Ōgaki, Gifu
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Ōgaki (大垣市; -shi) is a city located in Gifu, Japan.
As of August 31, 2005, the city has an estimated population of 154,787 and the density of 1,940.90 persons per km². The total area is 79.75 km².
The city was founded on April 1, 1918.
Ogaki was the final destination for the haiku poet Matsuo Basho. Every November the city holds a Basho Festival.
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[edit] Geography
- Ogaki City is located in the northwest area of the Nobi Plains in Gifu Prefecture.
- River systems: Ibi River
[edit] Adjacent Cities and Districts
- Mizuho
- Anpachi District; Anpachi, Gōdo, Sunomata, Wanouchi
- Ibi District; Ibigawa, Ikeda, Ōno
- Fuwa District; Sekigahara, Tarui
- Yōrō District; Kamiishizu, Yōrō
[edit] Municipal Annexations
- 1918 April Gained municipal status
- 1928 April Anpachi District North Kuise Village areas of Kido, Minami Isshiki, Kasagi, Kasanui, and Gama
- 1934 December Anpachi District South Kuise Village
- 1935 June Anpachi District Tagishima Village
- 1936 June Anpachi District Yasui Village
- 1940 February Fuwa District Urū Village and Shizusato Village
- 1947 October Fuwa District Ayasato Village and Anpachi District Sumoto Village
- 1948 Anpachi District Asakusa Village
- 1948 October Anpachi District Kawanami Village and part of Maki Village (Maze)
- 1949 April Anpachi District Nakagawa Village
- 1951 April Anpachi District Wagō Village
- 1952 June Anpachi District Mitsukoshi Village
- 1954 October Fuwa District Arasaki sub-Village
- 1967 September Fuwa District Akasaka Town
- 1988 April Established city constitution
[edit] Government
Mayor: Ogawa Bin (from April 21, 2001)
[edit] Sister Cities, Friendship Cities
- Kagoshima (Kagoshima Prefecture)
- Changwon (South Korea)
- Handan (China)
- Berea (United States)
- Stuttgart (Germany)
- Namur (Belgium)
- Glen Eira (Australia)
[edit] Educational institutions
[edit] Universities, Colleges
- Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS)
- Gifu Keizai University
- Ogaki Women's College
[edit] Vocational Colleges
- Institute for Fashion Studies (IFS)
- Ogaki Nursing College (moving to Ogaki Medical Association March 31, 2006)
- International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS)
- Nihon Information Processing College
- Nihon General Business College
- Nihon-Chūō Nursing College Ogaki
- Nihon-Chūō Gakuen Culinary College
[edit] High schools
- Ogaki Kita Senior High School
- Ogaki Higashi Senior High School
- Ogaki Minami Senior High School
- Ogaki Nishi Senior High School
- Ogaki Technical High School
- Ogaki-Shogyo Business High School
- Nihon University Ogaki Senior High School
- Ogaki School for Handicapped (primary through senior high)
- Hirano Gakuen
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Railways
- Central Japan Railway Company
- Tōkaidō Main Line: Ogaki Station, Arao Station, Mino Akasaka Station
- Kintetsu Corporation
- Kintetsu Yoro Line: Otoba Station, Tomoe Station, Mino Aoyagi Station, Nishi Ogaki Station, Ogaki Station, Muro Station, Kita Ogaki Station
- Tarumi Railway Company
- Tarumi Line: Ogaki Station, Higashi Ogaki Station
- Seino Railway (freight railway)
- Seino Ichihashi Line: Mino Akasaka Station, Otomezaka Station, Saruiwa Station, Ichihashi Station
- Seino Hirui Line: Mino Akasaka Station, Mino Okubo Station, Hirui Station
[edit] Highways
- Meishin Expressway: Ogaki IC
- National Route 21
- National Route 258
- National Route 417
[edit] Famous Places, Historic Sites, Scenic Spots
- Basho's Oku no Hosomichi Haiku Journey Memorial
- Sumiyoshi Lighthouse
- Ogaki Castle
- Kokubunji Temple remains
- Softopia Japan
- Nakasendō Akasaka (56th stop on the Nakasendō)
[edit] External links
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| Ena | Gero | Gifu (capital) | Gujo | Hashima | Hida | Kakamigahara | Kaizu | Kani | Mino | Minokamo | Mizuho | Mizunami | Motosu | Nakatsugawa | Ogaki | Seki | Tajimi | Takayama | Toki | Yamagata | |||
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| Anpachi | Fuwa | Hashima | Ibi | Kamo | Kani | Motosu | Ono | Yoro | |||
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