Tsushima, Aichi
Encyclopedia
is a city
located in Aichi Prefecture
in the Chūbu region
of Japan
.
As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population
of 66,448, with a household
number of 25,398, and the density
of 2,649.44 persons per km². The total area is 25.08 km².
The city was founded on March 1, 1947. In late July, Tsushima hosts Tenno Matsuri
(天王祭り), 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.
Tsushima has 4 public Junior High Schools and 8 public Elementary schools. Each of these schools is attended by one of 4 English teachers living in the city who are employed under the JET Programme
. Current JETs include 2 British and 2 Australians.
The city is served by the Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad
) train company, with journey times to nearby Nagoya taking around 30–40 minutes.
Average winter temperatures range from around 0-10 degrees with occasional snowfall. Summer is hot and humid with occasional typhoons. Summer temperatures are regularly around 30 degrees. East Asian rainy season
occurs in June.
Tsushima was hit by Typhoon Vera (1959) (known locally as the Ise-Wan Typhoon) in 1959 which caused widespread damage and flooding.
Tsushima and the wider Tokai area is overdue a large earthquake (approximately magnitude 8). The forecast earthquake is known as the Tokai Earthquake
and is likely to cause substantial damage to the area.
Like many other cities in the region, every year on the 1st September schools and public facilities practice earthquake evacuation drills.
Cities of Japan
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located in Aichi Prefecture
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 :...
in the Chūbu region
Chubu region
The is the central region of Honshū, Japan's main island. Chūbu has a population estimate of 21,886,324 as of 2008.Chūbu, which means "central region", encompasses nine prefectures : Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, Yamanashi, and often Mie.It is located directly...
of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 66,448, with a household
Household
The household is "the basic residential unit in which economic production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out"; [the household] "may or may not be synonymous with family"....
number of 25,398, and the density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 2,649.44 persons per km². The total area is 25.08 km².
The city was founded on March 1, 1947. In late July, Tsushima hosts Tenno Matsuri
Tenno Matsuri
Tenno Matsuri is a festival held annually, on the fourth Saturday of July, in Tsushima, Aichi. The highlight of the two-day event is the evening festival in which a dozen boats, each decorated with nearly 400 paper lanterns, float down the Tenno River. The festival honors the deity Gozu Tenno....
(天王祭り), 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.
Tsushima has 4 public Junior High Schools and 8 public Elementary schools. Each of these schools is attended by one of 4 English teachers living in the city who are employed under the JET Programme
JET Programme
or is a Japanese government initiative that brings college graduates—mostly native speakers of English—to Japan as Assistant Language Teachers and Sports Education Advisors in Japanese kindergartens, elementary, junior high and high schools, or as Coordinators for International Relations in...
. Current JETs include 2 British and 2 Australians.
The city is served by the Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad
Nagoya Railroad
, often abbreviated as , is a railroad company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.Some of the more famous trains operated by Nagoya Railroad include the Panorama Car and the Panorama Car Super, both of which offer views through their wide front windows...
) train company, with journey times to nearby Nagoya taking around 30–40 minutes.
Average winter temperatures range from around 0-10 degrees with occasional snowfall. Summer is hot and humid with occasional typhoons. Summer temperatures are regularly around 30 degrees. East Asian rainy season
East Asian rainy season
The East Asian rainy season, commonly called the plum rain , is caused by precipitation along a persistent stationary front known as the Meiyu front for nearly two months during the late spring and early summer between eastern China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan...
occurs in June.
Tsushima was hit by Typhoon Vera (1959) (known locally as the Ise-Wan Typhoon) in 1959 which caused widespread damage and flooding.
Tsushima and the wider Tokai area is overdue a large earthquake (approximately magnitude 8). The forecast earthquake is known as the Tokai Earthquake
Tokai earthquakes
The Tōkai earthquakes are major earthquakes that have occurred regularly with an interval of 100 to 150 years in the Tōkai region of Japan. The Tokai segment has been struck by earthquakes in 1498, 1605, 1707 and 1854...
and is likely to cause substantial damage to the area.
Like many other cities in the region, every year on the 1st September schools and public facilities practice earthquake evacuation drills.
Notable people from Tsushima
- Yone NoguchiYone NoguchiYone Noguchi, or Yonejirō Noguchi, born 野口 米次郎 / Noguchi Yonejirō , was an influential Japanese writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and literary criticism in both English and Japanese. He was the father of the sculptor Isamu Noguchi.-Early life:Noguchi was born in the town of Tsushima, near Nagoya...
(1875–1947), a writer of poetry - Mitsuharu KanekoMitsuharu Kanekowas a Japanese poet.-Biography:Mitsuharu Kaneko was born in Aichi Prefecture, but attended the private Catholic school Gyosei Gakuen in Tokyo. He published his first poetry collection Akatsuchi no Ie in 1919. He was known as an anti-establishment figure, and during the Second World War he...
(1895–1975), a poet - Kiyoshi TakayamaKiyoshi Takayamais a yakuza, the founding head of the Nagoya-based Takayama-gumi, the president of the 2nd Kodo-kai, and the number-two boss of the 6th Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest known yakuza syndicate in Japan....
(b. 1947), a yakuzaYakuza, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
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