is a city

Cities of Japan

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 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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.

As of 2006, the city has an estimated population

Population

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 of 52,301 and the density

Population density

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 of 1,023.56 persons per km². The total area is 48.59 km².

The city was founded on April 1, 1954.

Chubu Centrair International Airport

Chubu Centrair International Airport

is an airport on an artificial island in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, south of Nagoya in central Japan.Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chūbu region of Japan...

 in Tokoname opened on February 17, 2005.

Region

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Economy

Tokoname's traditional industry is ceramic, with a concentration in its unique ash-glaze pottery. It is renowned for its teaware and maneki neko

Maneki Neko

The is a common Japanese sculpture, often made of ceramic, which is believed to bring good luck to the owner. The sculpture depicts a cat beckoning with an upright paw, and is usually displayed—many times at the entrance—in shops, restaurants, pachinko parlors, and other businesses...

—"Beckoning Cat"—sculptures.

Notable people

• Tetsuzō Tanikawa
  Tetsuzo Tanikawa
  was a Japanese philosopher who promoted the concept of World Government for purposes of peace.Tanikawa introduced philosophical ideas in Japan through his translations of Georg Simmel and Immanuel Kant. His major philosophical influence was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
  
   (philosopher, Father of Shuntarō Tanikawa
  Shuntaro Tanikawa
  is a Japanese poet and translator. He is one of the most widely read and highly regarded of living Japanese poets, both in Japan and abroad, and a frequent subject of speculations regarding the Nobel Prize in Literature...
  
  )
• Taizo Ishida (石田退三 Toyota Motor Corporation
  Toyota Motor Corporation
  , , , commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 317,734 people worldwide, and was the world's largest automobile manufacturer by production.The company was founded by...
  
  )
• Akio Morita
  Akio Morita
  Akio Morita KBE was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation along with Masaru Ibuka.-Early life:...
  
   (Sony
  Sony
  , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
  
  )
• Tatsutoshi Goto
  Tatsutoshi Goto
  is a Japanese professional wrestler. He competed primarily in WAR and New Japan Pro Wrestling using the name "T2000 Machine". He also briefly competed in WCW as part of the nWo Japan.-Career:...
  
  (professional wrestler)

External links

• Tokoname official website (with link to pages in English)