Moriyama-ku, Nagoya


Moriyama is one of the wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the ward has an estimated population of 176,298 and a population density of. The total area is.
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Geography

Moriyama-ku is located in northeastern Nagoya. The Aichi Prefectural Forest Park covers much of its area.

Surrounding municipalities

History

The area around present-day Moriyama-ku has been settled since the Japanese Paleolithic period, and was a coastal area during the Holocene glacial retreat. The remains of numerous kofun burial mounds have been discovered. By the Sengoku period, it was a contested border area of Owari province and the site of the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute.
In 1889, during the Meiji period, the area was organized into villages under Higashikasugai District, Aichi. In 1897, the area became home to the Imperial Japanese Army’s IJA 33rd Infantry Brigade under the command of the IJA 3rd Army headquartered in Nagoya. The region began to grow in population with the completion of the Japanese Government Railway’s line in 1900, and the Seto Electric Railway in 1905. Moriyama town was created on July 16, 1906, through the merger of four villages, and was raised to city status on June 1, 1954. On February 15, 1963 the city was annexed by Nagoya metropolis, becoming Moriyama-ku.

Transportation

Railways

Highways

Education

Religious organizations

Tensokokyo, a Japanese new religion, is headquartered in Moriyama-ku. It was founded in 1942 by, who is also known by his followers as Beigan no Kuju. Rurikyō-kai, founded by Matsui Ruritoshi, split off from Tensokokyo in 1953. Tensokokyo followers consider Shimizu to be an incarnation of the Heavenly Savior, who had also manifested himself in the past as the Buddha, Jesus, Laozi, Confucius, and Muhammad. The religion's main scriptures, written by its founder, include Voice of the Sphinx, as well as a collection of hymns known as the "Heavenly Sacred Hymns". Its mantra is Nichi-Nichi Ten Tō.

Notable people from Moriyama-ku, Nagoya