Tsushima, Aichi

Tsushima 津島市
City
Tsushima Tenno Festival
Japanese wisteria
- Bird	Egret
Phone number	0567-24-1111
Address	2-21 Tatekomi-chō, Tsushima-shi, Aichi-ken 496-8686
Website	Official website

Tsushima (津島市, Tsushima-shi) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. As of October 1, 2019^[update], the city had an estimated population of 61,647 in 26,559 households,^[1] and a population density of 2,457 persons per km². The total area of the city is 25.09 square kilometres (9.69 sq mi).

Geography

Tsushima is located in far western Aichi Prefecture, on the alluvial plain of the Kiso Three Rivers.

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 Tsushima is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1710 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.9 °C with occasional typhoons , and lowest in January, at around 4.4 °C with occasional snow.^[2] The East Asian rainy season occurs in June.

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,^[3] the population of Tsushima has been relatively steady over the past 30 years.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1960	43,198	—
1970	51,441	+19.1%
1980	59,049	+14.8%
1990	59,343	+0.5%
2000	65,422	+10.2%
2010	65,237	−0.3%

Surrounding municipalities

Aichi Prefecture

• Aisai
• Kanie
• Ama

History

Middle Ages

Tsushima developed as a monzen-machi catering to the pilgrimage traffic to the well-known Shinto shrine of Tsushima Jinja from the Muromachi period.

Early modern period

During the

.

Late modern period

During the

Ama District

, Aichi Prefecture, including the village of Tsushima in 1871 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. During the Meiji period, the area was a center for textile production. Tsushima was elevated to town status on October 1, 1889, and to city status on March 1, 1947.

Contemporary history

Tsushima was hit by the

Ise-Wan Typhoon

in 1959 which caused widespread damage and flooding.

Government

Tsushima has a

.

External relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

International

Sister cities

• United States of America
  )
  • since November 5, 1981

National

Disaster Alliance city

• Kōnan (Aichi Prefecture, Chūbu region)
  • since September 1, 2004
• Fujioka (Gunma Prefecture, Kantō region)
  • since September 1, 2004
• Kasukabe (Saitama Prefecture, Kantō region)
  • since September 1, 2004

Education

Schools

Tsushima has eight public elementary schools and four public junior high schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. There are also one high school operated by the city government.

Transportation

Kilometre Zero

of Tsushima

Railways

Conventional lines

Meitetsu

• Tsushima Line: - Tsushima – (Shobata) - (Fujinami) - Aotsuka -
• Bisai Line: - Tsushima -

Roads

Expressways

• Higashi-Meihan Expressway

Japan National Route

• National Route 155

Local attractions

• Tsushima Shrine
• The Japan Mosque of the Ahmadiyyas, largest mosque (by capacity) in Japan.

• 
  Tsushima Shrine
• 
  Tenno Matsuri
• 
  Wisteria Festival
• 
  Tennōgawa Park
• 
  Temple town
• 
  Hottake House

Culture

Festival

• Tenno Matsuri, 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.

Notable people from Tsushima

• Yone Noguchi (1875–1947), poet
• Mitsuharu Kaneko (1895–1975), poet
• Kiyoshi Takayama (b. 1947), yakuza tycoon
• Kanematsu Sugiura (1892-1979), cancer researcher

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)