Toyohashi

Toyohashi is located in southeastern Aichi Prefecture, and is the capital of the informal "Higashi-Mikawa Region" of the prefecture. It is bordered by Shizuoka Prefecture to the east, and by Mikawa Bay and the headlands of the Atsumi Peninsula to the west. To the south is the Enshū Sea of the Pacific Ocean. The presence of the warm Kuroshio Current offshore gives the city a temperate climate. The {{nihongo|Katahama Jusan-ri Beach|片浜十三里}} stretching in adjacent city of Tahara to the west, Toyohashi, and the city of Hamamatsu to the east is a sea turtle nesting spot.

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Toyohashi is {{cvt|16.3|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|1651.3|mm}} with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|27.5|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|5.4|C}}.

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|Jan record high C = 17.0

|Feb record high C = 21.7

|Mar record high C = 23.3

|Apr record high C = 26.7

|May record high C = 30.3

|Jun record high C = 34.1

|Jul record high C = 36.9

|Aug record high C = 37.9

|Sep record high C = 35.5

|Oct record high C = 31.0

|Nov record high C = 26.1

|Dec record high C = 22.4

|Jan record low C = -4.3

|Feb record low C = -4.4

|Mar record low C = -1.6

|Apr record low C = 1.3

|May record low C = 8.3

|Jun record low C = 12.9

|Jul record low C = 18.7

|Aug record low C = 19.3

|Sep record low C = 12.5

|Oct record low C = 6.5

|Nov record low C = 0.7

|Dec record low C = -2.2

|Jan high C = 9.2

|Feb high C = 10.4

|Mar high C = 14.0

|Apr high C = 18.6

|May high C = 23.2

|Jun high C = 25.9

|Jul high C = 29.6

|Aug high C = 31.5

|Sep high C = 28.4

|Oct high C = 23.2

|Nov high C = 17.3

|Dec high C = 11.8

|Jan mean C = 5.4

|Feb mean C = 6.4

|Mar mean C = 9.5

|Apr mean C = 14.3

|May mean C = 19.0

|Jun mean C = 22.3

|Jul mean C = 26.0

|Aug mean C = 27.5

|Sep mean C = 24.4

|Oct mean C = 19.1

|Nov mean C = 13.3

|Dec mean C = 8.0

|Jan low C = 1.7

|Feb low C = 2.5

|Mar low C = 5.2

|Apr low C = 10.0

|May low C = 15.1

|Jun low C = 19.2

|Jul low C = 23.2

|Aug low C = 24.3

|Sep low C = 21.0

|Oct low C = 15.4

|Nov low C = 9.3

|Dec low C = 4.1

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|Jan precipitation mm = 50.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 79.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 127.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 150.9

|May precipitation mm = 178.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 184.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 198.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 126.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 206.9

|Oct precipitation mm = 210.9

|Nov precipitation mm = 79.6

|Dec precipitation mm = 57.2

|year precipitation mm = 1651.3

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 5.3

|Feb precipitation days = 6.4

|Mar precipitation days = 8.4

|Apr precipitation days = 9.3

|May precipitation days = 8.9

|Jun precipitation days = 11.3

|Jul precipitation days = 10.8

|Aug precipitation days = 7.1

|Sep precipitation days = 10.7

|Oct precipitation days = 10.0

|Nov precipitation days = 6.7

|Dec precipitation days = 5.5

|Jan sun = 197.8

|Feb sun = 178.4

|Mar sun = 210.2

|Apr sun = 207.9

|May sun = 223.7

|Jun sun = 161.8

|Jul sun = 186.6

|Aug sun = 236.8

|Sep sun = 171.1

|Oct sun = 166.1

|Nov sun = 170.0

|Dec sun = 183.4

|year sun = 2293.8

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File:Toyohashi Metropolitan Employment Area.svg

Per Japanese census data,[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-aichi.php Toyohashi population statistics] the population of Toyohashi has grown steadily over the past 60 years.

{{Historical populations

| 1950 | 185,984

| 1960 | 215,515

| 1970 | 258,547

| 1980 | 304,273

| 1990 | 337,982

| 2000 | 364,865

| 2010 | 376,861

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;Aichi Prefecture

• Shinshiro
• Tahara
• Toyokawa

;Shizuoka Prefecture:

• Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu
• Kosai

File:ToyohashiSkyline03.jpg|Skyline of Toyohashi

File:聳える市役所と吉田城.JPG|Yoshida Castle

File:Toyohashi Aichi - in front of Toyohashi station Jan 3 2022.webm|The street in front of Toyohashi Station, 2022

File:豊橋（橋）.jpg|Toyokawa Bridge and Toyo River

File:Playground BotanicalGarden.jpg|Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Park

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The area around present-day Toyohashi has been inhabited for many thousands of years.

