TOYOHASHI IS THE CENTRAL CITY OF HIGASHI-MIKAWA WITH A POPULATION OF 370,000 IT IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN AICHI PREFECTURE. TOYOHASHI FACES THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE SOUTH, MIKAWA BAY IN THE WEST, AND THE YUMIHARI MOUNTAINS IN THE EAST. IN THE WEST OF THE CITY LIES MIKAWA PORT, THIS IS FAMOUS AS IT EXPORTS AND IMPORTS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES IN JAPAN. MIKAWA PORT BECAME A SHIPPING PORT FOR AUTOMOBILES IN 1979, WHEN TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. OPENED ITS TAHARA PLANT. MITSUBISHI AND SUZUKI, AS WELL AS TOYOTA, THEN STARTED EXPORTING THEIR PRODUCTS FROM THIS PORT. IN 1988 MIKAWA PORT BEGAN IMPORTING PEUGEOT AUTOMOBILES. THESE IMPORTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED TO ENCOMPASS PRODUCTS MADE BY FORD, GENERAL MOTORS, MERCEDES-BENZ, PORSCHE, ROVER AND VOLKSWAGEN. AS A RESULT, THIS PORT HAS AN INTERNATIONAL BASE FOR THE SHIPPING OF AUTOMOBILES. THIS PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 1997

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Driving Directions: FROM CENTRAIR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY BUS TAKE AIRPORT EXPRESS BUS /TOYOTETSU BUS/ FROM CENTRAIR TO TOYOHASHI STATION /101KM/. THE BUS STOPS IN FRONT OF TOYOHASHI STATION. THE HOTEL IS LOCATED RIGHT ABOVE TOYOHASHI STATION. BY TRAIN TAKE MEITETSU LIN /LIMITED EXPRESS/ FROM CENTRAIR TO TOYOHASHI STATION /101KM/. THE HOTEL IS LOCATED RIGHT ABOVE TOYOHASHI STATION. FROM NAGOYA STATION BY BULLET TRAIN TAKE BULLET TRAIN /SHINKANSEN/ FRON NAGOYA TO TOYOHASHI /APPROX 30MIN./. BY TRAIN TAKE JR TOKAIDO HONSEN LINE /RAPID/ OR MEITETSU NAGOYA HONSEN LINE /LIMITED EXPRESS/ FROM NAGOYA TO TOYOHASHI. /6 STOPS/ BY CAR FROM TOYOKAWA IC ON TOMEI EXPRESSWAY, TAKE THE R151 AND THEN TURN LEFT AT MIYASHITA INTERSECTION. GO STRAIGHT ON R1 AND TAKE RIGHT AT SHINKAWA JUNCTION.