Okazaki [city] - Okazaki

Japanese: 岡崎[市] - おかざき

A city in central Aichi Prefecture, occupying the eastern part of the Okazaki Plain and part of the Mino Mikawa Plateau. It was incorporated as a city in 1916. The central city area on the left bank of the Yahagi River was a castle town around Okazaki Castle, which was built in the Middle Ages, and is the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu. In the early modern period, it was a post town on the Tokaido Road and a river port on the Yahagi River. The population has increased rapidly with the opening of the Tokaido Main Line, Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line, Tomei Expressway, and Shin-Tomei Expressway, and the number of commuters to Nagoya City is also increasing. The city was once a thriving textile industry, but since the 1970s, the transportation equipment and chemical industries have developed significantly, and it has become an industrial city with a manufacturing shipment value of 1,332.6 billion yen (2003). It also produces traditional industries such as Hatcho miso, Sanshu kettles, Mikawa cotton, and fireworks. In January 2006, Nukata Town, Katsuta District, was incorporated. Area: 387.20 ^km2 . Population: 372,357 (2010).

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Japanese:

愛知県中部，岡崎平野東部と美濃三河高原の一部を占める市。1916年市制。矢作(やはぎ)川左岸の中心市街は中世築城の岡崎城の城下町で，徳川家康生誕の地。近世は東海道の宿場町，矢作川の河港であった。東海道本線，名鉄名古屋本線，東名高速道路，新東名高速道路が通じて人口が急増，名古屋市への通勤者も増加している。かつては繊維工業が盛んであったが，1970年代以降輸送用機器，化学工業が大きく発展し，製造品出荷額１兆3326億円（2003）の工業都市となった。八丁みそ，三州釜，三河木綿，花火などの伝統工業も行う。2006年１月額田郡額田町を編入。387.20km²。37万2357人（2010）。

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