Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Toyota is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The total area was 918.32 square km (354.57 sq mi). It is located about 35 minutes from Nagoya by way of the Meitetsu Toyota Line.

Several of Toyota Motor Corporation's manufacturing plants, including the Tsutsumi plant, are located here. The longstanding ties between the Toyota Motor Corporation and the town of Toyota-shi, formerly known as Koromo (挙母市, Koromo-shi), gave the town its current name. The city's flag (and seal), is a unicursal hexagram.

Primary sector of the economy Agriculture • Peach • Pyrus pyrifolia (Atago). Forestry • Cryptomeria • Chamaecyparis obtusa.

Secondary sector of the economy The main headquarters of Toyota is located in a 14-story building in Toyota. As of 2006 the head office has the "Toyopet" Toyota logo and the words "Toyota Motor". The Toyota Technical Center, a 14-story building, and the original Honsha plant, Toyota's first plant engaging in mass production and formerly named the Koromo plant, are adjacent to one another in a location near the headquarters. Vinod Jacob from The Hindu described the main headquarters building as "modest". In 2013 company head Akio Toyoda reported that it had difficulties retaining foreign employees at the headquarters due to the lack of amenities in Toyota.

Tertiary sector of the economy Shopping centers: • Æon Toyota • Æon Takahashi (GREEN CITY) • KiTARA • Lut's • Meglia • T-FACE.


Colleges and universities • Aichi Gakusen University • Aichi Institute of Technology • Toyota National College of Technology • Aichi Mizuho College • Ohkagakuen University – Toyota campus • Chukyo University – Toyota campus • Japanese Red Cross Toyota College of Nursing • Junior College of Toyota (1990–1999).