trans-title=ST Model Profile: Aoi Morikawa Aoi Morikawa{{pipe}}Seventeen |url=http://hpplus.jp/st/clip/458137/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329162040/http://hpplus.jp/st/clip/458137/ |archive-date=29 March 2015 |access-date=19 June 2015 |website=Seventeen On Line |language=ja}}</ref> * Sato Keigo (born 1998), singer, member of JO1 * Kimata Syoya (born 2000), singer, member of JO1 * Kimura Masaya (born 1997), singer, dancer, member of INI (Japanese boy group) * Sakurai Miu (born 2002), singer, member of Me:I * Kato Cocoro (born 2000), singer, member of Me:I * Maria Makino, idol singer and member of Morning Musume * Mei Ehara, Japanese singer-songwriter, filmmaker, designer and artist. * Rei Naoi (born 2004), member of IVE

==Festival and events== ;UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage<ref name="UNESCO_Yama" /> *Owari Tsushima Tenno Matsuri (Aisai, Tsushima) *Inuyama Festival (Inuyama) *Kamezaki Shiohi Festival (Handa) *Chiryu Festival (Chiryū) *Sunari Festival (Ama District Kanie) <gallery mode="packed"> Tsushimatennosai1.JPG|Owari Tsushima Tennōsai (eve) Inuyama Festival.jpg|Inuyama Festival Kamezakishiohi Festival2.jpg|Kamezaki Shiohi Festival Tiryuumatsuri7.JPG|Chiryu Festival Sunarimatsuri1.JPG|Sunari Festival </gallery> ;Others *Nagoya Festival (Nagoya City) *Tsutsui-chō/Dekimachi Tennō Festival (Nagoya Higashi-ku) *Miya Festival (Gamagōri) *Toyohama Sea bream Festival (Chita District Minamichita Town) *Okkawa Festival (Handa) *Hōnen Matsuri (Komaki) *Omanto festival (Takahama) *Kōnomiya Hadaka Matsuri (Inazawa) *Tezutsu Matsuri (Toyohashi, Toyokawa) *Nagashino festival (Shinshiro) *Mando festival (Kariya) *Isshiki Lantern Festival (Nishio) *Toba Fire Festival (Nishio) *Owari Tsushima Autumn Festival (Tsushima) <gallery mode="packed"> Nagoyamatsuri7.JPG|Nagoya Festival Tokugawaendashizoroe1.JPG|Tsutsui-chō/Dekimachi Tennō Festival Miyamatsuri.JPG|Miya Festival Taimatsuri1.jpg|Toyohama Sea bream Festival File:Okkawamatsuri2.jpg|Okkawa Festival File:Hōnen Matsuri 6.JPG|Hōnen Matsuri File:おまんと祭り.JPG|Omanto festival File:Kounomiya-hadakamaturi.jpg|Kōnomiya Hadaka Matsuri File:Toyokawatezutsu.jpg|Toyokawa Tezutsu Matsuri File:Nagashinofestival.JPG|Nagashino festival File:Kariyamandomatsuri.jpg|Mando festival File:Mikawa Isshiki Lantern Festival.jpg|Isshiki Lantern Festival File:Toba Fire Festival3.jpg|Toba Fire Festival File:Owari Tsushima autumn festival1.jpg|Owari Tsushima Autumn Festival </gallery>

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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Wikivoyage inline|Aichi}} *{{Official website|http://www.pref.aichi.jp/global/en/index.html}} *[https://www.aichi-now.jp/en/ Aichi Now-Official Site for Tourism Aichi] *[http://www.busho-aichi.jp/english/index.html Aichi, HOME of the Samurai Spirit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127211102/http://www.busho-aichi.jp/english/index.html |date=27 November 2013 }}

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