Toyoake

File:View of Zengo-Station Area overlooked from Uchiyama, Sakae-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg of Toyoake City]]

Toyoake is located in the coastal flatlands of central Aichi Prefecture, bordering the Nagoya metropolis.

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Toyoake is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1586 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 4.3 °C.[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/aichi/toyoake-4901/ Toyoake climate data]

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-aichi.php Toyoake population statistics] the population of Toyoake exploded during the 1970s and has continued to grow.

{{Historical populations

| 1920 | 6,402

| 1930 | 6,921

| 1940 | 7,872

| 1950 | 11,646

| 1960 | 15,366

| 1970 | 29,776

| 1980 | 54,667

| 1990 | 62,160

| 2000 | 66,495

| 2010 | 69,727

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;{{flagicon|Aichi}}Aichi Prefecture

• Kariya
• Nagoya (Midori-ku)
• Ōbu
• Tōgō

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The area of modern Toyoake was part of Owari Province and was the location of many battles during the Sengoku period, one of them being the Battle of Okehazama.

It was part of the holdings of Owari Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.

With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in 1888, Toyoake Village was created within Aichi District, Aichi.

Toyoake became a town on January 1, 1951, and was elevated to city status on August 1, 1982.

File:City Hall 01, Shinden-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg

Toyoake has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 20 members. The city contributes one member to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 7 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

;Friendship city

• {{flagicon|AUS}} Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, since October 22, 2003{{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)|accessdate=21 November 2015}}

;Friendship city

• {{flagicon|Aichi}} Toyone, Aichi Prefecture, since November 3, 1977
• {{flagicon|Nagano}} Agematsu, Nagano Prefecture, since November 12, 2002

Due to its proximity to the Nagoya metropolis, Toyoake is largely a bedroom community with some light manufacturing and product distribution.

File:Close view of Fujita Health University Hospital Building A 2018.jpg

• Fujita Health University
• Ohkagakuen University

• Nagoya College

Toyoake has nine public elementary schools and three public junior high schools operated by the city government, and one public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private junior high school and one private high school. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.

North Korean:

• Aichi Korean Middle and High School

File:Zengo Station Entrance & Palnes Zengo, Toyoake 2018.jpg]]

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• Nagoya Main Line: - {{STN|Zengo|x}} - {{STN|Toyoake|x}} -

• Image:JP Expressway E1A.svg Isewangan Expressway - Toyoake Interchange

• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|1}}

• Ano Ichirizuka, milestone markers on the old Tōkaidō, National Historic Site
• Ruins of Kutsukake Castle (沓掛城址)
• Okezazama Battlefield site, National Historic Site
• Chukyo Racecourse (中京競馬場)

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• Monami Gentsuki{{cite web|url=http://ads.selfip.com/users/monami/monami_gentsuki.html#top|title=Monami Gentsuki project(in Japanese but has a translation menu)|publisher=Monami Gentsuki project steering committee|accessdate=17 January 2022}}
• Nobunaga-kun and Yoshimoto-kun

• {{nihongo| Toyoake Spring Festival|豊明春まつり|Toyoake Haru-Matsuri}}

• {{nihongo| Okehazama Old Battlefield Festival|桶狭間古戦場まつり|Okehazama Kosenjo-Matsuri}}

• {{nihongo| Toyoake Summer Festival|豊明夏まつり|Toyoake Natsu-Matsuri}}

• {{nihongo| Toyoake Festival|豊明まつり|Toyoake Matsuri}}
• {{nihongo| Toyoake Marathon|とよあけマラソン|Toyoake Marason}}

File:Nyakōji-ike, Kutsukake-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg|Nyakōji-ike pond

File:Nishi-ike03, Zengo-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg|Nishi-ike pond & Nishiike park

File:Around the Top of Futamura-Yama Mountain, Kutsukake-cho Toyoake 2019.jpg|Mount Futamura

File:Bisan Fire Department Toyoake, Kutsukake-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg|Fire department

File:Toyoake Danchi entrance, Futamuradai Toyoake 2018.jpg|Toyoake Danchi

File:Toyoake City Cultural Center, Nishikawa-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg|Cultural center

File:Toyoake City Library, Nishikawa-cho Toyoake 2018.jpg|Toyoake city library

File:Ruins of Kutsukake Castle(Honmaru), Toyoake 2012.JPG|Ruins of Kutsukake castle

File:Chukyo Racecourse Main-Stand PEGASUS, Toyoake 2018.jpg|Chukyo Racecourse Main-stand PEGASUS

• Kimiyasu Kudoh, professional baseball player{{cn|date=October 2022}}

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

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Category:Cities in Aichi Prefecture