Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Japan

🇯🇵 Ichinomiya is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The city is sometimes called Owarichinomiya to avoid confusion with other municipalities of the same name, including Ichinomiya in Chiba Prefecture.

Geography Ichinomiya is situated in western Aichi Prefecture, bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the west. The Kiso River and the Gojō River both flow through the city.

Neighboring municipalities Aichi Prefecture • Kōnan • Iwakura • Inazawa • Kitanagoya • Kiyosu.

Gifu Prefecture • Hashima • Kakamigahara • Kasamatsu • Ginan.

History "Ichinomiya" literally means "the first shrine" of a province.

In case of Owari Province, this was Masumida Shrine, which dates to the Nara period and was located close to the provincial capital in what is now the city of Inazawa.

History: Middle Ages Ichinomiya developed as a monzen-machi from the Heian period and was part of the holdings of Owari Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa Shogunate.

Late modern period Meiji period In the early Meiji period, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, the town of Ichinomiya was created within Nakashima District

Ichinomiya was raised to city status on September 1, 1921.

Contemporary history The city annexed the neighboring villages of Haguri and Nishinari in 1940, and with an additional eight surrounding municipalities (the villages of Chiaki, Tanyo, and Kitakata, and the towns of Asai, Yamato, Akiwara, Oku and a portion of Imaise) in 1955.

On April 1, 2002, Ichinomiya was designated as a special city, with increased local autonomy.

On April 1, 2005, the city was further expanded by absorbing the city of Bisai, and the town of Kisogawa (from Haguri District) which made it the fourth largest in Aichi Prefecture, after Nagoya, Toyota, and Toyohashi.

On April 1, 2021, Ichinomiya was designated as a core city, with increased local autonomy.

Primary sector of the economy Traditionally noted for textiles, Ichinomiya is now a regional commercial centre with a mixed economy of manufacturing and agriculture.

Agriculture • Dry Daikon • Allium fistulosum • Rice

Animal husbandry • Poultry farming

Manufacturing The Eisaku Noro Company, which produces colorful handcrafting and machine yarns for clothing, is also based here.

Commerce Kanesue has its headquarters in Ichinomiya. It moved to its current headquarters in July 1976.

Shopping center • APiTA Ichinomiya（TelassWalk Ichinomiya） • Æon mall Kisogawa • Kanesue • Meitetsu Department Store Ichinomiya.

Companies headquartered in Ichinomiya • Aichi small-elevator manufacturing corporation • Ichibanya • Kanesue • Konami Amusement • SOTOH • Japan Ecosystem.

Education: University • Shubun University

College • Aichi Kiwami College of Nursing • Ichinomiya Kenshin College.

Railways Conventional lines: Central Japan Railway Company • Tōkaidō Line： – Owari-Ichinomiya – Kisogawa –

Meitetsu • Nagoya Main Line：Shima-Ujinaga – Myōkōji – Meitetsu-Ichinomiya – Imaise – Iwato – Shin-Kisogawa – Kuroda – Kisogawazutsumi • Bisai Line：Tamano – Hagiwara – Futago – Kariyasuka – Kannonji – Meitetsu-Ichinomiya – Nishi-Ichinomiya – Kaimei – Okuchō – Tamanoi

Transport: Road Expressways: • Meishin Expressway; ◦ ：- Owari Ichinomiya PA – Ichinomiya IC – Ichinomita JCT – • Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway; ◦ ：Ichinomiya JCT – Ichinomiya-Nishi IC – Hizai IC – Ichinomiya-Kisogawa IC – • Nagoya Expressway; ◦ Route 16 (Nagoya Expressway)

Japan National Route • National Route 22 • National Route 155.

Riverways Water taxi • Nishinakano tosen（Kiso River).

Local attractions Castle • Ichinomiya Castle • Kuroda Castle • Ōno_Castle.

Buddhist temple • Houren-ji • Myōkō-ji • Sebe Saihō-ji.

Shinto shrines • Azai shrine • Ifuribe shrine • Iwato shrine • Masumida Shrine • Owari Ōmiwa Shrine.

Archaeological sites • Mitsui Inariyama kofun • Nekojima Site.

Park • 138 Tower Park • Asano Park • Azaiyama Park • Umegae Park.

Festivals • Ichinomiya Tanabata Festival（Double Seventh Festival）