Yokkaichi
Yokkaichi is a Japanese city in Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It is a port near Nagoya.
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四日市市 | |
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 Location of Yokkaichi in Mie Prefecture | |
| Coordinates: 34°57′54.1″N 136°37′27.9″E / 34.965028°N 136.624417°ECoordinates: 34°57′54.1″N 136°37′27.9″E / 34.965028°N 136.624417°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kansai, Tōkai |
| Prefecture | Mie Prefecture |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tomohiro Mori |
| Area | |
| • Total | 206.44 km2 (79.71 sq mi) |
| Population (August 2015) | |
| • Total | 306,107 |
| • Density | 1,480/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| - Tree | Cinnamomum camphora |
| - Flower | Salvia splendens |
| -Bird | Black-headed gull |
| Phone number | 059-354-8244 |
| Address | 1-5 Suwa-chō, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie-ken 510-8601 |
| Website | www |
It has been recognized as a special city since 2000.[1]
History
Main page: List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
In the Edo period, Yokkaichi-juku was 43rd of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.[2]
In 1936, Yokkaichi hosted an international trade fair called "Exposition of Yokkaichi City".[3]
Sister cities
Yokkaichi has 2 sister cities.
Long Beach, California (USA) - Since October 7, 1963
Tianjin (China) - Since October 28, 1980
People from Yokkaichi
- Katsuya Okada - Foreign Affairs Minister
- Takuya Okada - past chairman of AEON Group
- Katsuaki Watanabe - president of Toyota Motor Corporation
Gallery
Exposition of Yokkaichi City, 1936
Yokkaichi port, 2009
Yokkaichi Media
This is Suwa koen koryu kan or Suwa park exchange hall, which is located in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan. It was used for Yokkaichi municipal library.
昨年、四日市市街地再開発によって新しくなった歩行者専用の道路です
Yokkaichi Chuo-dori St.
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Related pages
References
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research (2011), Table 3; retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōkaidō" in Japanese Encyclopedia, p. 973.
- ↑ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, "Exposition of Yokkaichi City"[dead link]; retrieved 2012-4-20.
Other websites
Media related to Yokkaichi, Mie at Wikimedia Commons
- Yokkaichi City website (in Japanese)
- Hiroshige prints, Yokkaichi Archived 2012-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
