Kakamigahara

Kakamigahara (各務原市, Kakamigahara-shi) is a city located in the Gifu Prefecture of central Japan. It was founded on 1 April 1963 by the merger of Naka, Sohara, Unuma, and Inaba. Kakamigahara covers a total area of 87.77 km² (33.89 sq mi). As of July 2011 the city has an estimated population of 145,430 inhabitants.

Although the city was officially named Kakamigahara, it is also called Kakamihara, Kagamihara, or Kagamigahara by tradition.

Mergers

On 1 November 2004, Kakamigahara merged with the former town of Kawashima.

Geography

Adjacent cities and districts

Gifu Prefecture

• Gifu, Seki, Hashima District (Ginan, Kasamatsu), Kamo District (Sakahogi)

Aichi Prefecture

• Ichinomiya, Inuyama, Konan, Fuso

Educational institutions

Universities and colleges

• Tokai Gakuin University
• Chubu Gakuin University
• Tokai Women's Junior College

High schools

• Gifu Prefectural Kakamihara Senior High School (Academic)
• Gifu Prefectural Kakamigahara Nishi Senior High School (Academic)
• Gifu Prefectural Gifu-Kakamino High School (Technical)

Transportation

Railways

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Takayama Main Line: Naka, Sohara, Kagamigahara, Unuma
• Nagoya Railroad
  • Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line: Shin Kannō Station, Shin Naka Station, Shimin Kōen, etc.

Highways

• Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway's Gifu-Kakamigahara IC
• National Route 21

Bridges

• Aigioohashi Bridge, crossing the Kiso River into Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture

Other

Japan Self-Defense Force Gifu Air Base

Gifu Air Field was established as an army airfield in 1917 and is currently used by the JSDF for aircraft and flight testing. From 1945 to 1958 it was occupied by the U.S. military and known as "Camp Gifu".

Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum

A museum featuring a number of indoor and outdoor exhibits including real aircraft and displays covering the history of aircraft development and Gifu prefecture's role in it.

ÆON Kakamigahara Shopping Center

Opened in July 2007, ÆON Kakamigahara Shopping Center houses 186 specialty shops and a JUSCO department store. The center includes a 10-screen multiplex cinema and a parking lot for approximately 4,000 cars.

Sister/friendship cities

Domestic

• Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture (friendship city as of 2 October 1989)

International

The International Relationship with Chuncheon, South Korea that started on the 31 October 2003, was removed in March 2005, when Chuncheon protested about the Japanese dispute over the Takeshima Islands.

External links

Media related to Kakamigahara, Gifu at Wikimedia Commons

• Kakamigahara official website Template:Ja icon