Okazaki, Aichi

Okazaki (岡崎市) is a Japanese city in Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshu.

It has been recognized as a core city since 2003.

History
In the Edo period, Fujikawa-shuku was one of the fifty-three shogunate-maintained waystations (shuku-eki) along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.

Universities and colleges

 * National Institutes of Natural Sciences
 * National Institute for Basic Biology
 * Aichi Gakusen University
 * Aichi Gakusen College
 * Aichi Sangyo University
 * University of Human Environments
 * Okazaki Women's Junior College

Sister cities

 * 🇺🇸 Newport Beach, California, United States, Since November 1984
 * 🇸🇪 Uddevalla, Sweden, since September 1968
 * 🇨🇳 Hohhot, People's Republic of China, since August 1987

People from Okazaki

 * Yuki Fukaya – professional soccer player
 * Motoo Kimura - biologist
 * Takashi Kondō – voice actor
 * Kotomitsuki Keiji – sumo wrestler
 * Satoru Nakajima – race car driver
 * Kazuki Nakajima – race car driver
 * Hiromasa Yamamoto – professional soccer player

Related pages

 * The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Other websites

 * Okazaki website