 thumb|250px|tokushima prefectural office  is a prefecture of japan located on shikoku island.nussbaum, louis-frÃ©dÃ©ric. (2005). "tokushima prefecture" in . the capital is the city of tokushima.nussbaum, "tokushima" at . == history ==  until the meiji restoration, tokushima prefecture was known as awa province.nussbaum, "awa no kuni" at ; "provinces and prefectures" at  === tokushima prefecture and myodo prefecture === in ancient times, tokushima city belonged to a region known as myÅdÅ-gun. in the first wave of government consolidation following the abolishment of the fiefdom system and construction of prefectures in 1871, it became known as myodo prefecture. at the time, it included the awa region to the south and the awaji island regions as well. in 1873 it further incorporated the region currently occupied by kagawa prefecture in its borders. in the second wave of government consolidation, on september 5, 1875, the sanuki region separated to form the modern day kagawa prefecture. on august 21, 1876, awaji island separated to join hyogo prefecture and the awa region separated to form kochi prefecture. on march 2, 1880, myodo prefecture fully separated from kochi prefecture to be inaugurated as tokushima prefecture. === post-war === * 1945 august - end of world war ii. the washi no mon gate to tokushima castle is destroyed by fire. * 1946 december - the nankai earthquake occurs, causing vast damage throughout the prefecture. * 1947 may - naruto city is inaugurated. * 1949 may - tokushima university is created. * 1951 june - [[komatsush
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