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Okazaki in Aichi
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu, Tōkai
Prefecture	Aichi
Area
• Total	387.24 km² (149.51 sq mi)
Population (August 2011)
• Total	373,339
• Density	964/km² (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
- Tree	Japanese black pine
- Flower	Wisteria
Phone number	0564-23-6495
Address	2-9 Jūō-chō, Okazaki-shi, Aichi-ken 444-8601
Website	City of Okazaki

Okazaki (岡崎市, Okazaki-shi) is a Japanese city in Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshu.

It has been recognized as a core city since 2003.

Contents

History
Education
- Universities and colleges
Sister cities
People from Okazaki
Related pages
Images for kids
See also

History

Main page: List of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

In the Edo period, Fujikawa-shuku was one of the fifty-three shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.

Education

Universities and colleges

National Institutes of Natural Sciences
National Institute for Basic Biology
Aichi Gakusen University
Aichi Gakusen College
Aichi Sangyo University
University of Human Environments
Okazaki Women's Junior College

Sister cities

Newport Beach, California, United States, Since November 1984
Uddevalla, Sweden, since September 1968
Hohhot, People's Republic of China, since August 1987

People from Okazaki

Yuki Fukaya – professional soccer player
Motoo Kimura - biologist
Takashi Kondō – voice actor
Kotomitsuki Keiji – sumo wrestler
Satoru Nakajima – race car driver
Kazuki Nakajima – race car driver
Hiromasa Yamamoto – professional soccer player

Related pages

The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Images for kids

See also

In Spanish: Okazaki (Aichi) para niños

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