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35-420: As a result of various consolidations and mergers of municipalities, the district was incorporated into the cities of Toyohashi and Tahara in 2005. As of 2004 (the last data available before its dissolution), the district had an estimated population of 21,657 with a density of 263.5 persons per km. Its total area was 82.18 km. Prior to its dissolution, the district consisted of only one town: Atsumi-gun

70-615: 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

105-680: 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

140-456: A round of consolidation in May 1906, the town of Fukagawa was created, and the remaining number of villages was reduced from 33 to 10. Toyohashi was also raised to city status on August 1, 1906. Toyohashi annexed two neighboring villages in 1932, leaving the district with three towns and eight villages. After World War II, in another round of consolidation in 1955, the town of Futagawa was merged into

175-765: A subsidiary of Toyohashi Railroad . 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

210-556: Is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships of living and extinct sea turtles in the Chelonioidea based on Evers et al. (2019): † Toxochelys  † Protostegidae   [REDACTED] † Corsochelys Dermochelyidae [REDACTED] † Nichollsemys † Allopleuron Cheloniidae [REDACTED] † Argillochelys † Procolpochelys † Eochelone † Puppigerus † Ctenochelys † Peritresius † Cabindachelys An alternate phylogeny

245-657: 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 Katahama Jusan-ri Beach ( 片浜十三里 ) stretching in adjacent city of Tahara to

280-782: 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. Almost all services are operated by Toyotetsu Bus,

315-671: Is one of the ancient counties of southern Mikawa Province and is mentioned in Nara period records. Due to its geographic proximity to Ise Province , during the Nara and Heian period , large portions of its lands were managed as shōen controlled by Ise Shrine or under the direct control of the Imperial family . During the Muromachi period , the Isshiki clan rose to prominence, but after

350-625: Is possible to tell male turtles from female turtles by their long tails with a cloacal opening near the tip. Adult female sea turtles have shorter tails, with a cloacal opening near the base. Hatchling and sub-adult turtles do not exhibit sexual dimorphism ; it is not possible to determine their sex by looking at them. In general, sea turtles have a more fusiform body plan than their terrestrial or freshwater counterparts. This tapering at both ends reduces volume and means that sea turtles cannot retract their head and limbs into their shells for protection, unlike many other turtles and tortoises. However,

385-466: Is the smallest sea turtle species, to 120 cm (3.9 ft) long in the case of the green turtle, the second largest. The skulls of sea turtles have cheek regions that are enclosed in bone. Although this condition appears to resemble that found in the earliest known fossil reptiles (anapsids), it is possible it is a more recently evolved trait in sea turtles, placing them outside the anapsids. Sea turtles, along with other turtles and tortoises, are part of

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420-569: 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

455-468: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The flatback turtle is found only in the waters of Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. Sea turtles can be categorized as hard-shelled ( cheloniid ) or leathery-shelled ( dermochelyid ). The only dermochelyid species of sea turtle is the leatherback. For each of the seven species of sea turtles, females and males are the same size. As adults, it

490-426: The Meiji Restoration , the area was merged into Aichi Prefecture. In the cadastral reforms of the early Meiji period, on October 1, 1889, Atsumi District was divided into the town of Toyohashi and 32 villages (35 villages by 1891 due to reorganization). The village of Tahara was raised to town status on October 3, 1892, followed by the village of Okawa on June 23, 1893, and the village of Fukue on February 22, 1897. In

525-514: 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 ,

560-555: 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

595-608: The sister group to the Chelonoidea, or an unrelated turtle lineage that convergently evolved similar adaptations. The earliest "true" sea turtle that is known from fossils is Nichollsemys from the Early Cretaceous ( Albian ) of Canada . In 2022, the giant fossil species Leviathanochelys was described from Spain . This species inhabited the oceans covering Europe in the Late Cretaceous and rivaled

630-678: The Ōnin War were displaced by the Toda clan , who built Tahara Castle . However, in the Sengoku period , the Doi were challenged by the rising power of the Makino clan and Matsudaira clan to the north, and the Imagawa clan to the east. In the Edo period , under the Tokugawa shogunate , most of the district was administered by the feudal domains of Tahara Domain , Yoshida Domain and Hatagamura Domain . After

665-400: The city had an estimated population of 377,453 in 160,516 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km . The total area of the city was 261.86 square kilometres (101.10 sq mi). By area, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefecture's second-largest city until March 31, 2005, when it was surpassed by the city of Toyota , which had merged with six peripheral municipalities. Toyohashi

