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{{Infobox settlement

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{{nihongo|'''Hekinan'''|碧南市|Hekinan-shi}} is a [[Cities of Japan|city]] in [[Aichi Prefecture]], Japan. {{As of|2019|10|01}}, the city had an estimated population of 72,864 in 29,139 households,<ref>[https://www.city.hekinan.lg.jp Hekinan City official statistics] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> and a population density of 1,986 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area of the city was {{convert|36.68|sqkm|sqmi}}.<ref name="aichi1">{{cite web |url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/gaiyo.htm|title=碧南はこんなまち|access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:碧南中央001.jpg|thumb|200px|DownTown of HekinanCity]]
[[File:Hekinan city center area Aerial photograph.1987.jpg|thumb|200px|Hekinan city center, 1987]]
Hekinan is located in south-central Aichi Prefecture, and is surrounded by [[Lake Aburagafuchi]], the [[Yahagi River]], [[Kinuura Bay]], and [[Mikawa Bay]]. Most of the city area lies on reclaimed ground, with an average elevation of under seven meters above sea level.
===Climate===
The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Hekinan is 15.7 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1609 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.6 °C.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/aichi/hekinan-4888/ Hekinan climate data]</ref>

[[Gamagōri, Aichi]] is the closet point that measures climate information.

{{Weather box
| width = auto
| collapsed = yes
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| location = Gamagōri, Aichi (1971–2000)
| Jan high C = 9.2
| Feb high C = 9.7
| Mar high C = 13.2
| Apr high C = 18.5
| May high C = 22.7
| Jun high C = 25.5
| Jul high C = 29.2
| Aug high C = 30.9
| Sep high C = 27.4
| Oct high C = 22.2
| Nov high C = 17.1
| Dec high C = 11.9
| year high C = 19.8
| Jan mean C = 5.3
| Feb mean C = 5.5
| Mar mean C = 8.9
| Apr mean C = 14.2
| May mean C = 18.5
| Jun mean C = 21.9
| Jul mean C = 25.5
| Aug mean C = 26.9
| Sep mean C = 23.6
| Oct mean C = 18.3
| Nov mean C = 13.1
| Dec mean C = 8.0
| year mean C = 15.8
| Jan low C = 2.0
| Feb low C = 1.9
| Mar low C = 4.9
| Apr low C = 10.1
| May low C = 14.7
| Jun low C = 18.8
| Jul low C = 22.6
| Aug low C = 23.8
| Sep low C = 20.7
| Oct low C = 14.9
| Nov low C = 9.6
| Dec low C = 4.5
| year low C = 12.4
| Jan precipitation mm = 47.9
| Feb precipitation mm = 59.2
| Mar precipitation mm = 135.9
| Apr precipitation mm = 149.5
| May precipitation mm = 178.7
| Jun precipitation mm = 231.5
| Jul precipitation mm = 175.3
| Aug precipitation mm = 157.5
| Sep precipitation mm = 257.2
| Oct precipitation mm = 127.8
| Nov precipitation mm = 93.0
| Dec precipitation mm = 38.9
| year precipitation mm = 1649.8
| Jan sun = 169.3
| Feb sun = 173.6
| Mar sun = 192.9
| Apr sun = 196.4
| May sun = 190.9
| Jun sun = 137.0
| Jul sun = 163.9
| Aug sun = 215.4
| Sep sun = 150.4
| Oct sun = 168.3
| Nov sun = 169.2
| Dec sun = 183.9
| year sun = 2110.7
| source 1 =<ref name = "気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）蒲郡">{{cite web|url = http://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_amd_ym.php?prec_no=51&prec_ch=%88%A4%92m%8C%A7&block_no=1344&block_ch=%8A%97%8CS&year=&month=&day=&elm=normal&view= | title = 気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）蒲郡|access-date=July 22, 2010}}</ref>
| date = August 2010
}}

===Demographics===
Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-aichi.php Hekinan population statistics]</ref> the population of Hekinan has been increasing steadily over the past 50 years.
{{Historical populations
| 1950 | 45,491
| 1960 | 50,116
| 1970 | 56,933
| 1980 | 62,021
| 1990 | 65,899
| 2000 | 67,814
| 2010 | 72,020
|align = none
| footnote =
}}
===Surrounding municipalities===
;[[Aichi Prefecture]]
*[[Anjō, Aichi|Anjō]]
*[[Nishio, Aichi|Nishio]]
*[[Takahama, Aichi|Takahama]]

