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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Shinshiro
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| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|新城市}}}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| settlement_type = [[Cities of Japan|City]]

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| image_caption = Battle of Nagashino Festival
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| subdivision_name = [[Japan]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[List of regions of Japan|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Chūbu region|Chūbu]] ([[Tōkai region|Tōkai]])
| subdivision_type2 = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]]
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Hiroyuki Shimoe (since November 2021)
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| population_total = 44581
| population_as_of = October 1, 2019
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| timezone1 = [[Japan Standard Time]]
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| blank_info_sec1 = 0536-23-1111
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| blank1_info_sec1 = 115 Higashiirifune, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture 〒 441-1392

| blank_name_sec2 = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank_info_sec2 = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cfa]]

| website = {{official website|https://www.city.shinshiro.lg.jp/}}
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| tree = ''[[Prunus serrulata]]''
| flower = ''[[Lilium auratum]]''
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[[File:新城市街地景色.jpg|thumb|200px|Downtown of Shinshiro city]]
{{nihongo|'''Shinshiro'''|新城市|Shinshiro-shi}} is a [[Cities of Japan|city]] located in [[Aichi Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. {{As of|2019|10|01}}, the city had an estimated [[population]] of 44,581 in 17,691 households,<ref>[http://www.city.shinshiro.lg.jp Shinshiro City official statistics] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> and a [[population density]] of 89.3 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area of the city is {{convert|499.23|sqkm|sqmi}}.

==Geography==
Shinshiro is located in east-central Aichi Prefecture. Much of the northern and eastern portion of the city area is covered in mountains and forest, and most is within the borders of the [[Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park]]

===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 Shinshiro is {{cvt|15.4|C}}. The average annual rainfall is {{cvt|2085.5|mm}} with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around {{cvt|26.6|C}}, and lowest in January, at around {{cvt|4.4|C}}.<ref name=normals/>
{{Weather box
|width=auto
|single line = Y
|metric first = Y
|location = Shinshiro (2003−2020 normals, extremes 2002−present)
|Jan record high C = 18.3
|Feb record high C = 21.5
|Mar record high C = 25.2
|Apr record high C = 29.6
|May record high C = 33.1
|Jun record high C = 36.0
|Jul record high C = 39.6
|Aug record high C = 38.4
|Sep record high C = 36.5
|Oct record high C = 32.7
|Nov record high C = 26.4
|Dec record high C = 23.1
|Jan record low C = -8.2
|Feb record low C = -8.5
|Mar record low C = -4.1
|Apr record low C = -2.8
|May record low C = 3.0
|Jun record low C = 10.2
|Jul record low C = 17.0
|Aug record low C = 17.3
|Sep record low C = 11.3
|Oct record low C = 3.7
|Nov record low C = -2.0
|Dec record low C = -5.6
|Jan high C = 10.0
|Feb high C = 11.5
|Mar high C = 14.8
|Apr high C = 19.7
|May high C = 24.4
|Jun high C = 27.0
|Jul high C = 30.2
|Aug high C = 32.0
|Sep high C = 28.8
|Oct high C = 23.6
|Nov high C = 18.2
|Dec high C = 12.4
|Jan mean C = 4.4
|Feb mean C = 5.8
|Mar mean C = 8.8
|Apr mean C = 13.6
|May mean C = 18.3
|Jun mean C = 21.8
|Jul mean C = 25.4
|Aug mean C = 26.6
|Sep mean C = 23.4
|Oct mean C = 17.9
|Nov mean C = 12.1
|Dec mean C = 6.7
|Jan low C = -0.9
|Feb low C = 0.4
|Mar low C = 2.8
|Apr low C = 7.6
|May low C = 12.7
|Jun low C = 17.7
|Jul low C = 21.7
|Aug low C = 22.5
|Sep low C = 19.3
|Oct low C = 13.4
|Nov low C = 7.1
|Dec low C = 1.6
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 51.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 100.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 167.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 192.0
|May precipitation mm = 220.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 229.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 299.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 186.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 255.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 221.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 96.3
|Dec precipitation mm = 66.1
|year precipitation mm = 2085.5
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 5.3
|Feb precipitation days = 7.1
|Mar precipitation days = 9.0
|Apr precipitation days = 9.7
|May precipitation days = 9.8
|Jun precipitation days = 12.4
|Jul precipitation days = 13.1
|Aug precipitation days = 9.9
|Sep precipitation days = 11.2
|Oct precipitation days = 10.6
|Nov precipitation days = 7.6
|Dec precipitation days = 5.9
|Jan sun = 191.1
|Feb sun = 176.5
|Mar sun = 205.2
|Apr sun = 202.8
|May sun = 210.0
|Jun sun = 145.3
|Jul sun = 161.4
|Aug sun = 204.9
|Sep sun = 162.4
|Oct sun = 163.2
|Nov sun = 170.3
|Dec sun = 178.6
|year sun = 2171.7
|source 1 = [[Japan Meteorological Agency]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/rank_a.php?prec_no=51&block_no=1541&year=&month=&day=&view=h0
|script-title=ja:観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）
| publisher = [[Japan Meteorological Agency|JMA]]
| access-date = April 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name=normals>{{cite web
| url = https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_amd_ym.php?prec_no=51&block_no=1541&year=&month=&day=&view=h0
|script-title=ja:気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）
| publisher = [[Japan Meteorological Agency|JMA]]
| access-date = April 13, 2022}}</ref>}}

