Kariya, Aichi

File:Roads in Kariya, Aichi, Japan, 13 June 2018.jpg 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.

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.[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/aichi/kariya-4902/ Kariya climate data]

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-aichi.php Kariya population statistics] 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

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;Aichi Prefecture

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

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File:Burg Kariya Plan.jpg

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 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.

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.

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.

File:Kariya City Hall 2020-10 ac (1).jpg

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.

• {{flagicon|CAN}} Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, since July 7, 1981{{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}}

• {{flagicon|JPN}} Higashiyoshino, Nara Prefecture, since July 1, 2013

File:Kariya Skyline06.jpg]]

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.

• ADVICS
• Aisin
• Aska Corporation
• DCM Kahma
• Denso
• JTEKT
• Toyota Auto Body
• Toyota Boshoku
• Toyota Industries

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

File:Aichi University of Education main gate ac.JPG]]

• Aichi University of Education

• 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.

• The Colégio Pitágoras Brasil, a Brazilian school was previously located in Kariya."[https://web.archive.org/web/20080207160806/http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão]" ([http://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.

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• Tōkaidō Main Line: - {{STN|Higashi-Kariya |x}} - {{STN|Noda-Shimmachi |x}} - {{STN| Kariya|x}} - {{STN|Aizuma|x}} -

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• Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line: - {{STN|Hitotsugi |x}} - {{STN| Fujimatsu |x}} -
• Mikawa Line: - {{STN|Kariya|x}} - {{STN|Kariyashi|x}} - {{STN|Ogakie|x}} -

• Image:JP Expressway E1A.svg Isewangan Expressway

• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|1}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|23}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|155}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|419}}

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

• Mando Matsuri

• Dried turnip (Kiriboshi Daikon)

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The city is home to the SeaHorses Mikawa, 5-time champion of Japan's top professional basketball league.

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

• 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{{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}}
• Suhara Park

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

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

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• {{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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Category:Cities in Aichi Prefecture