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Ichinomiya City
Aichi Prefecture · City
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Ichinomiya City grew from the town in front of Masumida Shrine, the most important shrine (ichinomiya) of Owari Province, and is the center of "Bishu," one of the world's three great wool-producing areas. It is known as the birthplace of the café "morning service" breakfast, and the Ichinomiya Tanabata Festival every July is counted among Japan's three great Tanabata festivals.
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Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Aichi Prefecture
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