Toyota, Japan

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Toyota is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2015, the city had an estimated population of 420,076. It is located about 35 minutes from Nagoya by way of the Meitetsu Toyota Line.

Several of Toyota Motor Corporation's manufacturing plants, including the Tsutsumi plant, are located here. The longstanding ties between the Toyota Motor Corporation and the town of Toyota-shi, formerly known as Koromo, gave the town its current name.

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City Name
Toyota
Country
Japan
City Size
Other settlement (less than 500,000 inhabitants)
City Strategy
Retrofitting
Redevelopment
Pan-city
City Function(s)
Manufacturing cities