700-503: The city of Toyohashi; and the town of Atsumi was created. With the elevation of the village of Akabane to town status on November 1, 1958, the district was left with only three towns. This Aichi Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Toyohashi, Aichi Toyohashi ( 豊橋市 , Toyohashi-shi ) is a city in Aichi Prefecture , Japan. As of 1 December 2019 ,

735-566: The concurrent giant protostegids such as Archelon and Protostega as one of the largest turtles to ever exist. Unlike the protostegids, which have an uncertain relationship to modern sea turtles, Leviathanochelys is thought to be a true sea turtle of the superfamily Chelonioidea. Sea turtles' limbs and brains have evolved to adapt to their diets. Their limbs originally evolved for locomotion, but more recently evolved to aid them in feeding. They use their limbs to hold, swipe, and forage their food. This helps them eat more efficiently. Below

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770-676: 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

805-904: The fictional Harry Potter universe , Toyohashi is the hometown of the professional Quidditch team, the Toyohashi Tengu . 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. Sea turtle Chelonii - Oppel, 1811 Chlonopteria - Rafinesque, 1814 Cheloniae - Schmid, 1819 Edigitata - Haworth, 1825 Oiacopodae - Wagler, 1828 Pterodactyli - Mayer, 1849 Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea ), sometimes called marine turtles , are reptiles of

840-535: The first marine turtle is Angolachelys , from the Turonian of Angola. A lineage of unrelated marine testudines, the pleurodire (side-necked) bothremydids , also survived well into the Cenozoic. Other pleurodires are also thought to have lived at sea, such as Araripemys and extinct pelomedusids . Modern sea turtles are not descended from more than one of the groups of sea-going turtles that have existed in

875-561: The lineage ( Panchelonioidea ) leading to modern sea turtles was possibly Desmatochelys padillai from the Early Cretaceous. Desmatochelys was a protostegid , a lineage that would later give rise to some very large species but went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. Presently thought to be outside the crown group that contains modern sea turtles (Chelonioidea), the exact relationships of protostegids to modern sea turtles are still debated due to their primitive morphology; they may be

910-534: The order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira . The seven existing species of sea turtles are the flatback , green , hawksbill , leatherback , loggerhead , Kemp's ridley , and olive ridley . Six of the seven sea turtle species, all but the flatback, are present in U.S. waters, and are listed as endangered and/or threatened under the Endangered Species Act . All but the flatback turtle are listed as threatened with extinction globally on

945-609: The order Testudines . All species except the leatherback sea turtle are in the family Cheloniidae . The superfamily name Chelonioidea and family name Cheloniidae are based on the Ancient Greek word for tortoise: χελώνη ( khelōnē ). The leatherback sea turtle is the only extant member of the family Dermochelyidae . Fossil evidence of marine turtles goes back to the Late Jurassic (150 million years ago) with genera such as Plesiochelys , from Europe. In Africa,

980-462: The past; they instead constitute a single radiation that became distinct from all other turtles at least 110 million years ago. Their closest extant relatives are in fact the snapping turtles (Chelydridae), musk turtles (Kinosternidae), and hickatee ( Dermatemyidae ) of the Americas, which alongside the sea turtles constitute the clade Americhelydia . The oldest possible representative of

1015-519: The population of Toyohashi has grown steadily over the past 60 years. 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

1050-529: The prefectural government. 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 . Industrial production is centered around

1085-549: The production of automotive-related components for Toyota , Mitsubishi , Suzuki Motors , and Honda , all of whom have factories in the region. 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 . Toyohashi Station

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1120-468: The streamlined body plan reduces friction and drag in the water and allows sea turtles to swim more easily and swiftly. The leatherback sea turtle is the largest sea turtle, reaching 1.4 to more than 1.8 m (4.6 to 5.9 ft) in length and weighing between 300 and 640 kg (661 to 1,411 lbs). Other sea turtle species are smaller, ranging from as little as 60 cm (2 ft) long in the case of the Kemp's ridley, which

1155-427: 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), 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, Toyohashi calligraphy brush ( 豊橋筆 , Toyohashi-fude ) . In

1190-745: 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 16.3 °C (61.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,651.3 mm (65.01 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.5 °C (81.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.4 °C (41.7 °F). Per Japanese census data,

1225-508: Was proposed by Castillo-Visa et al. (2022): † Toxochelyidae † Protostegidae † Corsochelys † Eosphargis Dermochelys † Nichollsemys † Leviathanochelys † Allopleuron † Procolpochelys † Argillochelys † Eochelone † Puppigerus † Cabindachelys † Ctenochelys † Peritresius Natator Eretmochelys Chelonia Lepidochelys kempii Caretta Lepidochelys olivacea Sea turtles can be found in all oceans except for

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