Archaeologists have found human remains from the Japanese Paleolithic period, which have been carbon dated to more than 10,000 BC along with the bones of Naumann elephants.

Numerous remains from the Jōmon period, and especially from the Yayoi and Kofun periods have also been found, including many kofun burial mounds.

During the Nara period, the area was assigned to Atsumi, Hoi and Yana Districts of Mikawa Province and prospered during subsequent periods as a post town on an important river crossing of the Tōkaidō connecting the capital with the eastern provinces.

During the Sengoku period, the area was a highly contested zone between the Imagawa clan based in Suruga Province and various local warlords, who built a number of fortifications in the area, including Yoshida Castle.

The rising power of the Matsudaira clan and its alliance with Oda Nobunaga eventually neutralized the threat posed by the Imagawa, and the area became part of the holdings of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Following the Battle of Odawara in 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the Tokugawa clan to relocate to the Kantō region and assigned the castle to Ikeda Terumasa. Ikeda developed the surrounding castle town and embarked on a massive and ambitious plan to rebuild Yoshida Castle. However, following the Battle of Sekigahara, he was relocated to Himeji Castle.

After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, Yoshida Castle became the center of Yoshida Domain, a clan fief. The domain was assigned to several different fudai daimyō clans until coming into the possession of the Matsudaira (Nagasawa-Ōkōchi) clan in 1752, which remained in residence at Yoshida until the Meiji Restoration.

The final daimyō of Yoshida, Matsudaira Nobuhisa, surrendered the domain to the Meiji government in 1868. In 1869, the name of the domain was formally changed from Yoshida to Toyohashi.

With the establishment of the modern municipalities system under the Meiji government in 1879, Toyohashi Town was created within Atsumi District, Aichi Prefecture. Toyohashi Zoo was established in 1899.

The town achieved city status in 1906.

A tram system (the present-day Toyohashi Railway Asumadai Main Line) was established in 1925.

In 1932, Toyohashi expanded its borders by annexing Shimoji Town (Hoi District), Takashi Village, Muroyoshida Village (Atsumi District), and Shimokawa Village (Yana District).

Toyohashi suffered considerable damage during the 1944 Tōnankai earthquake, and even more damage during the Toyohashi Air Raid, which destroyed more than 60% of the city in June 1945.

In 1955, Toyohashi's geographic extent was expanded again with the annexation of neighboring Maeshiba Village (Hoi District), Futagawa Village, Takatoyo Village, Oitsu Village (Atsumi District) and Ishimaki Village (Yana District). Toyohashi achieved core city status in 1999 with increased autonomy from the prefectural government.

File:Toyohashi City Office.jpg

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Toyohashi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 36 members.

The city contributes five members to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly.

In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District15 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

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• Aichi Prefectural Police
• Toyohashi police station

• Toyohashi Fire department
• Toyohashi-Minami fire department
• Toyohashi-Naka fire department

• Hospital
• Toyohashi City Hospital

• Toyohashi Post office
• Toyohashi-Minami Post office

• Toyohashi City Library
• Toyohashi City Central Library
• Toyohashi City Mukaiyama Liburary
• Toyohashi City Oshimizu Liburary (Minakuru)

File:Toyohashi Police Station 1.jpg|Toyohashi Police Station

File:Toyohashi City Hall 3.jpg|Toyohashi Fire Department

File:Toyohashi Municipal Hospital.jpg|Toyohashi City Hospital

File:Toyohashi Post Office (2017-09-18).jpg|Toyohashi Post Office

File:Toyohashi City Central Library in Jan. 2019 ac.jpg|Toyohashi City Central Library

;Sister cities

• {{flagicon|PRC}} Nantong, Jiangsu, China, since May 1987{{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}}
• {{flagicon|USA}} Toledo, Ohio, United States, since April 2000{{cite web|title=Interactive City Directory|url=http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Toyohashi,%20Japan|work=Sister Cities International|access-date=11 March 2014}}
• {{flagicon|LIT}} Panevėžys, Lithuania, since June 2019{{cite web |title=Miestai partneriai|url=https://www.panevezys.lt/lt/veiklos-sritys/uzsienio-rysiu-skyrius_1247/tarptautinis-bendradarbiavimas-220/miestai-partneriai.html|website=panevezys.lt|publisher=Panevėžys|language=lt|access-date=2019-08-28}}

;Friendship cities

• {{flagicon|ROK}} Jinju, South Gyeongsang, South Korea, since 1992
• {{flagicon|BRA}} Paranavaí, Paraná, Brazil, since 2008
• {{flagicon|DEU}} Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, since 2011

File:Seibunkan Shoten Head Office.jpg of Toyohashi City]]

File:三河湾 - 豊橋 - panoramio.jpg

• Cabbage
• Napa cabbage
• Tomato
• Diospyros kaki
• Pyrus pyrifolia
• Grape
• Chikuwa

;Japan Agricultural Cooperatives

• JA Toyohashi

Industrial production is centered around the production of automotive-related components for Toyota, Mitsubishi, Suzuki Motors, and Honda, all of whom have factories in the region.

