Toyota, Aichi

Toyota (豊田市, Toyota-shi^?) is a ceety locatit in the Mikawa region o Aichi, Japan, east o Nagoya.

Table o contents

1 Koromo an Toyota
2 Transport
3 History
4 Sports facilities
5 Sister ceeties
6 Freemit airtins

[edit] Koromo an Toyota

The toun o Koromo (挙母市), the predecessor o present day Toyota, wis a major producer o silk an prospered in the Mikawa region frae the Meiji Era through the Taishō period. As the demand for raw silk declined in Japan an abroad, the toun entered a period o gradual decline. The decline encouraged Kiichiro Toyoda, cousin o Eiji Toyoda, tae leuk for alternatives tae the family's automatic luim manufacturin business. The search led tae the foondin o wha became the Toyota Motor Corporation.

The toun gained the status o a ceety on 1 Mairch 1951. The toun chynged its name tae Toyota in 1959, an ane year later, became the sister ceety o anither automotive ceety, Detroit, Michigan. Toyota-shi is an aa twinned wi the Coonty o Derbyshire, Ingland, whaur Toyota operates a manufacturin plant.

On 25 Mairch 2005, Expo 2005 opened wi its main site in Nagakute an additional activity in Seto an Toyota. The Expo continued till 25 September 2005.

[edit] Transport

The closest Shinkansen station is Mikawa-Anjō Station (aften simply referred tae as Anjo), but residents o Toyota uisually uise Nagoya Station acause Nozomi an Hikari dae no stop at Mikawa-Anjo. There is an airport nearbi providin convenient connections.

[edit] History

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who became the first o 15 Tokugawa shoguns, wis a member o the Matsudaira clan, who derived its name frae a veelage o the same name, nou pairt o Toyota.

1 Mairch 1951: The toun o Koromo frae Nishikamo Destrict gained ceety status.
September 30, 1956: The ceety absorbed the veelage o Takahashi frae Nishikamo Destrict.
1 Januar 1959: The ceety chynged its name tae Toyota.
1960: The city became a sister city with Detroit, Michigan, United States.
1 Mairch 1964: The ceety absorbed the toun o Kamigo frae Hekikai Destrict.
Mairch 1965: The sunflower became the ceety's flower.
1 September 1965: The ceety absorbed the toun of Takaoka frae Hekikai Destrict.
1 Aprile 1967: The ceety absorbed the toun o Sanage frae Nishikamo Destrict.
1968: The inaugural Toyota Festival wis held.
1 Aprile 1970: The ceety absorbed the veelage o Matsudaira frae Higashikamo Destrict.
1979: The Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) opened the Toyota New Line (nou Toyota Line).
1988: The Aichi Loop Line opened.
1998: The ceety became a Core Ceety.
1999: The Toyota Ohashi opened.
2001: Toyota Stadium opened.
2005: Inabu frae Higashikamo District became the current ceety o Toyota.