Kariya, Aichi

{{other uses|Kariya (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox settlement  | name = Kariya | official_name = | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|刈谷市}}}} | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = City  | image_skyline = 300px 300px | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Upper stage：Mando Matsuri Lower stage：Skyline of Kariya City | image_flag = Flag of Kariya, Aichi.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = Emblem of Kariya, Aichi.svg | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_blank_emblem = | nickname = | motto =  | image_map = Kariya in Aichi Prefecture Ja.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Kariya in Aichi Prefecture | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption =   | coordinates = {{coord|34|59|21.4|N|137|0|7.7|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint =  | coordinates_footnotes =   | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Japan | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Chūbu (Tōkai) | subdivision_type2 = Prefecture | subdivision_name2 = Aichi | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 =  | established_title =  | established_date = | founder = | named_for =  | seat_type =  | seat =  | government_footnotes =  | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = Yoshinori Takenaka | leader_title1 = Mayor | leader_name1 =   | total_type =  | unit_pref =   | area_magnitude =  | area_footnotes =  | area_total_km2 = 50.39 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note =  | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m =  | population_footnotes =  | population_total = 153162 | population_as_of = October 1, 2019 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_demonym =  | population_note =  | timezone1 = Japan Standard Time | utc_offset1 = +9 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST =  | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type =  | area_code =  | blank_name_sec1 = City Symbols | blank1_name_sec1 = - Tree | blank1_info_sec1 = Camphor laurel | blank2_name_sec1 = - Flower | blank2_info_sec1 = Iris laevigata | blank3_name_sec1 = | blank3_info_sec1 = | blank4_name_sec1 = | blank4_info_sec1 = | blank5_name_sec1 = | blank5_info_sec1 = | blank6_name_sec1 = | blank6_info_sec1 = | blank7_name_sec1 = | blank7_info_sec1 =  | blank_name_sec2 = Phone number | blank_info_sec2 = 0566-23-1111 | blank1_name_sec2 = Address | blank1_info_sec2 = 1-1 Tōyōchō, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken 448-8501  | website = {{official website|www.city.kariya.lg.jp}} | footnotes = }} {{nihongo| '''Kariya'''|刈谷市|Kariya-shi}} is a city in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. {{As of|2019|10|01}}, the city had an estimated population of 153,162 in 66,751 households,<ref>[https://www.city.kariya.lg.jp Kariya City official statistics] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> and a population density of 3,040 persons per km2. The total area of the city is {{convert|50.39|sqkm|sqmi}}.

==Geography== [[File:Roads in Kariya, Aichi, Japan, 13 June 2018.jpg|thumb|200px|Downtown of Kariya City]] Kariya is situated in central Aichi Prefecture, on the Mikawa side of the border between former Owari Province and Mikawa Province. The area is flat and well-watered, with an average elevation of less than 10 meters above sea level.

===Climate=== The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Aisai is 15.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1578 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 4.4 °C.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/aichi/kariya-4902/ Kariya climate data]</ref>

===Demographics=== Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-aichi.php Kariya population statistics]</ref> the population of Kariya has grown steadily over the past 70 years. {{Historical populations | 1950 | 50,384 | 1960 | 59,235 | 1970 | 87,672 | 1980 | 105,643 | 1990 | 120,126 | 2000 | 132,054 | 2010 | 145,744 |align = none | footnote = }}

===Neighboring municipalities=== ;Aichi Prefecture *Anjō *Chiryū *Higashiura *Miyoshi *Ōbu *Takahama *Tōgō *Toyoake *Toyota

==History== thumb|200px|Kariya castle

===Feudal period=== 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.

===Early modern period=== 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 ''daimyō'' 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.

===Late modern period=== After the Meiji Restoration, Kariya Town was created within Hekikai District, Aichi Prefecture with the establishment of the modern municipalities system 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.

===Contemporary history=== 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.

==Government== thumb|200px|Kariya city hall Kariya has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 28 members. The city contributes two members to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 13 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

==Sister cities== ===International=== *{{flagicon|CAN}} Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, since July 7, 1981<ref name=International>{{cite web|url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=23&n=Aichi%20Prefecture|title=International Exchange|work=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures|publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)|access-date=21 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224052656/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=23&n=Aichi%20Prefecture|archive-date=24 December 2015}}</ref>

===National=== *{{flagicon|JPN}} Higashiyoshino, Nara Prefecture, since July 1, 2013

==Economy== [[File:Kariya Skyline06.jpg|thumb|200px|Kariya CBD]]

===Secondary sector of the economy=== ====Manufacturing==== The economy of Kariya is dominated by companies related to the Toyota Group, including Toyota Industries Corporation, Aisin Seiki and Denso Corporation. Toyota Motor Corporation started as a division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (now called Toyota Industries Corporation). The Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was highly profitable and board members reinvested much of the profits into the growing automobile manufacturing business.

===Companies headquartered in Kariya=== *ADVICS *Aisin *Aska Corporation *DCM Kahma *Denso *JTEKT *Toyota Auto Body *Toyota Boshoku *Toyota Industries <gallery> File:The headquarter of ADVICS.jpg|ADVICS File:Aisin Seiki head office ac.jpg|Aisin File:Kariya ASKA Corporation 2020 ac.jpg|Aska Corporation File:Headquarters of KAHMA.JPG|DCM Kahma File:DENSO Kariya Headquarter Building 2013-08A.JPG|Denso |JTEKT File:Toyota Auto Body head office 16-05 (4).JPG|Toyota Auto Body File:Toyota Boshoku Corporation HQ 120912.jpg|Toyota Boshoku File:Kariya Toyota Industries infomation technology institute.JPG|Toyota Industries </gallery>

==Education== [[File:Aichi University of Education main gate ac.JPG|thumb|200px|Aichi University of Education]]

===University=== *Aichi University of Education

===Schools=== *Kariya has 15 public elementary schools and six public junior high schools operated by the city government, and four public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. There are also one public high schools operated by the national government.

