Okazaki
city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Okazaki is a core city of Japan[1]. Okazaki draws 4,344 Wikipedia views per month (core city of japan category, ranking #29 of 47).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Aichi Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Head of government: Yasuhiro Nakane[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], city of Japan[8], jōkamachi[9], satellite city[10]
- Shares border with: Toyokawa[11], Toyota[12], Anjō[13], Nishio[14], Gamagōri-shi[15], Shinshiro[16], Kota[17]
- Twinned administrative body: Fukuyama[18], Newport Beach[19], Uddevalla Municipality[20], Hohhot[21], Ishigaki[22], Chigasaki[23], Saku[24], Sekigahara[25], Tokoname[26], Kanazawa[27]
- Legislative body: Okazaki city council[28]
- Postal code: 444-8601[29]
- Commons category: Okazaki, Aichi[30]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[31]
- Inception: July 1, 1916[32], October 1, 1889[33]
- Highest point: Mount Hongu[34]
- Located in/on physical feature: Okazaki Plain[35]
- Official website: https://www.city.okazaki.lg.jp/[36]
- Foods traditionally associated: Hatchō Miso[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Okazaki, Aichi[38]
- Population: 373,339[39], 385,376[40], 381,051[41], 372,357[42]
- Time of earliest written record: 1484[43]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Okazaki[44]
- Replaces: Otogawa[45], Mishima[46], Otomi[47], Hirohata[48], Okazaki[49], Miai[50], Iwazu[51], Fukuoka[52], Motojuku[53], Yamanaka[54], Fujikawa[55], Ryugai[56], Kawai[57], Tokiwa[58]
Why It Matters
Okazaki has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Okazaki is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]