page_title: Tokushima Prefecture
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Tokushima Prefecture / Sports
caption_attribution_description: English: Naruto_Athletic_Stadium 日本語: 鳴門総合運動公園陸上競技場
context_page_description: Tokushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Tokushima Prefecture has a population of 728,633 and has a geographic area of 4,146 km². Tokushima Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the north, Ehime Prefecture to the west, and Kōchi Prefecture to the southwest.
  Tokushima is the capital and largest city of Tokushima Prefecture, with other major cities including Anan, Naruto, and Yoshinogawa. Tokushima Prefecture is located on the Kii Channel, connecting the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea, across from Wakayama Prefecture on the Kii Peninsula of the island of Honshu. Tokushima Prefecture is connected to Awaji Island across the Naruto Strait by the Ōnaruto Bridge as part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, connecting the prefecture to the city of Kobe and the San'yō Expressway on Honshu.
context_section_description: Tokushima hosted the official 2007 Asian Basketball Championship.
  Further, the sports teams listed below are based in Tokushima.
  Football (soccer)
  Tokushima Vortis
  Baseball
  Tokushima Indigo Socks
caption: Pocarisweat Stadium in Naruto.
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