Ōbu, Aichi

Ōbu is located in the far northeastern neck of Chita Peninsula in southern Aichi Prefecture, and is bordered by the metropolis of Nagoya to the north.

Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Ōbu has been increasing steadily over the past 70 years.

The village of Ōbu was established within Chita District, Aichi on October 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. On May 1, 1906 Ōbu annexed the neighboring villages of Yoshida, Kyowa, Kitasaka, Yokote, Nagagusa and part of the village of Morioka. It was elevated to town status on November 1, 1915. Ōbu became a city on September 1, 1970.

Ōbu has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 19 members. The city contributes one member to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 7 of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.

Ōbu has a mixed economic base due to its proximity to the Nagoya metropolis and numerous transportation connections.

• Shigakkan University
• University of Human Environments, Ōbu campus
• Ōbu has nine public elementary schools and four public junior high schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education.

• City of Port Phillip, Australia,[5] since November 20, 1993

• Kumiko Koiwai, figure skater
• Kyoko Takezawa, violinist
• Masayoshi Nagata, mathematician
• Hidehiko Yoshida, Olympic gold-medalist judoka
• Takahiro Nakai, Judoka

Media related to Ōbu, Aichi at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese) (with link to pages in English)
• Sister Cities by the Sea - information on the relationship between Obu and Port Phillip (English and Japanese content).