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Toyota 豊 田


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Toyota is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, southeast of Nagoya. In former town Koromo, a major producer of silk, Toyoda Sakichi startet a spinning and weaving company, his son Toyoda Kiichirô opened an automobile company in 1938 called Toyota Motor Corporation. Koromo town gained city status in 1951 and changed it name to Toyota in 1959. Toyota became the sister city of Detroit, another automotive industry headquarters in the United States. Toyota absorbed several villages and towns and could so gather a population of about 420.000 people.


bird´s eye views

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cityscape
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cityscape  (2)
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cityscape  (3)
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cityscape  (4)
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cityscape  (5)
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cityscape  (6)
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city center + cultural assets

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city hall - modern architecture
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city hall  (2)
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Toyota soccer stadium
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Toyota Stadium - modern architecture
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Toyota Stadium / soccer ball
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KUROKAWA Kishô
Toyota bridge + Toyota Stadiun
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KUROKAWA Kishô
Toyota bridge = Toyota-ôhashi - modern architecture
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KUROKAWA Kishô
Toyota bridge + Toyota Stadium  (2)
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Toyota bridge
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Yahagi-gawa river + Toyota bridge
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Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - modern architecture
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Toyota Municipal Museum of Art  (2)
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Toyota-Sangyo-Bunka-Sentâ = Toyota Industry and Culture Center
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Toyota Industry and Culture Center
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Toyota Industry and Culture Center  (2)
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Toyota Industry and Culture Center  (3)
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Toyota Sangô-kan building
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station area + Toyota Sangô-kan  (2)
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Toyota Sangô-kan  (3)
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multi purpose stadium Sky Hall
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multi purpose stadium Sky Hall  (2)
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sculpture of TOYODA Kiichirô
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Toyota's sister city Detroit
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castle building (today used as a restaurant)
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castle building + beverages supply  (2)
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