==History==
===Ancient history===
The area is part of ancient [[Mikawa Province]].
===Early modern period===
Under then [[Edo period]], [[Tokugawa Shogunate]], much of what is now Hekinan was part of the holdings of [[Numazu Domain]], with the remainder being ''[[tenryō]]'' territory under direct control of the shogunate.
===Late modern period===
Widespread rioting occurred in the area against the new [[Meiji government]] and its policy of ''[[shinbutsu bunri]]'' in 1871.
The area was organized into towns and villages within [[Hekikai District]] by the Meiji period establishment of the modern municipalities system in 1889.
===Contemporary history===
;Showa period
The towns of Ohama, Shinkawa and Tanao, and the village of Asahi merged on April 5, 1948, to form the city of Hekinan<ref name="aichi1"/> As it is located on the southern (南) part of Hekikai District ('''碧'''海郡), the city was named {{nihongo|Hekinan|碧南}}.
Hekinan was the tenth city founded in Aichi Prefecture.<ref name="aichi1"/> Since it had harbors and rails, the city developed quickly after [[Pacific War]].

On April 1, 1955, one part of the village of Meiji, which is currently called Nishibata, was incorporated into Hekinan.

On September 26, 1959, [[Typhoon Vera]] also known as the "Isewan Typhoon" heavily damaged the city.

On July 14, 1974, Rinkai Kōen Pool or also known as Kinuura Mammoth Pool was opened.

Because the city reclaimed the seaside for industrial purposes in 1960's, Hekinan opened this pool for people who complained about losing their beautiful beach.

On May 23, 1988, Hekinan Municipal Hospital was opened.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/HOSPITAL/kaikaku/pdf/k-plan2_all.pdf|title=碧南市民病院改革プラン|access-date=July 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612064743/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/HOSPITAL/kaikaku/pdf/k-plan2_all.pdf|archive-date=June 12, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
;Heisei period
In 1993, [[Hekinan Thermal Power Station]] was created by [[Chubu Electric Power]] on the reclaimed ground.
This provides high tax revenue to the city.
On August 17, 2003, since the facility of the Rinkai Kōen Pool became old and the number of the visitors of the pool was reduced, the city shut down the pool.
Instead, the city created [[Hekinan Rinkai Park]] on the same place.

==Government==
[[File:Hekinan City Hall 2023-12 ac (1).jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hekinan City Hall]]
Hekinan has a [[mayor-council]] form of government with a directly elected mayor and a [[unicameral]] city legislature of 22 members, which is considerably higher than other cities of similar size. The city contributes one member to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 13 of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|lower house]] of the [[Diet of Japan]].

==Economy==
Hekinan is one of the wealthiest cities in Japan. Its financial capability index is 1.70.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/iken/zaisei/pdf/1018-15-9_23.pdf|title=平成２０年度市町村決算カード愛知|access-date=July 22, 2010}}</ref> Automobile-related components, metal, tile, and food processing are the main industries in the city. In 2006 the number of factories was 463 with 16,778 workers. The value of shipments was 84,356,533 million yen in total in 2006.<ref name="aichi2">{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/keieika/seisaku/toukeisho/20hekito/hekito0602.htm |title=業種別･事業所数･従業者数･出荷額等の推移 |access-date=July 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612064946/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/keieika/seisaku/toukeisho/20hekito/hekito0602.htm |archive-date=June 12, 2011 }}</ref> The [[Hekinan Thermal Power Station]] is one of largest [[thermal power plant]]s in the world.<ref name="industcards">{{cite web |last1=industcards |title=The Top 100 – World's Largest Power Plants |url=http://www.industcards.com/top-100-pt-3.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905231037/http://www.industcards.com/top-100-pt-3.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |website=Power Plants Around the World |access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>
===Primary sector of the economy===
====Agriculture====
Even though only 4% of the population of Hekinan engage in agriculture, one-quarter of the area is farmland. The main products are carrots, onions, potatoes and figs. [[Anjō, Aichi|Anjo]] and Hekinan are the largest producer of figs in Japan.<ref name="aichi2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/nousuika/soukatu.html |title=碧南市の農業 |access-date=July 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820014523/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/nousuika/soukatu.html |archive-date=August 20, 2010 }}</ref>
===Secondary sector of the economy===
====Manufacturing====
*Automobile
In 2010, there were 9,148 people working in this industry, shipping products worth 47,058,959 yen which is more than half of the amount of shipments in the city.<ref name="aichi2"/> [[Toyota Industries]] is the biggest company for the industry in the city. There were 1,722 Toyota employees in Hekinan, or about 10% of the total industrial workers in the city in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.toyota-shokki.co.jp/corporateinfo/domesticplants/hekinan.html|title=主要国内拠点碧南工場|access-date=July 22, 2010}}</ref>
*Ceramic tile
One remarkable industry in the city is related to ceramic roofing tiles. Hekinan is one of the cities that produce ''[[Sanshu kawara]]'', a well-known regional brand. In Japan, 58 per cent of tiles, which is about 50,000,000 tiles, are ''Sanshu kawara''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kawara.gr.jp/08_brand/brand.shtml|title=三州瓦の紹介|access-date=July 22, 2010}}</ref>

