Toyohashi

Toyohashi is a core city in southeastern Aichi Prefecture, in the Tokai area of the Chubu region of Japan, and serves as the informal capital of the Higashi-Mikawa region. It had a population of 377,453 as of December 2019 across 261.86 square kilometers. The modern municipality was established as a town in 1879, achieved city status in 1906, and received core city designation in 1999, granting it increased autonomy from the Aichi prefectural government. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/