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Tokoname, Aichi

Tokoname
常滑市
City
Tokoname ware tiles
Tokoname ware tiles
Flag of Tokoname
Flag
Official seal of Tokoname
Seal
Location of Tokoname in Aichi Prefecture
Location of Tokoname in Aichi Prefecture
Tokoname is located in Japan
Tokoname
Tokoname
 
Coordinates: 34°53′11.5″N 136°49′56.4″E / 34.886528°N 136.832333°E / 34.886528; 136.832333Coordinates: 34°53′11.5″N 136°49′56.4″E / 34.886528°N 136.832333°E / 34.886528; 136.832333
Country Japan
Region Chūbu (Tōkai)
Prefecture Aichi Prefecture
Government
 • Mayor Norihiko Kataoka
Area
 • Total 55.89 km2 (21.58 sq mi)
Population (May 2015)
 • Total 57,024
 • Density 1,020/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree Japanese Black Pine
- Flower Camellia sasanqua
Phone number 0569-35-5111
Address 4-1 Shinkai-chō, Tokoname-shi, Aichi-ken 479-0837
Website Official website

Tokoname (常滑市 Tokoname-shi?) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

In May 2015 the city had an estimated population of 57.024 and a population density of 1020 persons per km². The total area was 55.89 square kilometres (21.58 sq mi).

Tokoname is located on the western coast of the Chita Peninsula in southern Aichi Prefecture, facing Ise Bay.

Tokoname has been associated with ceramics production since at least the Heian period, and Tokoname-yaki works from this period have been found in locations as far away as Aomori Prefecture in the north of Japan and Kagoshima prefecture in the south. By the Kamakura period, over 3000 kilns were active. During the Sengoku period, the area came under the control of the Isshiki clan, and later came under the rule of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. During the Edo period, the area around present-day Tokoname was part of Owari Domain.

In the post Meiji Restoration cadastral reforms of 1889, the town of Tokoname was created. Tokoname was elevated to city status on April 1, 1954 by the merger of Tokoname town with the towns of Onizaki (鬼崎), Nishiura (西浦) and Ōno (大野), and the village of Miwa (三和村).


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