Tahara, Aichi

File:TaharaJo MtZao.jpg

Tahara is situated in southern Aichi Prefecture, and occupies most of the hilly Atsumi Peninsula. The peninsula is bounded on the north by Mikawa Bay and to the south lies the Enshū Sea.{{Cite web|title= Tahara City Profile |work= Tahara Official Website|url= http://www.city.tahara.aichi.jp/en/index.html |access-date=November 11, 2011}} Situated as it is between those two bodies of water, Tahara has a warm maritime 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 Tahara is {{cvt|16.4|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1642.1|mm}} with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|27.4|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|6.0|C}}.

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|location = Cape Irago, Tahara (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1947−present)

|Jan record high C = 17.5

|Feb record high C = 21.4

|Mar record high C = 24.0

|Apr record high C = 28.2

|May record high C = 31.3

|Jun record high C = 36.3

|Jul record high C = 37.6

|Aug record high C = 38.4

|Sep record high C = 35.9

|Oct record high C = 30.8

|Nov record high C = 25.2

|Dec record high C = 23.4

|Jan record low C = -4.4

|Feb record low C = -4.0

|Mar record low C = -3.0

|Apr record low C = 1.2

|May record low C = 6.2

|Jun record low C = 12.1

|Jul record low C = 15.3

|Aug record low C = 16.8

|Sep record low C = 12.3

|Oct record low C = 6.4

|Nov record low C = 2.1

|Dec record low C = -3.6

|Jan high C = 9.4

|Feb high C = 10.2

|Mar high C = 13.7

|Apr high C = 18.8

|May high C = 23.1

|Jun high C = 26.0

|Jul high C = 30.0

|Aug high C = 31.6

|Sep high C = 28.1

|Oct high C = 22.7

|Nov high C = 17.2

|Dec high C = 11.9

|Jan mean C = 6.0

|Feb mean C = 6.3

|Mar mean C = 9.4

|Apr mean C = 14.3

|May mean C = 18.8

|Jun mean C = 22.2

|Jul mean C = 26.1

|Aug mean C = 27.4

|Sep mean C = 24.4

|Oct mean C = 19.1

|Nov mean C = 13.6

|Dec mean C = 8.6

|Jan low C = 2.9

|Feb low C = 2.9

|Mar low C = 5.4

|Apr low C = 10.1

|May low C = 15.0

|Jun low C = 19.2

|Jul low C = 23.3

|Aug low C = 24.5

|Sep low C = 21.5

|Oct low C = 16.0

|Nov low C = 10.1

|Dec low C = 5.2

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|Jan precipitation mm = 61.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 68.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 121.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 138.8

|May precipitation mm = 163.5

|Jun precipitation mm = 179.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 159.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 115.5

|Sep precipitation mm = 240.6

|Oct precipitation mm = 223.9

|Nov precipitation mm = 106.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 63.1

|year precipitation mm = 1642.1

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 5.4

|Feb precipitation days = 5.9

|Mar precipitation days = 8.5

|Apr precipitation days = 9.4

|May precipitation days = 9.7

|Jun precipitation days = 11.6

|Jul precipitation days = 9.8

|Aug precipitation days = 6.7

|Sep precipitation days = 10.6

|Oct precipitation days = 10.1

|Nov precipitation days = 6.4

|Dec precipitation days = 5.6

|humidity colour= green

|Jan humidity = 63

|Feb humidity = 63

|Mar humidity = 65

|Apr humidity = 68

|May humidity = 73

|Jun humidity = 80

|Jul humidity = 82

|Aug humidity = 79

|Sep humidity = 77

|Oct humidity = 72

|Nov humidity = 69

|Dec humidity = 66

|Jan sun = 180.1

|Feb sun = 176.1

|Mar sun = 201.3

|Apr sun = 201.3

|May sun = 205.1

|Jun sun = 155.5

|Jul sun = 194.4

|Aug sun = 234.2

|Sep sun = 169.0

|Oct sun = 164.1

|Nov sun = 166.0

|Dec sun = 174.9

|year sun = 2222.0

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Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-aichi.php Tahara population statistics] the population of Tahara has been relatively steady over the past 60 years.

{{Historical populations

| 1950 | 65,095

| 1960 | 59,120

| 1970 | 56,248

| 1980 | 60,581

| 1990 | 64,978

| 2000 | 65,534

| 2010 | 64,128

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;{{flagicon|Aichi}}Aichi Prefecture

• Toyohashi

The area of present-day Tahara has been continuously occupied since prehistoric times.

Archaeologists have found numerous remains from the Jōmon period and burial mounds from the Kofun period.

During the Nara period, the area was assigned to ancient Atsumi County, and was divided into several shōen during the Heian period.

During the Kamakura period, the area was noted for production of a certain type of pottery.

During the Sengoku period, the area was under the control of the Toda clan, who constructed Tahara Castle.

The Toda, who were allied with Tokugawa Ieyasu were dispossessed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but returned as daimyō of Tahara Domain at the start of the Edo period.

The Toda were later replaced by the Miyake clan, who ruled until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. The noted scholar Watanabe Kazan was from Tahara.

