Тоёаке: География, Климат и История Города

Toyoake is located in the coastal flatlands of central Aichi Prefecture, bordering the Nagoya metropolis.

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Toyoake is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1586 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 4.3 °C.

Per Japanese census data, the population of Toyoake exploded during the 1970s and has continued to grow.

The area of modern Toyoake was part of Owari Province and was the location of many battles during the Sengoku period, one of them being the Battle of Okehazama.

It was part of the holdings of Owari Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.

With the establishment of the modern municipalities system in 1888, Toyoake Village was created within Aichi District, Aichi.

Toyoake became a town on January 1, 1951, and was elevated to city status on August 1, 1982.

Toyoake has a mayor council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 20 members. The city contributes one member to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 7 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Due to its proximity to the Nagoya metropolis, Toyoake is largely a bedroom community with some light manufacturing and product distribution.

Toyoake has nine public elementary schools and three public junior high schools operated by the city government, and one public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private junior high school and one private high school. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.