The Chita Peninsula (知多半島 ''Chita Hantō'') is a peninsula to the south of
Aichi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...
, central
Honshū
, historically known as , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian ...
,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. It runs approximately north-south. To the west is
Ise Bay
is a bay located at the mouth of the Kiso Three Rivers between Mie prefecture, Mie and Aichi prefecture, Aichi Prefectures in Japan. Ise Bay has an average depth of and a maximum depth of . The mouth of the bay is and is connected to the small ...
, while to the east it encloses
Mikawa Bay. It faces the
Atsumi Peninsula southeast across Mikawa Bay.
Chūbu Centrair International Airport is located off the west coast of the peninsula.
Geography
The peninsula is relatively narrow and consists of a hilly terrain.
Economy
The northern part of the peninsula is industrialized, with a western part of them being a part of
Chūkyō Industrial Area. The southern part is relatively less industrialized and
fishing villages and beaches can be seen.
In 2005,
Chubu Centrair International Airport was opened in a man-made island near
Tokoname, making the peninsula the main gateway for people coming to
Tōkai region by air.
Overview of 10 municipalities
There was a referendum in December 2004 to merge
Mihama and
Minamichita to form the city of Minami-Centrair(Japanese:南セントレア市). However, the name was not suggested by anyone who voted on the name and was selected by the Mihama-Minamichita merge council with an intent of the city growing as a bedroom community of the airport. This met severe backlash as the Chubu Centrair International airport was in Tokoname, and the name using
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).
The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
, which was not related to the history of the area.
Due to these incidents, the referendum was not passed by the residents, which ended the talks for merge with the council disbanding in the March of 2005.
Ōbu
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 92,179 in 39,382 households, and a population density of 2,739 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Ōbu has been a member of the ...
The city is industrialized with factories from companies such as
Sumitomo Heavy Industries
(SHI) is an integrated manufacturer of industrial machinery, defence products, ships, bridges and steel structure, equipment for environmental protection, including recycling, power transmission equipment, plastic molding machines, laser proce ...
and
Toyota Industries. The production of grapes are the highest in the prefecture.
Wellness valley, a place with welfare, health facilities extending over south of the city to northern
Higashiura is being developed.
Tōkai
It has a main office of multiple steel producers like
Daido Steel Co. Ltd.,
Aichi Steel. It is also a founding place of
Kagome. The city is called “City of steel and ran” Because of the prospering production steel and
Orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...
.
Chita
The city is a
Bed town community and also has multiple thermal power generators.
Tokoname
Many shopping malls and leisure facilities has opened in the area since the opening of
Chubu Centrair International Airport.
Handa
It houses the main office of
Mitsukan. The Kamezaki Shiohi Festival is one of the Yama, Hoko, yataigyoji, which is one of the
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Higashiura
The town is a
Commuter town
A commuter town is a populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. Routine travel from home to work and back is called commuting, which is where the term comes from. A commuter town may be called by many o ...
.
The town nearly met the criteria of 50,000 population to be elevated into city status in the 2010 census, but failed due to the population count being readjusted after several anonymous prosecution of data paddings.
Agui
Agriculture is growing in the town, and it produces the rice brand “Renge chan”. Some car part factories has moved in the area.
Taketoyo
The town has a large solar panel “Mega Solar Taketoyo”, by
Chubu Electric Power. Miso is famous in the town.
Mihama
The town seeks to encourage tourism with its beaches and fishing docks. However, this has not been too successful.
Minamichita
Fishing is a major industry in the town. Many tourists visits the beaches in the town.
Himakajima and
Shinojima, famous for octopus and
Fugu fishing currently is a part of the town.
Infrastructure
Highways
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Isewangan Expressway
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Chitahantō Road
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Chitaōdan Road
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Chubu International Airport Connecting Road
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Minamichita Road
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Nagoya Expressway
Airport
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Chubu Centrair International Airport
Railways
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Tōkaidō Main Line
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Taketoyo Line
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Meitetsu Tokoname Line
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Meitetsu Kōwa Line
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Meitetsu Chita New Line
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Nagoya Rinkai Railway
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Kinuura Rinkai Railway
External links
(Hazumisaki:Southernmost point)
References
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Peninsulas of Japan
Landforms of Aichi Prefecture