Hazu ( 幡豆町 , Hazu-chō ) was a town located in Hazu District , Aichi Prefecture , Japan .
27-521: Nishio ( 西尾市 , Nishio-shi ) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture , in the Chūbu region of Japan . As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 169,984 in 65,553 households, with a population density of 1,054 persons per km. The total area of the city was 160.22 square kilometres (61.86 sq mi). It is a regional commercial and manufacturing center and
54-561: A climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). The average annual temperature in Nishio is 15.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1596 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.3 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.5 °C. Gamagōri, Aichi is
81-457: A municipality to be designated as a city: The designation is approved by the prefectural governor and the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications . A city can theoretically be demoted to a town or village when it fails to meet any of these conditions, but such a demotion has not happened to date. The least populous city, Utashinai, Hokkaido , has a population of three thousand, while
108-669: A number of minor league teams for baseball, soccer, volleyball, basketball and other sports. The Denso Airybees , a women's volleyball team playing in the V.Premier League are based in Nishio. In 2006, the city entered the Guinness Book of Records for having the largest simultaneous tea ceremony in the world at any one time with 14,718 participants. This record was later beaten by a tea party in Indore , India in 2008. [REDACTED] Media related to Nishio at Wikimedia Commons Cities of Japan A city ( 市 , shi )
135-562: A pleasing sound when rung. The Nishio City Museum is located on the grounds of Nishio Castle. It has an extensive collection of items relating to local history and culture, dating from the ancient Jōmon period to the late Edo period . The Iwase Bunko Library , next to the city library, is home to a collection of more than 80.000 rare books and ancient Buddhist manuscripts. It features an exposition hall and rooms for study and reading. The Culture Center in Yamashita-cho provides
162-541: A town in the same prefecture, Otofuke, Hokkaido , has over forty thousand. Under the Act on Special Provisions concerning Merger of Municipalities ( 市町村の合併の特例等に関する法律 , Act No. 59 of 2004) , the standard of 50,000 inhabitants for the city status has been eased to 30,000 if such population is gained as a result of a merger of towns and/or villages , in order to facilitate such mergers to reduce administrative costs. Many municipalities gained city status under this eased standard. On
189-705: A venue for concerts, theatre performances, exhibitions and lectures. A number of popular events and festivals are held in Nishio, most of them during the summer months. White Wave sports center in Nishio Hazu Fureai Square features a 25m lap-pool, wave pool, waterslides and outdoor swimming areas. It is open year-round. Public outdoor sporting grounds are found in Nishio Park, Yatsuomote Park, Yahagi River Park, Zenmyo Community Sports Park and Furukawa Green Park. The City, Tsurushiro and Chuo gymnasiums are available for private sport clubs and host
216-594: Is a local administrative unit in Japan . Cities are ranked on the same level as towns ( 町 , machi ) and villages ( 村 , mura ) , with the difference that they are not a component of districts ( 郡 , gun ) . Like other contemporary administrative units, they are defined by the Local Autonomy Law of 1947. Article 8 of the Local Autonomy Law sets the following conditions for
243-453: Is a theme park called "Aichi Kodomo no Kuni" (Aichi Children's Land) with a swimming pool, a camp, walking course, and a small zoo. On April 1, 2011, Hazu, along with the towns of Isshiki and Kira (all from Hazu District ), was merged into the expanded city of Nishio . Hazu District was dissolved as a result of this merger. [REDACTED] Media related to Hazu, Aichi at Wikimedia Commons This Aichi Prefecture location article
270-756: Is rich in mica deposits, which was already mined in the Nara period . Yatsuomote ware is a type of Japanese pottery made at a kiln at the southern foot of Mount Yatsuomote (八ツ面山). The city has 26 public elementary schools and 10 public junior high schools operated by the city government and five public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. Public libraries and community centers are maintained in central Nishio, Hazu, Isshiki, Kira and Terazu. The Nishio International Association offers Japanese language classes as well as instruction in foreign languages; most of these are held at
297-765: Is the Nishio Municipal Hospital in central Nishio, near Yatsuomote-yama. Nishio is a regional commercial center and fishing port, with a mixed economy of light manufacturing and agriculture. It is also the largest producer of powdered green tea in Japan and one of the leading producers of Unagi eels. There is a public fish market at the fishing port in Isshiki. Numerous suppliers to the Japanese automotive industry such as Denso and Aisin have production plants in and around Nishio. The soil around Nishio
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#1732793808165324-452: The 1944 Tōnankai earthquake , which killed 32 people, and the 1945 Mikawa earthquake , which killed 765. After the end of World War II, Nishio attracted many workers from the rural south of Japan and its population increased. In 1953, Nishio became a city with the annexation of neighboring Heisaka and Terazu towns and Fukuchi and Muroba villages; followed by Miwa and Meiji villages in 1955. In 1959, Typhoon Vera caused considerable damage to
351-617: The Tōkaidō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto , although the town itself suffered heavy damage due to a tsunami in the 1707 Hōei earthquake . Early in the Meiji period , with the establishment of the modern municipalities system, Nishio was proclaimed a village in Hazu District in 1871. Following the 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake , a tsunami killed over 60 people. Nishio was elevated to town status on May 1, 1906. The town suffered damage in