===Demographics===
Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-aichi.php Shinshiro population statistics]</ref> the population of Shinshiro has started to decline rapidly over the past 20 years.
{{Historical populations
| 1960 | 59,891
| 1970 | 54,042
| 1980 | 54,239
| 1990 | 54,583
| 2000 | 53,603
| 2010 | 49,871
|align = none
| footnote =
}}

===Neighboring municipalities===
;{{flagicon|Aichi}}[[Aichi Prefecture]]
*[[Toyohashi, Aichi|Toyohashi]]
*[[Okazaki, Aichi|Okazaki]]
*[[Toyokawa, Aichi|Toyokawa]]
*[[Toyota, Aichi|Toyota]]
*[[Kitashitara District, Aichi|Kitashitara District]], [[Tōei, Aichi|Tōei]]
*[[Kitashitara District, Aichi|Kitashitara District]], [[Shitara, Aichi|Shitara]]
;{{flagicon|Shizuoka}}[[Shizuoka Prefecture]]
*[[Hamamatsu, Shizuoka|Hamamatsu]] ([[Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu|Hamana-ku]], [[Tenryū Ward|Tenryū-ku]])

==History==
[[File:Battle-of-Nagashino-Map-Folding-Screen-1575.png|thumb|200px|Battle of Nagashino in 1575]]

===Feudal period===
The area of present-day Shinshiro was part of the territories of the Okudaira clan, the predecessors of the [[Matsudaira clan]] and [[Tokugawa clan]] during the [[Sengoku period]].
Their stronghold, [[Nagashino Castle]] in what is now the northern part of Shinshiro, was the site of the [[Battle of Nagashino]], between the forces of [[Oda Nobunaga]] and the [[Takeda clan]].

[[Noda Castle]], at which [[Takeda Shingen]] was wounded at the [[Siege of Noda]] was also located within the borders of Shinshiro.

===Early modern period===
During the [[Edo period]], most of the area was ''[[tenryō]]'' territory ruled directly by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] through {{Lang|ja-latn|[[hatamoto]]}} administrators.

===Late modern period===
After the start of the [[Meiji period]], Shinshiro Town in [[Minamishitara District, Aichi|Minamishitara District]], Aichi Prefecture was proclaimed on 1 October 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.

===Contemporary history===
The area of the town expanded through annexation of neighboring villages in 1955 and 1956.
The city of Shinshiro was proclaimed on 1 November 1958.

On 1 October 2005, the town of [[Hōrai, Aichi|Hōrai]], and the village of [[Tsukude, Aichi|Tsukude]] (both from Minamishitara District) were merged into Shinshiro.
The city of Shinshiro now covers all of former Minamishitara District.

