Takahama, Aichi

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**Takahama**
**高浜市**
Takahama's location in Aichi, Japan.
Location
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Aichi
Physical characteristics
Population (as of March 1, 2007)
Total	42,537
Location	34°56′N, 136°59′E
Symbols
Tree	Camphor
Flower	chrysanthemum
Takahama Government Office
Mayor	Sadanobu Mori
Address	〒444-1398 Aoki-chō Tahakama-shi, Aichi-ken
Phone number	0566-52-1111
Official website: City of Takahama

Takahama (高浜市, Takahama-shi^?) is a city located in the Mikawa region of Aichi, Japan.

As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 39,412 and the density of 3,031.69 persons per km². The total area is 13.00 km².

The city was founded on December 1, 1970.

Takahama is served by the Mikawa line of the Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. (Meitetsu). Stops include Yoshihama, Mikawa Takahama, and Takahama Minato.

1 Manga
2 Kawara Museum
3 Region
4 External links

[edit] Manga

The city strongly pushes the famous manga Neon Genesis EVANGELION due to being the hometown of the author's wife, Takaha Mako, the office held a videogame exhibition of .hack on PS2 at Karara Museum in 2003. The exhibition was almost succeeded despite of the inconvenience of the railroad.

[edit] Kawara Museum

Facing Kinu-ura Bay, the city has built the uniquest museum, Kawara Museum, because kawara is the special product of this area. In that small region, the city holds three kawara companies and those were all used in the international exhibition for advertisement.

[edit] Region

[edit] Takahama

The main area of Takahama is centered in any activities for a long time, on the map this location would be between 419th country road and the police office near by the fire station. Especially Shinmei-cho is the hottest spot since the new elementary school, Tsubasa, was settled due to increasing of the population. The main company is Toyota Industries Corporation L&F. Because of that, Ippon-gi, where were the largest of this area in the past, is now gradually declining in anything.

[edit] Yoshihama

The view from Ooyama Park

The middle class of the city. There are many old style houses in this area, and seems to have flourished some decades ago. Recently Yoshihama Ningyou has an exhibition of their articles on the way of Yoshihama, the company is growing over Mikawa area as one of the largest doll companies there. The recent problem is that the number of eldery people are increasing and on the other hand that of the children are continueingly decreasing in these years.

[edit] Takatori

Takatori area was spoken ill in the past as you can widely see in the "buraku" problem in Japan. Because of this problem which is really sticking deeply, any companies could not make an action in this area. But recently it has become the only eldery people's problem and young ones don't have such a prejudice by now. Mainly the area plays a role of the bond of Takahama and Hekinan.