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Yokkaichi
四日市市
Location of Yokkaichi
Yokkaichi's location in Mie, Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan which is part of the Kinki and Chūbu regions For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
Location
Country Japan
Region Kansai
Prefecture Mie
Physical characteristics
Area 205. In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Regions of Japan are not official administrative units but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan 's main island Honshū. The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national Jurisdictions one "metropolis" (都 to) Tokyo; one " circuit WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan which is part of the Kinki and Chūbu regions Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 53 km² (79. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 36 sq mi)
Population (as of 2007)
     Total 313,403
Location 34°58′N, 136°37′E
Symbols
Tree Camphor tree
Flower Salvia
Bird Black-headed Gull
Symbol of Yokkaichi
Flag
Yokkaichi Government Office
Mayor Tetsuo Inoue
Address 〒510-8601
1-5 Suwa-chō, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie-ken
Phone number +81-59-354-8244
Official website: City of Yokkaichi

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As of 2007, the city has an estimated population of 313,403. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The total area is 205. 53 km².

The closest major city is Nagoya in Aichi prefecture. is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region.

It is a manufacturing center that produces banko ware (a kind of porcelain), automobiles, cotton textiles, chemicals, tea, cement, and computer parts such as DRAM by Toshiba subsidiary Yokkaichi Toshiba Electronics. Porcelain is a Ceramic material made by heating raw materials generally including Clay in the form of Kaolin, in a Kiln to temperatures A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn. A chemical substance is a Material with a definite chemical composition. Tea refers to the cured agricultural product of the leaves leaf buds and internodes of Camellia sinensis, which have been prepared and cured for the market In the most general sense of the word a cement is a binder a substance which sets and hardens independently and can bind other materials together ( is a multinational conglomerate manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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History

In Azuchi-Momoyama period, the port was developed and a regular market was open on 4, 14, 24 in each month. The came at the end of the Warring States Period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place Thus, the city is named Yokkaichi because "yokkaichi" means "market on fourth day. " In Edo period, Yokkaichi-juku was the forty-third station on the Tōkaidō. The, also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai) is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 was the forty-third of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. The was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period, connecting Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan.

Yokkaichi's port advanced remarkably during the Meiji period, primarily under the guidance of Inaba Sanuemon, a resident merchant interested increasing trade into Yokkaichi and the Ise area by modernizing the port facilities. Started in 1872, the project took 12 years to complete due to typhoons and difficulties in financing the project. This led to the port city being designated an Official International Port in 1899. The primary trade items shipped through Yokkaichi were originally seed oil, Banko ceramics, and Ise tea; but now it has developed into a port that now handles cotton, wool, glass, and heavy equipment.

The city was designated a 'modern city' on August 1, 1897. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common From 1960 to 1972, the city residents suffered health problems caused by the emission of SOx into the atmosphere from local oil chemical plants. In Japan, a disease called Yokkaichi zensoku (Yokkaichi Asthma) derives its name from the city, and it is considered one of the Four Big Pollution Diseases of Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Yokkaichi Asthma occurred in the city of Yokkaichi in Mie Prefecture, Japan in the 1960s The were a group of manmade diseases all caused by environmental pollution due to improper handling of industrial wastes by Japanese corporations

Downtown Yokkaichi
Downtown Yokkaichi

Transportation

Yokkaichi is served by both JR and Kintetsu rail lines. The ( is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu ( Nagoya) region of central Japan. named Kinki Nippon Railway Co Ltd in English (a full translation of its Japanese name until June 27, 2003, is a Japanese rail transit corporation

The Higashi Meihan Highway (東名阪自動車道), which leads to Nagoya, was built along the foot of Suzuka Mountains. is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.

Port of Yokkaichi is the secondary port in Ise Bay. Ise Bay (伊勢湾 Ise-wan) is a bay located at the mouth of the Kiso river, between Mie and Aichi Prefectures in Japan Ferries for the Chūbu Centrair International Airport depart from there. is an airport on an Artificial island in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, south of Nagoya in central Japan.

Sister cities

Yokkaichi has 2 sister cities and 1 sister port.

Famous people from Yokkaichi

External links

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Cities
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Districts
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