==Government==
[[File:Shinshiro City Hall ac (2).jpg|thumb|200px|Shinshiro city hall]]
Shinshiro has a [[mayor-council]] form of government with a directly elected mayor and a [[unicameral]] city legislature of 18 members. The city contributes one member to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of Aichi District 14 of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|lower house]] of the [[Diet of Japan]].

==Economy==
===Primary sector of the economy===
====Agriculture====
Shinshiro is a regional commercial center, with the economy concentrated on agriculture, especially chicken farming, and light manufacturing.

==Education==
===University===
*[[Aichi Shinshiro Otani University]] (closed in 2013)

===Schools===
Shinshiro has 13 public elementary schools and six public junior high schools operated by the city government, and one public high school operated by the Aichi Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school.

==Transportation==
===Railways===
====Conventional lines====
;[[File:JR logo (central).svg|20px]][[Central Japan Railway Company]]
*[[Iida Line]]: - {{STN|Nodajō|x}} - '''{{STN|Shinshiro|x}}''' - {{STN|Higashi-Shimmachi|x}} - {{STN|Chausuyama|x}} - {{STN|Mikawa-Tōgō|x}} - {{STN|Ōmi|x|Aichi}} - {{STN|Torii|x|Aichi}} - {{STN|Nagashinojō|x}} - {{STN|Hon-Nagashino|x}} - {{STN|Mikawa-Ōno|x}} - {{STN|Yuya-Onsen|x}} - {{STN|Mikawa-Makihara|x}} - {{STN|Kakidaira|x}} - {{STN|Mikawa-Kawai|x}} - {{STN|Ikeba|x}} -

===Roads===
====Expressways====
*[[Image:JP Expressway E1.svg|24px|link=|alt=E1]] [[Tōmei Expressway]]
*[[Image:JP Expressway E1A.svg|24px|link=|alt=E1A]] [[New Tōmei Expressway]]

====Japan National Route====
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|151}}
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|257}}
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|301}}
*{{jct|country=JPN|Route|420}}

==International relations==
Shinshiro is a member of "Newcastles of the World", an alliance which brings together seventeen cities whose names mean "new castle".<ref>{{cite web |title=ニューキャッスル・アライアンス加盟都市|url=https://www.city.shinshiro.lg.jp/kanko/kokusai/newcastles/alliance.html|publisher=Shinshiro|language=ja|access-date=2025-04-01}}</ref>

==Local attractions==
*[[Atera Seven Falls]]
*Fuka-ji
*[[Hōraisan Tōshō-gū]] shrine
*Mount Hōraiji
*Site of [[Nagashino Castle]]
*Narusawa Waterfall
*Site of [[Noda Castle]]
*Sakurabuchi Park
*Thousand Rice Paddies of Yotsuya (Yotsuya Senmaida)
*Yuya Onsen

<gallery>
Sakurabuchi park2.JPG|Sakurabuchi Park
Horaijisan1.jpg|Mount Hōraiji
Horaijisan2.jpg|Mount Hōraiji (Niōmon)
Houraisantoushouguu1.JPG|Hōraisan Tōshō-gū
Houraiji.jpg|Hōrai-ji
NagashinoC Ushibuchibashi.jpg|Site of former Nagashino Castle
Atera Nana Falls.jpg|Atera Seven Falls
Narusawa waterfall.jpg|Narusawa Waterfall
Yotsuyanosenmaida.jpg|Thousand Rice Paddies of Yotsuya (Yotsuya Senmaida)
Yuya Onsen.jpg|Yuya Onsen
Fukaji4.jpg|Fuka-ji
</gallery>

==Notable people from Shinshiro==
*[[Akihiro Ota]], politician

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|https://www.city.shinshiro.lg.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091130010928/http://www.city.shinshiro.aichi.jp/data/en/ Shinshiro City official website] {{in lang|en}}

{{Aichi}}
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[[Category:Cities in Aichi Prefecture]]

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