Category: Ichinomiya

Ichinomiya-shi 一 Palace City

Ichinomiya (一宮市) is a Japanese city located in the province of Aichi. With a population of 384.667 inhabitants, including around 6.874 foreign citizens and Brazilian 322, 83 Peruvians, 1.662 Filipinos, 1.557 Chinese, 1.203 Vietnam, 976 Koreans, 114 Indonesia, 61 Sri Lanka, 55 Thai, 55 Americans, 5 Canada, 34 India, 5 Mongolia, 4 Iran, 4 Mexico, 1 Bolivian and others (data City Hall 2.020).

The city is sometimes called Owari-Ichinomiya to avoid confusion with other municipalities with the same name, including Ichinomiya (part of the city of Toyokawa), Ichinomiya in Chiba province.

The city has a climate characterized by hot, humid summers and relatively mild winters. September it is considered the wettest month. Temperatures are higher in August, at about 28,1 ° C, and the lowest in January, at about 4,2 ° C.

Ichinomiya was elevated to city status on 1 September 1921. The city annexed the neighboring villages of Haguri and Nishinari in 1940 and with eight more neighboring municipalities (the villages of Chiaki, Tanyo and Kitakata and the cities of Asai, Yamato, Akiwara, Oku and a portion of Imaise) in 1955.

Em April 2005, the city was further expanded, absorbing the city of Bisai and the city of Kisogawa (from Haguri district), which made it the fourth largest in the province of Aichi, after Nagoya, Toyota e Toyohashi.

The meaning of the word Ichinomiya is ¨first sanctuaryit's the Masumida Shrine very important, it was the main sanctuary from Owari province (Aichi).

Ichinomiya also has the famous 138 Tower Park (Tower 138 of Ichinomiya Park).

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Ichinomiya - Festivals:

Ichinoniya Tanabata FestivalTo festival held every year from Thursday to Sunday of the last weekend of July, this is considered one of the three largest Tanabata festivals in Japan and attracts up to 1,3 million visitors annually.
Bisai Fireworks Festival, held annually in the month of August as part of festival Bisai summer camp, about 5000 fireworks are launched on the banks of the river Kiso.
Hagiwara Chindon Festival, is a festival of groups and street artists, several teams are selected across Japan to participate in the Festival.