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Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku ...

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. , the city had an estimated population of 161,539, and a population density of 782 persons per km² in 65,931 households. The total area of the city was . Ōgaki was the final destination for the haiku poet

Matsuo Bashō born then was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative '' haikai no renga'' form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest ma ...

on one of his long journeys as recounted in his book '' Oku no Hosomichi''. Every November the city holds a Bashō Festival.

Geography

Ōgaki is located in the northwest area of the Nōbi Plain in Gifu Prefecture and is known as being the most centrally-located city in Japan. As a result of its 2006 merger with the town of Kamiishizu (from Yōrō District), and the town of Sunomata (from Anpachi District), the city consists of three disconnected regions, with Sunomata in the east, the original Ōgaki in the center, and Kamiishizu in the southwest. The main river flowing through the city is the

Ibi River The is a tributary of the Kiso River located in Gifu and Mie Prefectures in Japan. Along with the Nagara and Kiso rivers, the Ibi is the third of the Kiso Three Rivers of the Nōbi Plain. It is one of Japan's first-class rivers. The former T ...

; however, the Nagara River forms the border between Ōgaki and the neighboring cities of

and Hashima.

Neighbouring municipalities

Gifu Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991,390 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture to the northwest, F ...

** Hashima ** Mizuho ** Anpachi ** Gōdo ** Ikeda ** Wanouchi ** Sekigahara ** Tarui ** Yōrō * Mie Prefecture ** Inabe * Shiga Prefecture **

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Climate

The city has a climate characterized by hot, humid summers, and mild winters ( Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Ōgaki is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .

Demographics

Per Japanese census data, the population of Ōgaki peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since.

History

The area around Ōgaki was part of traditional Mino Province. During the Edo period, the area developed as a castle town for Ōgaki Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. In the post- Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, the town of Ogaki was established within Anpachi District, Gifu Prefecture with the creation of the modern municipalities system on July 1, 1889. It was raised to city status on April 1, 1918. The city suffered severe flooding during the

1934 Muroto typhoon In September 1934, a violent typhoon caused tremendous devastation in Japan, leaving more than 3,000 people dead in its wake. Dubbed the , the system was first identified on September 13 over the western Federated States of Microne ...

, and was largely destroyed in six air raids in 1945.

Municipal timeline

* April 1918: Gained city status * April 1928: Merged with parts of the village of Kitakuise, Anpachi District (specifically the localities of Kido, Minamiisshiki, Kasagi, Kasanui and Gama) * December 1934: Merged with village of Minamikuise, Anpachi District * June 1935: Merged with village of Tagishima, Anpachi District * June 1936: Merged with village of Yasui, Anpachi District * February 1940: Merged with villages of Urū and Shizusato, Fuwa District * October 1947: Merged with villages of Ayasato, Fuwa District, and Sumoto, Anpachi District * June 1948: Merged with village of Asakusa, Anpachi District * October 1948: Merged with village of Kawanami and the Maze part of Maki, Anpachi District * April 1949: Merged with village of Nakagawa, Anpachi District * April 1951: Merged with village of Wagō, Anpachi District * June 1952: Merged with village of Mitsukoshi, Anpachi District * October 1954: Merged with village of Arasaki, Fuwa District * September 1967: Merged with town of Akasaka, Fuwa District * April 1988: Established city constitution * March 27, 2006: Merged with towns of Kamiishizu, Yōrō District, and Sunomata, Anpachi District

Government

Ōgaki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 22 members.

Economy

Ibiden, a global electronic components manufacturer, is headquartered in the city.

Education

Universities and colleges

* Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) *

Gifu Keizai University , formerly , is a private university at Ogaki, Gifu, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of ...

Ogaki Women's College is a private women's junior college in Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Se ...

*Institute for Fashion Studies (IFS) *Ogaki Nursing College (moved to Ogaki Medical Association March 31, 2006) *Nihon Information Processing College *Nihon General Business College *Nihon-Chūō Nursing College Ogaki *Nihon-Chūō Gakuen Culinary College

Primary and secondary education

Ōgaki has 22 public elementary schools and ten public middle schools operated by the city government and one private middle school. The city has nine public high school operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education, and two private high schools. The prefecture also operates one special education school. *Ogaki Kita Senior High School *Ogaki Higashi Senior High School *Ogaki Minami Senior High School *Ogaki Nishi Senior High School *Ogaki Technical High School *Ogaki-Shogyo Business High School *Nihon University Ogaki Senior High School *Hirano Gakuen *Ogaki Sakura High School *Ogaki School for Handicapped (primary through senior high)

International schools

* Escola Brasileira Prof. Kawase - Brazilian primary schoolEscolas Brasileiras Homologadas no Japão

Archive
. Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo. Retrieved on October 13, 2015.

Transportation

Railway

JR Central is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

- Tōkaidō Main Line ** - - * Tarutetsu logomark

Tarumi Railway The is a Japanese railway line in Gifu Prefecture, between Ōgaki Station, Ōgaki and Tarumi Station, Motosu. It is the only railway line operates. There was a freight rail service that transported cement for Sumitomo Ōsaka Cement of Sumitom ...

- Tarumi Railway Tarumi Line ** - * Yoro Railway Logo

Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line ** - - - - - - *Seino Railway (freight railway) **Seino Ichihashi Line: Mino Akasaka Station, Otomezaka Station, Saruiwa Station, Ichihashi Station **Seino Hirui Line: Mino Akasaka Station, Mino Okubo Station, Hirui Station

Highway

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Meishin Expressway The , or Nagoya-Kōbe Expressway is a toll expressway in Japan. It runs from a junction with the Tōmei Expressway in Komaki, Aichi (outside Nagoya) west to Nishinomiya, Hyōgo (between Osaka and Kobe). It is the main road link between Osaka and ...

- Ogaki IC * 22px

Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway The (lit. Tōkai Ring Expressway) is a toll road in the Tōkai region of Japan. It is owned and managed by Central Nippon Expressway Company. Naming Officially, the route is designated as National Route 475. On some signs, the expressway is re ...

- Ogaki-nishi IC * * * *

Twin towns – sister cities

Ōgaki is

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, China *

Hioki is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2010, the city had a population of 51,819

, Japan

Friendship cities

* Beaverton, United States *

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, Germany

Local attractions

* Akasaka-juku, the 56th

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on the Nakasendō *

Kokubun-ji were Buddhist temples established in each of the provinces of Japan by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794). History Shōmu (701 – 756?) decreed both a ''kokubun-ji'' for monks and a for nuns to be established in each ...

ruins * Basho's Oku no Hosomichi Haiku Journey Memorial * Ōgaki Castle *Softopia Japan *Sumiyoshi Lighthouse * Sunomata Castle

Notable people

*, kendo teacher *, Japanese businessman *, professional wrestler *

Ikutaro Tokoro was a doctor practicing Western medicine and also a patriot in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. He is well known as the doctor who saved the life of Inoue Kaoru, who was severely wounded by would-be assassins. He was also a staff offic ...

, patriot in the closing days of Tokugawa shogunate *, architect known for the construction and design of National Diet Building * Yasufumi Tanahashi, politician * Shigeki Hosokawa, actor *

Yoshiyuki Ishihara Yoshiyuki Ishihara (石原慶幸, born September 7, 1979 in Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history beca ...

, professional baseball player *

Shōta Ōno Shōta Ōno (大野奨太, born January 13, 1987, in Ōgaki, Gifu) is a current coach and former Japanese people, Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played for t ...

, professional baseball player * Yoshitoki Ōima, manga artist *

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, Czech singer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ogaki, Gifu Cities in Gifu Prefecture