At the start of the Meiji period, on October 1, 1889, Tahara was organized into a number of villages within Atsumi District, Aichi Prefecture with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.

Tahara Village was elevated to town status on October 3, 1892, and Fukue village became Fukue Town on February 22, 1897.

Fukue later changed its name to Atsumi Town on April 15, 1955.

On November 11, 1958, the village of {{ill|Akabanecho|lt=Akabane|ja|赤羽根町}} was raised to town status.

The city of Tahara was established on August 20, 2003, from the merger the former town of Tahara, absorbing the town of Akabane (both from Atsumi District) to elevate city status. On October 1, 2005, the town of Atsumi (also from Atsumi District) was merged into Tahara. Therefore, Atsumi District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

File:Tahara City Hall 2021-09 ac (1).jpg

Tahara has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 18 members. The city contributes one member to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 15 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

;Sister cities

• {{flagicon|USA}} Georgetown, Kentucky, United States, since April 20, 1990
• {{flagicon|USA}} Princeton, Indiana, United States, since August 8, 2002

;Friendship cities

• {{flagicon|CHN}} Kunshan, Jiangsu, China, since May 14, 1993{{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=November 21, 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=December 24, 2015}}
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea, since December 2006

Friendship cities

• {{flagicon|Aichi}} Shitara, Aichi Prefecture, since Marchi 24, 1999
• {{flagicon|Nagano}} Miyata, Nagano Prefecture, since November 9, 1999

Tahara is a regional commercial center with a mixed economy of manufacturing and agriculture. Due to its long coastline, Tahara has many ports for commercial fishing.

The main industrial employer is Toyota Motor Corporation, which has its award-winning Tahara plant in Tahara which makes many Lexus-brand cars and some Toyota models.

The Toyota Celica was manufactured in Tahara from 1979 to 1999.

Many Lexus models are manufactured within this plant, as are many Toyota models for domestic and international markets.

Tahara has a consortium of companies investing in renewable energy needs. {{As of|November 2014}}, a new solar energy and wind energy power generation facility will provide 19,000 households with electricity on an infrequent basis that is dependent upon the weather.{{Cite web|title= Solar/Wind Electricity Generation Project in Tahara City|work= Toshiba Official Website|url=https://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2012_11/pr0701.htm|date=November 7, 2012|access-date=November 7, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mitsuichem.com/release/2014/140930.htm|title = News release details | News Release | MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC}} JERA operates the Atsumi Thermal Power Station, an oil-fired power plant with capacity of 1400 MW in Tahara.[https://www.jera.co.jp/english/business/thermal-power/list/atsumi JERA official home page]

Tahara has 18 public elementary schools, five public middle schools operated by the city government and three public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education.

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;20px Toyohashi Railroad

• Atsumi Line: - {{STN|Yagumadai|x}} – {{STN|Toshima|x}} – {{STN|Kambe|x}} – {{STN|Mikawa Tahara|x}}

Toyotetsu buses and city-operated environmentally friendly public transport facilitate access throughout Tahara, even to the westernmost point at Cape Irago.

• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|259}} is the main highway that runs the length of Atsumi Peninsula. An alternate reading of the kanji in this highway numeral designation is ji-go-ku. In Japanese, the word jigoku means Hell, and thus some locals refer to it as ji-go-ku-douro, or the "Highway to Hell". This term was encouraged by the perception of a higher fatality rate along the road, especially before it was widened and improved.
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|42}}

From the Port of Irago, the Ise-wan Ferry connects Tahara with the town of Toba, Mie prefecture. The ferry can accommodate motor vehicles. The ferry also docks at the Central Japan International Airport, built on an artificial island in Ise Bay, south of Nagoya.

• Akabane Long Beach, also known as "Akabane Beach" or "Long Beach", is a very scenic area for locals and tourists. The Akabane Beach hosted the 2018 World Surfing Games, among other international surfing competitions over the years.
• Irago Tōdai-ji Tile Kiln ruins, Kamakura-period kiln ruins, a National Historic Site
• Kazan Jinja
• Kojigahama Beach, Cape Irago, the wave sounds of which were listed as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan by the Ministry of the Environment{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/air/life/nihon_no_oto/index.html |title=100 Soundscapes of Japan |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |access-date=December 8, 2015}}
• Ōarako Old Kiln ruins, a National Historic Site
• Site of Tahara Castle
• Yoshigo Shell Midden, a Jōmon period shell midden and National Historic Site

Iragomisaki5.jpg|Cape Irago

Irago view hotel.jpg|View of Cape Irago from Irako View Hotel

Taiheiyou long beach.jpg|Akabane Long Beach

Tahana nanohana.jpg|Rape Blossoms

Taharajou.JPG|Tahara Castle

Atsumi Peninsula3.JPG|Nishinohama Wind Farm

Yoshigo kaizuka.JPG|Yoshigo Kaizuka

• Watanabe Kazan, Edo period samurai and artist
• Kayoko Okubo, comedian
• Noboru Ueda, motorcycle racer

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• {{Official website|http://www.city.tahara.aichi.jp}} {{in lang|ja}} (with link to English pages)

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