Yokkaichi

Yokkaichi  is a Japanese city in Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It is a port near Nagoya.

It has been recognized as a special city since 2000.Jacobs, A.J.  "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research (2011),  Table 3; retrieved 2012-12-18.

History

In the Edo period, Yokkaichi-juku was 43rd of the 53 shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōkaidō"  in Japanese Encyclopedia, p. 973.

In 1936, Yokkaichi hosted an international trade fair called "Exposition of Yokkaichi City".Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,  "Exposition of Yokkaichi City"; retrieved 2012-4-20.

Sister cities
Yokkaichi has 2 sister cities.
  Long Beach, California (USA) - Since October 7, 1963
  Tianjin (China) - Since October 28, 1980

People from Yokkaichi
Katsuya Okada - Foreign Affairs Minister
Takuya Okada - past chairman of AEON Group
Katsuaki Watanabe - president of Toyota Motor Corporation

Gallery

Related pages
 The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

References

 Other websites 

 Yokkaichi City website 
 Hiroshige prints, Yokkaichi 

Category:Cities in Mie Prefecture