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Country
  
Japan

- Tree
  
Pinus thunbergii

- Bird
  
Egret

Population
  
62,879 (May 2015)

Prefecture
  
Aichi Prefecture

Region
  
Chūbu (Tōkai)

- Flower
  
Japanese wisteria

Area
  
25.09 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 12:09 PM

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Time zone
  
Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Weather
  
8°C, Wind N at 11 km/h, 81% Humidity

Tsushima (津島市, Tsushima-shi) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Map of Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

As of May 2015, the city had an estimated population of 62,879 and a population density of 2,591 persons per km². The total area was 25.09 square kilometres (9.69 sq mi).

Geography

Tsushima is located in far western Aichi Prefecture.

Surrounding municipalities

  • Aichi Prefecture
  • Aisai
  • Kanie
  • Ama

    • Climate

    Average winter temperatures range from around 0-10 degrees C with occasional snowfall. Summer is hot and humid with occasional typhoons. Summer temperatures are regularly around 30 degrees C. The East Asian rainy season occurs in June.

    History

    Tsushima developed as a monzen-machi catering to the pilgrimage traffic to the well-known Shinto shrine of Tsushima Jinja from the Muromachi period. During the Sengoku period, it was controlled by the Oda clan and subsequently in the Edo period was part of the holdings of the Owari Tokugawa of Nagoya.

    During the Meiji period, the area was organized into several villages under Ama District, Aichi Prefecture, including the village of Tsushima in 1871. During the Meiji period, the area was a center for textile production. Tsushima was elevated to town status on October 1, 1889, and to city status on March 1, 1947.

    Tsushima was hit by the Ise-Wan Typhoon in 1959 which caused widespread damage and flooding.

    Railways

  • Meitetsu – Tsushima Line
  • Tsushima – (Shobata) - (Fujinami) - Aotsuka
  • Meitetsu – Bisai Line
  • Tsushima

    • Highways

  • Higashi-Meihan Expressway
  • Japan National Route 155

    • Education

    Tsushima has four public middle schools and eight public elementary schools.

    It is also the location of the private Seirinkan High School.

    Sister city relations

  • - Hercules, California USA

    • Local attractions

  • Tsushima Shrine
  • Tenno Matsuri, a festival with a history of over two hundred years. The highlight of this two-day event is the evening festival in which a dozen boats, each decorated with nearly 400 paper lanterns, float down the Tenno River.

    • Notable people from Tsushima

  • Yone Noguchi (1875–1947), poet
  • Mitsuharu Kaneko (1895–1975), poet
  • Kiyoshi Takayama (b. 1947), yakuza tycoon
  • Kanematsu Sugiura (1892-1979), cancer researcher

    • References

    Tsushima, Aichi Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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