==Education==
Hekinan has seven public elementary schools and five public junior high schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school for the handicapped.
===High schools===
*[[Hekinan High School]]
*[[Hekinan Technical High School]]
===Middle schools===
*[[Hekinan Chūō Middle School]]
*[[Hekinan Higashi Middle School]]
*[[Hekinan Minami Middle School]]
*[[Hekinan Nishibata Middle School]]
*[[Hekinan Shinkawa Middle School]]

===Elementary schools===
*[[Hekinan Chūō Elementary School]]
*[[Hekinan Nishibata Elementary School]]
*[[Hekinan Nisshin Elementary School]]
*[[Hekinan Ōhama Elementary School]]
*[[Hekinan Shinkawa Elementary School]]
*[[Hekinan Tanao Elementary School]]
*[[Hekinan Washizuka Elementary School]]

===International schools===
* [[Escola Alegria de Saber]] ([[:ja:エスコーラ・アレグリア・デ・サベール|エスコーラ・アレグリア・デ・サベール]]) – [[Brazilian schools in Japan|Brazilian school]] (Ensinos Fundamental e Médio)<ref>"[http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php Escolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151018083340/http://www.brasemb.or.jp/portugues/community/school.php Archive]). Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. Retrieved on October 13, 2015. "Endereço: 4–53 Tajiri-cho, Hekinan-shi, Aichi-ken 447-0867"</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:MT-Hekinan Chūō Station-Building 2018.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Hekinan-chūō Station]]]]
===Railway===
;[[File:Meitetsu logomark 2.svg|20px]] [[Meitetsu]]
*[[Meitetsu Mikawa Line]]: (Takahama)- {{STN|Kitashinkawa|x}} – {{STN|Shinkawamachi|x}} – {{STN|Hekinan Chūō|x}} – {{STN|Hekinan|x}} (Terminus)
;[[File:KRR logomark.svg|18px]] [[Kinuura Rinkai Railway]]
*[[Kinuura Rinkai Railway Hekinan Line|Hekinan Line]]: (Takahama)- {{STN|Hekinanshi|x}} – {{STN|Gongenzaki|x}} (Terminus)
===Roads===
====Japan National Route====
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|247}}
====Prefectural road====
*Aichi Prefectural road 43
*Aichi Prefectural road 45
*Aichi Prefectural road 46
*Aichi Prefectural road 50
*Aichi Prefectural road 265
*Aichi Prefectural road 291
*Aichi Prefectural road 295
*Aichi Prefectural road 301
*Aichi Prefectural road 302
*Aichi Prefectural road 303
*Aichi Prefectural road 304
*Aichi Prefectural road 305
*Aichi Prefectural road 306
*Aichi Prefectural road 307
===Seaways===
====Seaport====
*Kinuura Bay Port
**Ohama Port
**Shinkawa Port
<gallery>
File:Ohama-Minato-Hekinan-003.jpg|Ohama Port
File:Shinkawa-Minato-Hekinan-002.jpg|Shinkawa Port
</gallery>

==Sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Japan}}
Hekinan is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Edmonds, Washington|Edmonds]], [[Washington state|Washington]], United States, since April 5, 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.edmonds.wa.us/siscity.stm |title=City of Edmonds, Washington – Sister City Commission |access-date=July 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729173807/http://www.ci.edmonds.wa.us/siscity.stm |archive-date=July 29, 2010 }}</ref>
:To build Hekinan citizen's international sensibility, the city was looking for a sister city relationship with a city on the Pacific coast. At the same time, Edmonds was considering a relationship with a Japanese cities. Edmonds sent officials to Hekinan in 1986. The two cities started exchanging people for home stay. Two years later, at the ceremony of 40th anniversary of Hekinan, the two cities established a sister city relationship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/kyodoka/tiiki/edomonds.htm |title=エドモンズ市（アメリカ合衆国ワシントン州） |access-date=July 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612064833/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/kyodoka/tiiki/edomonds.htm |archive-date=June 12, 2011 }}</ref>
:* In 1998, the Hekinan city hall hosted the sculpture by Steve Jensen to celebrate 10th anniversary of the relationships.
:* In 2004, Twenty five Hekinan artists, residents, and officials visited Edmonds to dedicate the Friendship Tree on the Edmonds waterfront.
:* In 2008, Mayor Gary Haakenson visited Hekinan with 18 citizens to celebrate 20th anniversary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.edmonds.wa.us/sisCityHistory.stm |title=City of Edmonds, Washington – Sister City Commission – History |access-date=July 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118021520/http://www.ci.edmonds.wa.us/sisCityHistory.stm |archive-date=November 18, 2009 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Pula]], [[Croatia]], since April 5, 2005.<ref name="Pula twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.pula.hr/index.php?id=123|title=Međunarodna suradnja Grada Pule|access-date = July 28, 2013|work=Grad Pula|language = hr, it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505091330/http://www.pula.hr/index.php?id=123|archive-date=May 5, 2012}}</ref>
:In April 2005, the Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia visited to Hekinan to participate in [[Expo 2005]]. During the stay, the Vice Prime Minister proposed to have a sister cities relationships between Croatian cities. Hekinan sent officials to Pula in 2006. On April 5, 2007, Hekinan invited the Mayor of Pula for the 59th anniversary and established a sister city relationship between the two cities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/TOSHOKAN/otona/osusume/pdf/osusume-kuroatia.pdf |title=もっと知りたい！碧南姉妹都市クロアチア |access-date=July 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612064808/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/TOSHOKAN/otona/osusume/pdf/osusume-kuroatia.pdf |archive-date=June 12, 2011 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuni, Hokkaidō|Yuni]], [[Hokkaido]], since April 5, 1988
:About 20 people from Hekikaigun moved to Yuni, Mikawa. Since the sounds of the regions were the same, they developed this region very well. This connection made two cities have the sister city relationship at the same date that Edmonds signed the relationship between Hekinan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/kyodoka/tiiki/yuni.htm|title=由仁町（北海道夕張郡由仁町）|access-date=July 12, 2010|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193243/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/kyodoka/tiiki/yuni.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toyota, Aichi|Toyota]], [[Aichi Prefecture]], since April 5, 1992

==Local attractions==
*Aoi park
*Akashi Park
*[[Hekinan Rinkai park]]
**Hekinan Rinkai Gym
**Hekinan Rinkai park ground
**[[Hekinan Sea Side Aquarium]] ([[:ja:碧南海浜水族館|碧南海浜水族館]])
*Hekinan Tatsukichi Fujii Museum of Contemporary Art
*Mugaen – Philosophy Taiken Village
*Myōfuku-ji ([[:ja:妙福寺 (碧南市)|妙福寺/志貴毘沙門天]])
*Shōmyō-ji – A temple related to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
<gallery>
Hekinanpark.JPG|Hekinan Rinkai park
Aoipark1.JPG|Aoi park
Hekinan City Akashi Park.jpg|Akashi Park
Hekinan City Tatsukichi Fujii Museum of Contemporary Art ac.jpg|Hekinan Tatsukichi Fujii Museum of Contemporary Art
Shomyoji1.JPG|Shōmyō-ji
Aburagabuchi park.jpg|Aburagabuchi park
</gallery>