378-451: The "city code" ( shisei , 市制) of 1888 during the "Great Meiji mergers" ( Meiji no daigappei , 明治の大合併) of 1889. The -shi replaced the previous urban districts /"wards/cities" (-ku) that had existed as primary subdivisions of prefectures besides rural districts (-gun) since 1878. Initially, there were 39 cities in 1889: only one in most prefectures, two in a few (Yamagata, Toyama, Osaka, Hyōgo, Fukuoka), and none in some – Miyazaki became
405-617: The Fukushi (Welfare) Center in Hananoki-Cho. Nishio's sightseeing highlight is Ushitora Yagura Castle Keep in the downtown Yamashita-cho area. It features a full reconstruction of the wooden central tower, gates and central compound of Nishio Castle , built by the Matsudaira clan in 1221 and used until 1601. Yatsuomote ware is a type of Japanese pottery started around 1825 by Katō Hachiemon (加藤八右衛門) when he opened his kiln at
432-513: The area, with 20 people killed. On April 1, 2011, the towns of Hazu , Isshiki and Kira (all from Hazu District ) were merged into Nishio. Hazu District was dissolved as a result of this merger. Nishio has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 30 members. The city contributes two members to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics,
459-643: The city is part of Aichi District 12 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Nishio's City Hall is located in Chodacho, about half a mile to the south-east of Nishio Station. Its foreign residents section offers assistance in Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and English. The Clean Center recycling plant in Kenjoda accepts all kinds of garbage, including bulky items and hazardous waste. Nishio's main hospital
486-682: The closest point that records statistical climate information. Per Japanese census data, the population of Nishio has been increased steadily over the past 70 years. The Mikawa area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, as attested by finds of pottery shards from the Jōmon period and the megalithic Kofun tomb in Kira, the oldest in the Mikawa Province . The fertile plains along the Yahagi River have been used for rice-farming as well as
513-616: The country's leading producer of powdered green tea . Nishio is situated on the northern coast of Mikawa Bay on the Pacific Ocean in southern Aichi Prefecture. The city lies along the eastern bank of the Yahagi River. Sheltered by Chita Peninsula and Atsumi Peninsula , the local climate is mild. Parts of the city lie within the borders of the Mikawa Wan Quasi-National Park The city has
540-542: The last prefecture to contain its first city in 1924. In Okinawa -ken and Hokkai-dō which were not yet fully equal prefectures in the Empire, major urban settlements remained organized as urban districts until the 1920s: Naha-ku and Shuri-ku, the two urban districts of Okinawa were only turned into Naha -shi and Shuri-shi in May 1921, and six -ku of Hokkaidō were converted into district-independent cities in August 1922. By 1945,
567-451: The number of cities countrywide had increased to 205. After WWII , their number almost doubled during the "great Shōwa mergers" of the 1950s and continued to grow so that it surpassed the number of towns in the early 21st century (see the List of mergers and dissolutions of municipalities in Japan ). As of October 1 2018, there are 792 cities of Japan. Hazu, Aichi As of May 1, 2004,
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#1732793808165594-448: The other hand, the municipalities recently gained the city status purely as a result of increase of population without expansion of area are limited to those listed in List of former towns or villages gained city status alone in Japan . The Cabinet of Japan can designate cities of at least 200,000 inhabitants to have the status of core city , or designated city . These statuses expand the scope of administrative authority delegated from
621-547: The prefectural government to the city government. Tokyo , Japan's capital, existed as a city until 1943, but is now legally classified as a special type of prefecture called a metropolis ( 都 , to ) . The 23 special wards of Tokyo , which constitute the core of the Tokyo metropolitan area, each have an administrative status analogous to that of cities. Tokyo also has several other incorporated cities, towns and villages within its jurisdiction. Cities were introduced under
648-418: The production of tea and cotton since ancient times. Shell mounds dating to the late Japanese Paleolithic period which have been found in what is today the town center also point to fish and seafood as important early local produce. In Hazu, a shrine from the Nara period is evidence of an early cultural connection to the Japanese capital at the time. The soil around Nishio is rich in mica deposits, which
675-414: The southern foot of Mount Yatsuomote (八ツ面山). The soil around Nishio is rich in mica deposits, which was already mined in the Nara period . After an incident at Mount Yatsuomote a small bell was offered to soothe the kami . Katō Kumazō started a local tradition where small ceramic zodiac bells (きらら鈴) were made out of local mica kneaded into the clay , and after burning in the kiln the bell would make
702-571: The village had an estimated population of 12,351 and a population density of 474.13 persons per km . Its total area was 26.05 km . Isshiki was a coastal settlement in southern Aichi Prefecture, on Mikawa Bay . The town economy was based on commercial fishing , and seasonal tourism, with parts of the town within the borders of the Mikawa Wan Quasi-National Park . The modern town was founded in 1889, and expanded in 1906 and 1926 by merging with adjacent villages. There
729-655: Was already mined in the Nara period . During the 15th century Sengoku period , Nishio was the home territory for the Sakai clan , based at Nishio Castle . The area eventually came under the control of the Tokugawa clan , and during the Edo period , most of the area was ruled as the Nishio Domain , a minor fudai feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate . The area prospered as a fishing port, and due to its location on
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