is a city

Cities of Japan

||A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and , with the difference that they are not a component of...

 located in Aichi

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, Japan

Japan

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. The city was founded on November 1, 1958. As of February 1, 2010 the city has an estimated population

Population

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 of 136,904 and a population density

Population density

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 of 1,730 persons per km². The total area is 79.30 km².

Inazawa is the location of the Solae elevator testing tower

Solae (tower)

The Solae is the world's tallest elevator testing tower. It is located in Inazawa City, Japan and is owned by Mitsubishi Electric. The tower is 173 m high....

, the highest such tower in the world.

Merger

On April 1, 2005 the towns of Heiwa

Heiwa, Aichi

was a town located in Nakashima District, Aichi, Japan.On April 1, 2005 Heiwa, along with the town of Sobue, from Nakashima District was merged into the city of Inazawa....

 and Sobue

Sobue, Aichi

was a town located in Nakashima District, Aichi, Japan.On April 1, 2005, Sobue, along with the town of Heiwa, from Nakashima District was merged into the city of Inazawa....

 were merged into Inazawa. Before the merger, 2003, Inazawa had an estimated population of 101,031 and the density of 2,090 persons per km². The former area of Inazawa was 48.35 km².

History

• 7th century: The ancient provincial capital and provincial temple
  Provincial temple
  Emperor Shōmu of Japan established so-called provincial temples in each province of Japan...
  
   of Owari
  Owari Province
  was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi Prefecture, including much of modern Nagoya. Its abbreviation is Bishū .-History:The province was created in 646....
  
   were built.
• 17th century: Two villages formed an area post town
  Shukuba
  were post stations during the Edo period in Japan, generally located on one of the Edo Five Routes or one of its sub-routes. They were also called shukueki . These post stations were places where travelers could rest on their journey around the nation...
  
   on the road (kaidō
  Kaido
  were ancient roads in Japan dating from the Edo period. Major examples include the Edo Five Routes, all of which started at Edo...
  
  ) connecting Miya-juku
  Miya-juku
  was the forty-first of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in the Atsuta-ku section of the city of Nagoya, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was six km from Narumi-juku, the preceding post station.-History:...
  
   (Atsuta
  Atsuta-ku, Nagoya
  is one of the wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. At the 2005 census it had a population of 63,608. Atsuta Shrine is well known. The rolling stock manufacturer Nippon Sharyo has its headquarters in the ward.-References:...
  
  ) on the Tōkaidō
  Tokaido (road)
  The ' was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period, connecting Edo to Kyoto in Japan. Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendō, the Tōkaidō travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshū, hence the route's name....
  
   to Tarui-juku
  Tarui-juku
  was the fifty-seventh of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day town of Tarui, Fuwa District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.-History:...
  
   (Mino Province
  Mino Province
  , one of the old provinces of Japan, encompassed part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Mino Province bordered Echizen, Hida, Ise, Mikawa, Ōmi, Owari, and Shinano Provinces....
  
  ) on the Nakasendō
  Nakasendo
  The , also called the , was one of the five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected Edo to Kyoto in Japan. There were 69 stations between Edo and Kyoto, crossing through Musashi, Kōzuke, Shinano, Mino and Ōmi provinces...
  
  .
• On November 1, 1958, the town of Inazawa became the city.