Tokoname

Tokoname (常滑市, Tokoname-shi) is a ceety locatit in Aichi Prefectur, Japan.

Tokoname 常滑市
Ceety
Tokoname ware tiles
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Location o Tokoname in Aichi Prefectur
Tokoname
Coordinates: 34°53′N 136°50′E
Kintra	Japan
Region	Chūbu (Tōkai)
Prefectur	Aichi Prefectur
Govrenment
• Mayor	Norihiko Kataoka
Area
• Total	55.63 km2 (21.48 sq mi)
Population  (November 2011)
• Total	55,322
• Density	994/km2 (2,570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Staundart Time)
- Tree	Japanese Black Pine
- Flouer	Camellia sasanqua
Phone number	0569-35-5111
Address	4-1 Shinkai-chō, Tokoname-shi, Aichi-ken 479-0837
Website	City of Tokoname

As o 2011, the ceety haes a estimatit population o 55,322 an a population density o 994 persons per km². The total aurie is 55.63 km².

Geografie

Tokoname is locatit on the wastren coast o Chita Peninsula in soothren Aichi Prefectur, an is bordered bi Ise Bay tae the east.

Neebourin municipalities

• Chita
• Agui
• Mihama
• Handa
• Taketoyo

History

Tokoname haes been associatit wi ceramics production syne at least the Heian period, an Tokoname-yaki wirks frae this period hae been foond frae Aomori Prefectur in the north o Japan tae Kagoshima Prefectur in the sooth. Bi the Kamakura period, ower 3000 kilns wur active. Durin the Sengoku period, the aurie came unner the control o the Isshiki clan, an later came unner the rule o Oda Nobunaga an Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Durin the Edo period, the aurie aroond present-day Tokoname wis pairt o Owari Domain. In the post Meiji Restoration cadastral reforms o 1889, the toun o Tokoname wis creatit.

Tokoname wis elevatit tae ceety status on 1 Apryle 1954 bi the merger o Tokoname toun wi the touns o Onizaki, Nishiura an Ono, an the veelage o Miwa. Chubu Centrair Internaitional Airport built on a airtificial island affshore Tokoname opened on 17 Februar 2005, providin a major boost tae local development.

Economy

Tokoname is a regional commercial centre, an haes been kent syne the Heian period for its production o ceramics, notably Tokoname-yaki, an ceramics production remains the mainstay o the local economy. Wi its lang coastline, commercial fishing plays a important role in the local economy an aw.

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  Maneki-neko
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  Pottery Footpath
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  INAX MUSEUMS

Transportation

Airport

• Chūbu Centrair Internaitional Airport

Railwey

• Meitetsu – Tokoname Line
  • Ōnomachi-Nishinokuchi -Kabaike-Aichi-Taya-Tokoname
• Meitetsu – Airport Line
  • Tokoname-Rinkū-Tokoname -Chūbu Centrair Internaitional Airport

Heich-gate

• Chitaōdan Road
• Chubu Internaitional Airport Connectin Road
• Japan Naitional Route 155
• Japan Naitional Route 247

Notit fowk frae Tokoname

• Tetsuzō Tanikawa - philosopher, faither o Shuntarō Tanikawa
• Kotaro Suzumura – economist
• The Peanuts - sangsters
• Tatsutoshi Goto - profeesional warstler

Freemit airtins

• Tokoname Ceety offeecial wabsteid (in Japanese) (wi link tae pages in Inglis)

Media relatit tae Tokoname at Wikimedia Commons