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Country
  
Japan

University
  
Chubu University

Region
  
ChubuTokai


Population
  
305,569 (2010)

Area
  
92.71 km2

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Mayor
  
Futoshi Itoh (since May 2006)

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Kasugai (春日井市, Kasugai-shi) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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As of May 2015, the city had an estimated population of 308,820 and a population density of 3,330 persons per km². The total area was 92.71 square kilometres (35.80 sq mi). Former Nagoya Airport, is located between Kasugai and neighboring Komaki.

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Geography

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Kasugai is located in west-central Aichi Prefecture, north of the Nagoya metropolis.

Surrounding municipalities

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  • Aichi Prefecture
  • Komaki
  • Inuyama
  • Seto
  • Kōnan
  • Toyoyama
  • Gifu Prefecture
  • Tajimi

    • History

    During the Meiji period, the area was organized into villages under Higashikasugai District, with the town of Kachigawa established on July 25, 1900. On June 1, 1943, Kachigawa was merged with neighboring villages of Toriimatsu and Shinogi to form the city of Kasugai. In 1958, Kasugai annexed the neighboring towns of Sakashita and Kozoji. Kasugai gained Special city status on April 1, 2001.

    Airports

  • Nagoya Airfield

    • Railways

  • Central Japan Railway Company – Chūō Main Line
  • Jōkōji - Kōzōji - Jinryō - Kasugai - Kachigawa
  • Meitetsu – Komaki Line
  • Ajiyoshi - Kasugai - Ushiyama - Manai
  • Tōkai Transport Service Company- Jōhoku Line
  • Kachigawa - Ajiyoshi

    • Highways

  • Tōmei Expressway
  • Chūō Expressway
  • Nagoya Dai-Ni Kanjo Expressway(Meinikan)
  • Japan National Route 19
  • Japan National Route 155
  • Japan National Route 302

    • Education

    Colleges and universities:

  • Chubu University

    • Primary and secondary education:

  • Kasugai has 41 public and one private elementary schools, 15 public and one private middle schools, and seven publilc and one private high school.

    • International schools:

  • Toshun Korean Primary School (東春朝鮮初級学校) - North Korean school

    • Sister cities

  • Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada from February 1981

    • Local attractions

    Castle
  • Jōjō Castle ruins
  • Ōdome Castle
  • Yoshida Castle
    • Buddhist temple
  • Enpukuji temple
  • Kōzōji temple
  • Mitsuzōin temple
  • Rinsyōin temple
  • Shintokuji temple
  • Taigakuji temple
    • Shinto shrine
  • Itahato Shinto shrine
  • Matsubara Shinto shrine
  • Utsutsu Shinto shrine
    • Archaeological site
  • Futagoyama Kofun
    • Library
  • Kasugai city library
    • Park
  • Greenpia Kasugai
  • Ochiai Park

    • Noted people from Kasugai

  • Ichiro Suzuki - professional baseball player
  • Eiji Okuda – actor and director
  • Takehiro Donoue – professional baseball player
  • Naomichi Donoue – professional baseball player
  • Sho Ito – professional soccer player
  • Asahiyutaka Katsuteru – sumo wrestler
  • Kousei Amano –actor
  • Gaku Hasegawa – politician
  • Company Matsuo – pornographic movie actor/director

    • References

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