;Motors

• Toyota
• Mitsubishi
• Suzuki Motors
• Honda
• VOLKSWAGEN Group Japan

;Worldwide trade

Mikawa Port is a major port for worldwide trade, and its presence has made Toyohashi the largest import and export hub in Japan for automobiles, in volume terms. Compared to other ports around the world, Mikawa is roughly on a par with the German port of Bremerhaven.[http://www.city.toyohashi.aichi.jp/en/welcome.html Toyohashi City / Welcome]

;Shopping center

• APiTA Mukaiyama
• Æon Toyohashi-Minami Shopping center
• Æon Town Toyohasihashira
• Cocola Avenue

File:Cabbage field in Oshimizu-cho, Toyohashi city ac (1).jpg|Cabbage field in Oshimizu-cho

File:Golden Volkswagen Golf TSI Highline (DBA-AUCPT).jpg|Volkswagen Golf Mk7

File:花園タウン(Hanazono Town) - panoramio.jpg|Shopping Street

File:Cocola Avenue.JPG|Cocola Avenue

• FM Toyohashi (JOZZ6AA-FM, 84.30 MHz)

• Higashi Aichi Newspaper
• Tonichi Shimbun Newspaper

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File:University Memorial Hall of Aichi University 100822.jpgToyohashi campuses]]

;National university

• Toyohashi University of Technology

;Private university

• Aichi University
• Toyohashi Sozo College

;Private college

• Aichi Junior College

• Toyohashi has 52 public elementary schools and 22 public middle schools operated by the city government, and eight public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. The city also has one private middle school and three private high schools. The prefecture also operated three special education schools for the handicapped.

• {{Nihongo|Escola Alegria de Saber|エスコーラ・アレグリア・デ・サベール}} - Brazilian school"[http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão]" ([https://archive.today/20080207160806/http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php Archive]). Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. Retrieved on October 13, 2015.
• {{Nihongo|Escola Cantinho Brasileiro|カンティーニョ学園}} - Brazilian primary school
• EJA Interativo – Educação de Jovens e Adultos - Brazilian institution
• {{Nihongo|Toyohashi Korean Elementary School and Kindergarten|豊橋朝鮮初級学校}} - North Korean school{{cite web |url=http://toyohashiks.jimdo.com/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B9/ |script-title=ja:アクセス |publisher=Toyohashi Korean Elementary School and Kindergarten |access-date=October 14, 2015 |quote="{{Nihongo2|愛知県豊橋市柳生町19}}"}}

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Toyohashi Station is on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and the Tōkaidō Main Line. Hikari shinkansen services stop at Toyohashi Station approximately once every two hours, and Kodama services stop twice an hour. Toyohashi Station is also the terminus of the Iida Line, Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line, Toyohashi Railroad Atsumi Line, and the Toyohashi Railroad Azumada Main Line, making it an important transportation hub.

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• Tōkaidō Shinkansen: {{STN|Toyohashi|x}}

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• Tōkaidō Main Line: {{STN|Toyohashi|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Futagawa|x}}
• Iida Line: {{STN|Toyohashi|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Funamachi|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Shimoji|x}}

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• Meitetsu Nagoya Line: {{STN|Toyohashi|x}}

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• Toyohashi Railroad Atsumi Line: {{STN|Shin-Toyohashi|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Yagyu-bashi|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Koike|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Aichidaigakumae|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Minami-Sakae|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Takashi|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Ashihara|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Ueta|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Mukougaoka|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Ōshimizu|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Oitsu|x}}{{•}}{{STN|Sugiyama|x}}

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• Toyohashi Railroad Azumada Main Line: {{STN|Ekimae|x}}{{•}}Ekimae-ōdōri{{•}}Shinkawa{{•}}Fudagi{{•}}Shiyakushomae{{•}}Toyohashi-kōenmae{{•}}Higashi-hatchō{{•}}Maehata{{•}}Azumada-sakaue{{•}}Azumada{{•}}Keirinjōmae{{•}}Ihara{{•}}Akaiwaguchi
• Ihara{{•}}Undōkōen-mae

Almost all services are operated by Toyotetsu Bus, a subsidiary of Toyohashi Railroad.

