Okazaki, Aichi

Okazaki (岡崎市; -shi) is a city located in Aichi Prefecture (???/Aichi-ken) on the main island (??/Honsh?) of Japan (??/Nihon).

History

The city was founded on July 1, 1916, and was designated as a core city (???/ch?kakushi) in April 2003. On January 1, 2006, Okazaki will annex the neighboring town of Nukata (???; -ch?

Related Topics:
July 1 - 1916 - April - 2003 - January 1 - 2006 - Nukata

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). Okazaki enjoys a long history, and a special notoriety for being the bithplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu (????), who was the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate (????/Tokugawa Bakufu), a military dictatorship that ruled Japan from 1600 until the Meiji Restoration (????/Meiji ishin) in 1868.

Related Topics:
Tokugawa Ieyasu - Tokugawa Shogunate - 1600 - Meiji Restoration - 1868

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