Kiyosu

Kiyosu 清須市
City
Kiyosu Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Kiyosu in Aichi Prefecture
Kiyosu
Coordinates: 35°11′59.3″N 136°51′10.3″E / 35.199806°N 136.852861°ECoordinates: 35°11′59.3″N 136°51′10.3″E / 35.199806°N 136.852861°E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Tōkai)
Prefecture	Aichi Prefecture
Government
• Mayor	Shizuharu Kato (since August 2005)
Area
• Total	17.32 km^2 (6.69 sq mi)
Population (May 2015)
• Total	66,537
• Density	3,830/km^2 (9,900/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
- Tree	Cornus florida
- Flower	Tulip, Cherry blossom
Phone number	052-400-2911
Address	1238 Sukaguchi, Kiyosu-shi, Aichi-ken 452-8569
Website	Official website

Remains of Kiyosu-juku's honjin

Kiyosu (清須市 Kiyosu-shi) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

As of May 2015, the city had an estimated population of 66,537 and a population density of 3,830 persons per km². The total area was 17.32 square kilometres (6.69 sq mi).

Geography

Kiyosu is located in far western Aichi Prefecture, bordered by the Nagoya metropolis to the east.

Surrounding municipalities

• Aichi Prefecture
  • Ichinomiya
  • Inazawa
  • Kitanagoya
  • Ama
  • Nishi-ku, Nagoya
  • Nakamura-ku, Nagoya

History

Kiyosu was the location of a post town (Kiyosu-juku) on the junction of the Nakasendō and the Minoji connecting Kamakura with Kyoto and the Ise Shrine during the Kamakura period. In the Muromachi period, the area was fortified with the construction of Kiyosu Castle, which subsequently became a stronghold of the Oda clan and the base from which Oda Nobunaga consolidated his control over Owari Province during the Sengoku period. After the start of the Edo period, Kiyosu Castle was dismantled by order of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and most of the population relocated to Nagoya. By the start of the Meiji period, the area was a rural area organized into Nishikasugai District of Aichi Prefecture. The town of Kiyosu was proclaimed on August 1, 1889.

The modern city of Kiyosu was established on July 7, 2005, from the merger of the former town Kiyosu absorbing the towns of Shinkawa and Nishibiwajima (all from Nishikasugai District).

On October 1, 2009, the neighboring town of Haruhi (also from Nishikasugai District) was merged into Kiyosu.^[1]

Transportation

Railways

• Central Japan Railway Company – Tōkaidō Main Line
  • Biwajima
• Meitetsu – Nagoya Main Line
  • Nishi-Biwajima - Futatsuiri - Shinkawabashi - Sukaguchi -Marunouchi - Shin-Kiyosu
• Meitetsu – Inuyama Line
  • Shimo-Otai
• Meitetsu – Tsushima Line
  • Sukaguchi

Highways

• Nagoya Dai-ni Kanjo Expressway
• Route 6 (Nagoya Expressway)
• Route 16 (Nagoya Expressway)
• Japan National Route 22
• Japan National Route 302

Education

• Aichi Medical College for Physical and Occupational Therapy
• Nagoya Bunri University
• Kiyosu has eight elementary schools, four middle schools and two high schools

Sister city relations

•  Spain - Jerez de la Frontera, Spain,^[2] from January 1994

Notable people from Kiyosu

• Yoshio Ishida – professional go player
• Ai Kato – actress and model
• Akira Toriyama – manga, game artist and character designer

References

1. http://www.kokudo.or.jp/new/cities/sub/chubu/23.htm
2. "International Exchange". List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures. Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Retrieved 21 November 2015.

External links

Media related to Kiyosu at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (Japanese)