File:Toyohashi City km zero.JPG of Toyohashi]]

• Image:JP Expressway E1.svg Tomei Expressway

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• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|23}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|42}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|151}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|259}}
• {{jct|country=JPN|Route|362}}

• Port of Toyohashi (Port of Mikawa)

File:160321 Toyohashi Station Toyohashi Aichi pref Japan05n.jpg|Toyohashi Station

File:160321 Toyohashi Station Toyohashi Aichi pref Japan13n.jpg|Ekimae-Ôdôri Main street

File:T1000 toyohashi.jpg|Toyohashi Railroad

File:豊鉄バス KK-MK27HM.JPG|Toyotetsu Bus

File:Toyohashi Tollgate1.jpg|Toyohashi Tollgate

File:港湾技能研修センター 遠景.jpg|Port of Toyohashi

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• Toyohashi Park, which includes the site of {{Nihongo|Yoshida Castle|吉田城址}}, and the Toyohashi City Museum Art and History.
• Site of Nirengi Castle
• {{Nihongo|Toyohashi City Public Hall|豊橋市公会堂|Toyohashi-shi Kōkaidō}}, a National Important Cultural Property .[http://www.city.toyohashi.aichi.jp/en/i_map_e.html Toyohashi Culture Map]
• {{Nihongo|Toyohashi Orthodox Cathedral|豊橋ハリストス正教会}}, a National Important Cultural Property
• Futagawa-juku honjin museum
• Toyohashi Zoo
• Toyohashi Natural History Museum
• Toyohashi Museum of Natural Resources

Toyohashi has many parks, including the Natural History Museum and Zoological Park, the Imou swamp, Mikawa Seaside Forest, Kamo Iris Garden, and the Mukaiyama Ume Garden. It also has what is considered one of the best surfing beaches in Aichi and the surrounding region.

Toyohashi Festival, Spring Festival, Iris Flower Festival, Gion Festival, Demon Festival (February), and traditional marionette performances (Akumi joruri). At some of these festivals, especially the summer festivals, the use of traditionally handcrafted fireworks is showcased, and include hand-held bamboo-tube fireworks known as tezutsu hanabi.

Chikuwa (a type of baked sausage roll made from fish), {{Nihongo|Gohei rice cake|五平餅|Gohei-mochi}}, beach fermented soybeans, food boiled in goby fish and soy, top producer of quail eggs in Japan, {{Nihongo|Toyohashi calligraphy brush|豊橋筆|Toyohashi-fude}}.

In the fictional Harry Potter universe, Toyohashi is the hometown of the professional Quidditch team, the Toyohashi Tengu.{{cite book |first=Kennilworthy|last=Whisp|title=Quidditch Through the Ages|year=2001 |publisher=WhizzHard Books|pages=31–46|isbn=1-55192-454-4}}

In the Takeshi Kitano movie Kikujiro, the story revolves around the characters' trip from Tokyo to Toyohashi.

Toyohashi is the setting of the light novel series Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, the anime television adaptation of which premiered in July 2024.

• San-en NeoPhoenix (Toyohashi City General Gymnasium)

• Chunichi Dragons (Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium)

File:Cocola Avenue.JPG|Cocola Avenue

File:松葉公園 - panoramio - Roman Suzuki.jpg|Matsuba Park

File:Hotel Seapalace Resort, In Toyohashi.jpg|Seapalace Resort

File:Aquarena Toyohashi 2.jpg|Aquarena Toyohashi

File:Mukaiyama-Oike.JPG|Mukaiyama-Oike Ponds

File:Toyohashi Orthodox Church 1.jpg|Toyohashi Orthodox Church

File:手筒花火(Tezutsu Fireworks) (10421329123).jpg|Tezutsu Fireworks

File:Toyohasioni3.jpg|Toyohashi Oni Festival

File:Yoshida at Tokaido.jpg|Hokusai

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• Yua Aida, AV idol and model
• Katsuhito Asano, Japanese politician
• Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan, primate of Japanese Orthodox Church
• Atsushi Fujii, professional baseball player
• Emi Fujino, mixed martial artist, kickboxer and professional wrestler
• Mizuki Inoue, kickboxer and mixed martial artist
• Yoshitaka Iwamizu, Olympic long-distance runner
• Kitaro, musician
• Aya Kitō, writer
• Masaji Kiyokawa, Olympic gold-medalist swimmer
• Masatoshi Koshiba, Nobel Prize winner
• Ken Matsudaira, actor
• Rena Matsui, actress, former member of SKE48
• Yūji Mitsuya, actor, voice actor
• Masahiko Morifuku, professional baseball player
• Sakura Nogawa, voice actress
• Kenichi Ogawa, boxer
• Yoshio Sawai, manga artist
• Akiko Suzuki, professional figure skater
• Buyūzan Takeyoshi, sumo wrestler
• Sakon Yamamoto, professional race car driver

• 18th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army)
• Black Thunder (chocolate bar)
• Nirengi Castle
• Nishikawa Castle
• Siege of Yoshida Castle
• Toyohashi Air Raid
• Toyokawa Bridge

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