Tahara (田原市, Tahara-shi) is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019[update], the city had an estimated population of 60,206 in 22,576 households,[1] and a population density of 315 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 191.12 square kilometres (73.79 sq mi).
The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classificationCfa). The average annual temperature in Tahara is 16.4 °C (61.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,642.1 mm (64.65 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.4 °C (81.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.0 °C (42.8 °F).[3]
Climate data for Cape Irago, Tahara (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1947−present)
The area of present-day Tahara has been continuously occupied since prehistoric times.
Archaeologists have found numerous remains from the Jōmon period and burial mounds from the Kofun period.
At the start of the Meiji period, on October 1, 1889, Tahara was organized into a number of villages within Atsumi District, Aichi Prefecture with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.
Tahara Village was elevated to town status on October 3, 1892, and Fukue village became Fukue Town on February 22, 1897.
Contemporary history
Fukue later changed its name to Atsumi Town on April 15, 1955.
On November 11, 1958, the village of Akabane [ja] was raised to town status.
The city of Tahara was established on August 20, 2003, from the merger the former town of Tahara, absorbing the town of Akabane (both from Atsumi District) to elevate city status. On October 1, 2005, the town of Atsumi (also from Atsumi District) was merged into Tahara. Therefore, Atsumi District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Government
Tahara City Hall
Tahara has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 18 members. The city contributes one member to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 15 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Tahara is a regional commercial center with a mixed economy of manufacturing and agriculture. Due to its long coastline, Tahara has many ports for commercial fishing.
Secondary sector of the economy
Manufacturing
The main industrial employer is Toyota Motor Corporation, which has its award-winning Tahara plant in Tahara which makes many Lexus-brand cars and some Toyota models.
The Toyota Celica was manufactured in Tahara from 1979 to 1999.
Many Lexus models are manufactured within this plant, as are many Toyota models for domestic and international markets.
Tahara has 18 public elementary schools, five public middle schools operated by the city government and three public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education.
Toyotetsu buses and city-operated environmentally friendly public transport facilitate access throughout Tahara, even to the westernmost point at Cape Irago.
Roads
Japan National Route
National Route 259 is the main highway that runs the length of Atsumi Peninsula. An alternate reading of the kanji in this highway numeral designation is ji-go-ku. In Japanese, the word jigoku means Hell, and thus some locals refer to it as ji-go-ku-douro, or the "Highway to Hell". This term was encouraged by the perception of a higher fatality rate along the road, especially before it was widened and improved.
Akabane Long Beach, also known as "Akabane Beach" or "Long Beach", is a very scenic area for locals and tourists. The Akabane Beach hosted the 2018 World Surfing Games, among other international surfing competitions over the years.
^ ab"International Exchange". List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures. Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
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