Tokushima Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Shikoku region of Japan on the island of Shikoku.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokushima prefecture" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 980; Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO), Tokushima Prefecture, Regional Information ; retrieved 2012-4-6. The capital city is the city of Tokushima.Nussbaum, "Tokushima" at p. 980.

 History 
Until the Meiji Restoration, Tokushima prefecture was known as Awa Province.Nussbaum, "Awa no Kuni" at p. 62; "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

Timeline
 4th century BC – Rice farming of the Yayoi period in AwaTokushima Prefectural Museum,  Permanent exhibitions ; retrieved 2011-11-22.
 3rd century AD – Burial mounds of the Kofun period in Awa
 8th century – Wooden tablets (mokkan) used for record-keeping in Awa
 1586 (Tenshō 14): Tokushima castle.Japan Cultural Profile,  Tokushima Castle Museum; retrieved 201122-22.
 1625 (Kan'ei 2): Indigo monopoly established
 1945 (Shōwa 20): Tokushima City bombed by Allied planes

Geography
Tokushima is in the northeastern part of Shikoku. The prefecture faces the Seto Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Kagawa Prefecture is to the northeast. Ehime Prefecture is to the west. Kōchi Prefecture is to the southeast.

Tokushima and Kagawa have disagreed about sharing water for a since the 1850s. The Yanase Dam was built in 1953.Berga, L. (2006).  Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century, Vol. 1, p. 41.

Cities
Anan
Awa
Komatsushima
MimaMiyoshi
Naruto
Tokushima (capital)
Yoshinogawa

Towns and villages

Towns and villages in each district:
Itano District
Aizumi
Itano
Kamiita
Kitajima
Matsushige
Kaifu District
Kaiyō
Minami
MugiKatsuura District
Kamikatsu
Katsuura
Mima District
Tsurugi
Miyoshi District
Higashimiyoshi
Myōdō District
SanagōchiMyōzai District
Ishii
Kamiyama
Naka District
Naka

National Parks
National Parks are established in about 9% of the total land area of the prefecture.Japan Ministry of the Environment, "General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture"; retrieved 2012-3-13.

Shrines and Temples
Ōasahiko jinja is the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 ; retrieved 2012-2-9.

Related pages
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan
 Tokushima Vortis

References

Other websites

 http://www.pref.tokushima.jp/english/ ; http://www.pref.tokushima.jp/