Kasugai, Aichi

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Kasugai is 15.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1681 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 28.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.3 °C.[2]

Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Kasugai has increased rapidly over the past 70 years. In 1970 due to fastest growing in the city.

Aichi Prefecture

• Nagoya（Kita-ku, Moriyama-ku）
• Inuyama
• Komaki
• Seto
• Toyoyama

Gifu Prefecture

• Tajimi

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  Skyline of
  Kasugai City
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  Skyline of
  Kachigawa
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  Ochiai Park
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  Kōzōji New Town

The area which is now Kasugai contains many Kofun period burial mounds.

It was part of ancient Owari Province Under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate, the area was mostly part of the holdings of Owari Domain.

With the Meiji period establishment of the modern municipalities system, the area was organized into villages under Higashikasugai District, including the village of Kachigawa on October 1, 1889. Kachigawa was raised to town status on July 25, 1900. On June 1, 1943, Kachigawa was merged with neighboring villages of Toriimatsu and Shinogi to form the city of Kasugai.

In 1958, Kasugai annexed the neighboring towns of Sakashita and Kōzōji. Kasugai gained Special city status on April 1, 2001, with increased local autonomy.

Kasugai has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 32 members.

The city contributes four members to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly.

In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 6 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

• Aichi Prefectural Police
  • Kasugai police station

• Fire department
  • Kasugai fire department

• Hospital
  • Kasugai Municipal Hospital

• Kasugai Post office
• Kōzōji Post office

• Kasugai City Library

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  Kasugai police station
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  Kasugai fire department
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  Kasugai Municipal Hospital
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  Kasugai Post Office
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  Kasugai City Library

Sister City

City	Country	State	since
Kelowna	Canada	British Columbia	February 5, 1981.[4]

Disaster Alliance city

City	Prefecture	Region	since
Ōgaki	Gifu Prefecture	Chūbu region	August 25, 2011.
Kasuga	Fukuoka Prefecture	Kyūshū region	August 7, 2012.
Aomori	Aomori Prefecture	Tōhoku region	October 10, 2012.

In terms of agricultural production, Kasugai is noted for horticulture and produces over 80% of the cactus sold as houseplants.

Oji Paper Company, Panasonic and Fujitsu have large factories in Kasugai.

Shopping center

• APiTA Kōzōji（SUN MARCHÉ）
• Æon Kasugai shopping center
• Shimizuya
• THE MALL KASUGAI

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  Kasugai Cactus
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  Oji Paper Kasugai factry
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  Kachigawa Shopping District

• AICHI ELECTRIC
• Amiyaki Tei
• Daito ME
• Chita Kogyo
• Toyo Electric Corporation
• KDK（Panasonic Ecology Systems）
• Panasonic Industrial Devices SUNX
• Fine Sinter
• Mitsuchi Corporation

Colleges and universities:

• Chubu University
• Meijo University, Kasugai campus

• Kasugai has 37 public elementary schools and15 public junior high schools operated by the city government, and seven public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. There are also one private junior high schools and one private high school. The prefecture also operates two special education schools for the handicapped.

• Toshun Korean Primary School (東春朝鮮初級学校) – North Korean school[5]

• Nagoya Airfield

Central Japan Railway Company

• Chūō Main Line：Jōkōji – Kōzōji – Jinryō – Kasugai – Kachigawa –

Meitetsu

• Komaki Line：- Ajiyoshi – Kasugai – Ushiyama – Manai –

Tōkai Transport Service Company

• Jōhoku Line：Kachigawa – Ajiyoshi –

Aichi Loop Railway

• Aichi Loop Line：Kōzōji –

• Tōmei Expressway
• Chūō Expressway
• Nagoya Dai-Ni Kanjo Expressway（Meinikan）

• National Route 19
• National Route 155
• National Route 302

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  Nagoya Airport
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  Kachigawa Station
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  Kasugai Station
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  Meinikan and Jōhoku Line
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  Kasugai Interchange
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  Japan National Route 19