===International School=== *The Colégio Pitágoras Brasil, a Brazilian school was previously located in Kariya.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080207160806/http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080207160806/http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php Archive]). Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. February 7, 2008. Retrieved on October 13, 2015.</ref>

===Railway=== ====Conventional lines==== ;20pxCentral Japan Railway Company *Tōkaidō Main Line: - {{STN|Higashi-Kariya |x}} - {{STN|Noda-Shimmachi |x}} - {{STN| Kariya|x}} - {{STN|Aizuma|x}} - ;20pxMeitetsu *Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line: - {{STN|Hitotsugi |x}} - {{STN| Fujimatsu |x}} - *Mikawa Line: - {{STN|Kariya|x}} - {{STN|Kariyashi|x}} - {{STN|Ogakie|x}} -

===Roads=== ====Expressway==== *24px|alt=E1A Isewangan Expressway

====Japan National Route==== *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|1}} *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|23}} *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|155}} *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|419}} <gallery> File:Kariya Station south entrance 2020-10 ac (3).jpg|Kariya Station File:Kariyaoasis1.JPG|Kariya Parking Area (Kariya Highway Oasis) File:知立バイパス (刈谷市).jpg|Japan National Route 23 (Chiryu Bypass) File:Aizuma river cycling road and Tokaido Shinkansen ac1.JPG|Aizuma river cycling road </gallery>

==Culture== ===Festival=== *Mando Matsuri

===Tokusanhin=== *Dried turnip (Kiriboshi Daikon)

===Sports=== [[File:15-16 NBL Aisin vs Levanga Hokkaido a.JPG|thumb|200px|SeaHorses Mikawa]] The city is home to the SeaHorses Mikawa, 5-time champion of Japan's top professional basketball league. {| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%;" |- ! Sex ! Name ! competition ! League ! Home ! Sponsor ! Since |- | Men ! Toyota Industries SC | Soccer | Tōkai Regional League | Toyota Industries Obu plant ground | Toyota Industries | 1946 |- | Men ! SeaHorses Mikawa | Basketball | B.League (B1) | Wing Arena Kariya | SeaHorses Mikawa | 1947 |- | Women ! Toyota Auto Body Queenseis | Volleyball | V.League (V1) | Kariya City Gymnasium | Toyota Auto Body | 1951 |- | Women ! Toyota Industries Shyning VEGA | Softball | Japan Softball League (JSL) | Kariya Stadium | Toyota Industries | 1952 |- | Men ! JTEKT Stings | Volleyball | V.League (V1) | Kariya City Gymnasium | JTEKT | 1958 |- | Women ! Denso Iris | Women's basketball | W.League | Wing Arena Kariya | Denso | 1962 |- | Men ! Toyota Auto Body BRAVE KINGS | Handball | Japan Handball League (JHL) | Toyota Auto Body Yoshiwara Gymnasium | Toyota Auto Body | 1967 |- | Women ! Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits | Women's basketball | W.League | Wing Arena Kariya | Toyota Boshoku | 1980 |- | Men ! Toyota Industries Shuttles | Rugby | Top Challenge League (Top1) | Toyota Industries Kariya ground | Toyota Industries | 1984 |- | Men ! FC Kariya | Soccer | Japan Football League (JFL) | Wave stadium Kariya | MIKAWA BAY FOOTBALL CLUB | 2006 |} <gallery> File:Kariya City Gymnasium ac.jpg|Kariya City Gymnasium File:Wave Stadium Kariya 2021-05 ac (4).jpg|Wave stadium Kariya File:Wing Arena Kariya 2019-05 ac (1).jpg|Wing Arena Kariya File:Kariya baseball ground 2013-08.JPG|Kariya Stadium File:Toyota Industries Corporation Kariya ground 2013-08.JPG|Toyota Industries Kariya ground </gallery>

==Local attractions== **Kariya castle *Kariya city Children's traffic park *Kariya Highway Oasis *Kijo Park *Mississauga Park - in honour of twinning with Mississauga, Ontario and scaled model of Mississauga City Centre<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insauga.com/mississauga-park-in-japan/|title = PHOTOS & VIDEO: There's a Mississauga park in Japan with a replica city hall|date = 20 April 2015}}</ref> *Suhara Park <gallery> File:KariyaPA20180715D.jpg|Kariya Highway Oasis File:Kariya city Koutsu Jido Yuen-d.JPG|Kariya city Children's traffic park File:Kariya Kijo park cherry blossom-b.JPG|Kijo Park File:Kariya Kijo park ruins of Kariya castle.JPG|Kariya castle File:Mississauga Park main gate ac (2).jpg|Mississauga Park File:Suhara-ike Pond 04, Igaya-cho Kariya 2020.jpg|Suhara Park </gallery>

==Notable people from Kariya == {{Unreferenced section|date=April 2015}} *Norihiro Akahoshi, professional baseball player *On Kawara, artist *Koji Kondo, professional soccer player *Nobuyuki Sato, marathon runner *Mitsunori Yoshida, professional soccer player

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Kariya, Aichi}} * {{Official website|http://www.city.kariya.lg.jp}} {{in lang|ja}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100210025820/http://www.city.kariya.lg.jp/wwwe_data/index.html Kariya City official website] {{in lang|en}} * [http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/sistercity Mississauga Sister City Site] {{in lang|en}}

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