Climate

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Aisai is 15.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1578 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.4 °C.^[2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Kariya has grown steadily over the past 70 years.

Neighboring municipalities

Aichi Prefecture

• Toyota
• Ōbu
• Anjō
• Chiryū
• Takahama
• Toyoake
• Miyoshi
• Tōgō
• Higashiura

Middle Ages

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.

Early modern period

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.

Late modern period

After the Meiji Restoration, Kariya Town was created within Hekikai District, Aichi Prefecture with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on October 1, 1889. The town prospered as a center for commerce, sake production, sericulture and ceramics due to its location on the main railway routes. The Yosami Transmitting Station, located in Kariya, was Japan's tallest structure when completed in 1929.

Contemporary history

Kariya achieved city status on April 1, 1950. The city expanded by annexation of neighboring Fujimatsu and most of Yosami villages on April 1, 1955. Control of the Yosami Transmitting Station was returned to Japan from the United States Navy in 1994, and the former facility is now a city park.

Twin towns – Sister cities

Secondary sector of the economy

Companies headquartered in Kariya

• ADVICS
• Aisin
• Aska Corporation
• DCM Kahma
• Denso
• JTEKT
• Toyota Auto Body
• Toyota Boshoku
• Toyota Industries

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  ADVICS
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  Aisin
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  Aska Corporation
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  DCM Kahma
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  Denso
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  Toyota Auto Body
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  Toyota Boshoku
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  Toyota Industries

University

• Aichi University of Education

Schools

• Kariya has 15 public elementary schools and six public junior high schools operated by the city government, and four public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. There are also one public high schools operated by the national government.

International School

• The Colégio Pitágoras Brasil, a Brazilian school was previously located in Kariya.^[5]

Railway

Roads

Festival

• Mando Matsuri

Tokusanhin

• Dried turnip (Kiriboshi Daikon)

Sports

SeaHorses Mikawa

The city is home to the SeaHorses Mikawa, 5-time champion of Japan's top professional basketball league.

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  Kariya City Gymnasium
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  Wave stadium Kariya
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  Wing Arena Kariya
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  Kariya Stadium
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  Toyota Industries Kariya ground