==Culture==
===Festivals===
Various festivals are held throughout the year in Hekinan.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Schedule of Festivals
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/matsuri/event_calendar.htm |title=碧南市観光協会ホームページ |access-date=July 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109091949/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/matsuri/event_calendar.htm |archive-date=January 9, 2010 }}</ref>
! Name !! Date !! Location !! Details
|-
!Cherry Blossom Festival
<ref group="note">{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/matsuri/sakura/sakura.htm |title=碧南市観光協会ホームページさくらまつり |access-date=July 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413150337/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/matsuri/sakura/sakura.htm |archive-date=April 13, 2011 }}</ref>
|From March to April
|Onin-ji, Akashi Park, Nakayamashinmei shrine, Yahagi river
|Many events related to cherry blossoms. During nighttime, the trees are illuminated along the Yahagi River.
|-
!Shiki Bishamonten Spring Festival
|April 3
|Myōfuku-ji ([[:ja:妙福寺 (碧南市)|妙福寺/志貴毘沙門天]])
|Pray for your and your family's happiness.
|-
!Nishiōninji Rennyohi
|From April 19 to 25
|Ōnin-ji
|Buddhist event. Tea ceremony and other events held.
|-
!Spring Rennyo walking
|April
|Ōnin-ji
|"Walk-rally", Haiku contests, etc. are held.
|-
!Kōtō Garden Wisteria Festival
<ref group="note">{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/matsuri/huji/huji.htm |title=碧南市観光協会ホームページ広藤園藤まつり |access-date=July 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507054954/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/matsuri/huji/huji.htm |archive-date=May 7, 2010 }}</ref>
|From April to May
|Kōtō Garden
|Enjoy Wistaria. There are a tea ceremony, which costs 500 yen including Japanese snack. During the night time, wistaria is illuminated by paper lanterns.
|-
!Shōmyō-ji Tōshō-gū Festival
|May 5
|Shōmyō-ji
|A lot of cultural assets, especially assets that related to Tokugawa, are treasured. [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]'s ancestor's graves exist in the temple. Variety of the events are held.
|-
!Henjō-in Three faces Jikokuten Spring Festival
|May 5
|Henjō-in
|Pay for success in business, etc.
|-
!Hekinan Lake Aburagafuchi Oak Festival<ref group="note">{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/matsuri/shoubu/shoubu.htm |title=碧南市観光協会ホームページへきなん花しょうぶまつり |access-date=July 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711082913/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/matsuri/shoubu/shoubu.htm |archive-date=July 11, 2010 }}</ref>
|From May to June
|Lake Aburagafuchi and Ōnin-ji
|Art contests, Tea ceremony, etc. are held. There are about 3 million oak trees, more than 100 types of oak tree illuminated by paper lanterns at night.
|-
!Saigu Jinja Hydrangea Festival
|Second Sunday of June
|Saigu Jinja
|Selling [[Hydrangea]], ''Nagashi [[Sōmen]]'' events are held.
|-
!Abacus Festival
|August 8 (8-8 pronounce like abacus' sound so August 8 is Abacus day)
|Shōmyō-ji
|Thanksgiving for old abacus.
|-
!Lake Aburagafuchi fishing contests<ref group="note">{{cite web|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/matsuri/tsuri/tsuri.htm |title=碧南市観光協会ホームページへきなん油ヶ渕つり大会 |access-date=July 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612065508/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/matsuri/tsuri/tsuri.htm |archive-date=June 12, 2011 }}</ref>
|Second Sunday of September
|Lake Aburagafuchi
|Free fishing contest at Lake Aburagafuch
|-
!Ōhama Teramachi "Haiking" (Haiku Festival)<ref group="note">{{cite web
|url=http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/haiku/haiking/haiking.htm
|title=碧南市観光協会ホームページ大浜てらまち俳句ｉｎｇ（はいきんぐ）
|access-date=July 23, 2010 |url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315204102/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KANKOKYOKAI/haiku/haiking/haiking.htm
|archive-date=March 15, 2011 }}</ref>
|Third Sunday of October
|Ōhama
|Haiku contests. The theme of Haiku is town. Participants walk around Ōhama and writing haiku poetry.
|-
!Shiki Bishamonten Fall Festival
|November 3
|Myōfuku-ji ([[:ja:妙福寺 (碧南市)|妙福寺/志貴毘沙門天]])
|Pray for your and your family's happiness.
|-
!Henjō-in Three faces Daikokuten Fall Festival
|November 11
|Henjō-in
|Pay for success in business, etc.
|}

==Notable people from Hekinan ==
*[[Hideaki Ōmura]], politician
*[[Kenzo Suzuki]], professional wrestler

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website| http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp }} {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/hekinan.htm Hekinan City official website] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100726141420/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/KOUENKA/rinkai-sisetuannnai.html Hekinan Rinkai Park] {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100806120334/http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/tatsukichimuseum/ Hekinan city Tatsukichi Fujii Museum of Contemporary Art] {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130121163042/http://www.katch.ne.jp/~kanrikk/index.htm Hekinan Akashi Park] {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://www.city.hekinan.aichi.jp/MUGAEN/sisetusyoukai.htm Mugaen] {{in lang|ja}}

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