Yokkaichi
Yokkaichi is a Japanese city in Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It is a port near Nagoya.
Yokkaichi
四日市市 | |
|---|---|
 Yokkaichi City Hall | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of Yokkaichi in Mie Prefecture | |
  Yokkaichi | |
| Coordinates: 34°57′54.1″N 136°37′27.9″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
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
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"; 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
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