Kariya 刈谷市 |
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Location of Kariya in Aichi Prefecture |
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Coordinates: 34°59′21.4″N 137°0′7.7″E / 34.989278°N 137.002139°ECoordinates: 34°59′21.4″N 137°0′7.7″E / 34.989278°N 137.002139°E | |||
Country | Japan | ||
Region | Chūbu (Tōkai) | ||
Prefecture | Aichi Prefecture | ||
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• Total | 50.39 km2 (19.46 sq mi) | ||
Population (May 2015) | |||
• Total | 149,030 | ||
• Density | 2,960/km2 (7,700/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | ||
- Tree | Camphor Laurel | ||
- Flower | Iris laevigata | ||
Phone number | 0566-23-1111 | ||
Address | 1-1 Tōyōchō, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken 448-8501 | ||
Website | Official website |
Kariya (刈谷市 Kariya-shi?) is a city in central Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2015, the city had an estimated population of 149,030 and a population density of 2,960 persons per km². The total area was 50.45 square kilometres (19.48 sq mi).
Kariya is situated in central Aichi Prefecture.
Kariya was a castle town in the Sengoku period, in an area contested between the Imagawa clan, Oda clan and various local warlords, including the Mizuno clan and Matsudaira clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu’s maternal grandfather Mizuno Tadamasa rebuilt Kariya Castle in the mid-16th century. The Mizuno clan shifted allegiances adroitly between the Imagawa clan to Oda Nobunaga and to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who relocated the clan to Ise Province. However, Mizuno Katsunari, the grandson of Tadamasa was allowed to return to the clan’s ancestral territories by Ieyasu after the Battle of Sekigahara as daimyō of Kariya Domain a feudal han under the Tokugawa shogunate. The domain was reassigned to numerous clans during the Edo period, but was retained by the Doi clan from 1734 until the Meiji Restoration.