Tokushima (city)
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 The Gejo-bashi bridge and site of the Ote-mon gate at Tokushima castle | |||||
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| Kanji | 徳島市 | ||||
| Hiragana | とくしまし | ||||
| Katakana | トクシマシ | ||||
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Tokushima (徳島市, Tokushima-shi) is the capital city of Tokushima Prefecture in Japan.[1]
Tokushima is on Shikoku island at the mouth of the Yoshino River.[2]
History[change | change source]
Tokushima is a former castle town (joka-machi) of the Hachisuka clan.[2]
Timeline[change | change source]
- 1586 – Castle build by Hachisuka
- 1889 – Modern city created
- 1945 - Most of the city is destroyed by US bombers
References[change | change source]
Other websites[change | change source]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tokushima, Tokushima.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Tokushima
- http://www.city.tokushima.tokushima.jp/english/index.html Archived 2006-10-05 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)
Geographic data related to Tokushima (city) at OpenStreetMap
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34°4′N 134°33′E / 34.067°N 134.550°E
