Chita Peninsula

In 2005, Chubu Centrair International Airport was opened in a man-made island near Tokoname, making the peninsula the main gateway for people coming to Tōkai region by air.

There was a referendum in December 2004 to merge Mihama and Minamichita to form the city of Minami-Centrair(Japanese:南セントレア市).

However, the name was not suggested by anyone who voted on the name and was selected by the Mihama-Minamichita merge council with an intent of the city growing as a bedroom community of the airport.

This met severe backlash as the Chubu Centrair International airport was in Tokoname, and the name using Katakana, which was not related to the history of the area.

[1] Due to these incidents, the referendum was not passed by the residents, which ended the talks for merge with the council disbanding in the March of 2005.

Wellness valley, a place with welfare, health facilities extending over south of the city to northern Higashiura is being developed.

The Kamezaki Shiohi Festival is one of the Yama, Hoko, yataigyoji, which is one of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.