Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Chūbu Region, Japan

Education : University | Transport : Rail : Road

🇯🇵 Takaoka (高岡市) is a city in the north-western portion of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Takaoka has the second largest population after Toyama City.

The area that is east of Kureha hill (呉羽丘陵 Kureha-kyuryo) has been called Goto (呉東), which means the east of Kureha and the area that is west of Kureha hill has been called Gosei (呉西), which means the west of Kureha.  

Toyama city is a centre city of "Goto", meanwhile Takaoka city is a centre of this "Gosei".

Takaoka covers an area which equates to roughly 5% of the surface area of Toyama Prefecture. The surface area of the city comprises 36.96 km² of real estate, 61.02 km² of agricultural land, 22.69 km² of mountains and forests, 80.43 km² of public property (parks etc.), 6.10 km² of wasteland, and 2.18 km² of moorland.

The Takaoka region extends 19.2 km from north to south, 24.5 km from east to west with a perimeter of 125.9 km – which is roughly equal to the length of coastline in Toyama Prefecture (147 m). Takaoka borders four cities in Toyama Prefecture (Himi, Oyabe, Tonami, and Imizu) and two towns in Ishikawa Prefecture (Tsubata and Hōdatsushimizu).

From its border with Himi down to the south-west area of the city, a range of mountains stretch for roughly 150 m to 300 m with a particularly high stretch of mountains centering on Mt. Futagami near Himi. Shogawa River and the Oyabegawa River run through Takaoka, and tributaries weave their way through the city center. Including small rivers, a total of 10 rivers flow through the city. The Amaharashi coast lies to the north of the region. Just off the coast lies the uninhabited offshore rock of Otokoiwa. Another uninhabited rock, Onnaiwa, lies nearby, and the view of this island against the backdrop of the Tateyama range of peaks is famous and features in promotional media for the region. A section of the Imizu plains runs from the central district of the city to the eastern district, and the Tonami plains which stretch from the west to the south are dotted with dispersed settlements in certain areas.

The area of present-day Takaoka was part of ancient Etchū Province, and the provincial capital was located in what are now the outskirts of the modern city. Ōtomo no Yakamochi took position as a government official in this area in the 8th century. During his five-year stay, he wrote many waka poems. This is the reason for Takaoka being nicknamed Manyō City.

Originally, the Takaoka region was called Sekino, but when Maeda Toshinaga of Kaga Domain took control of the city in 1609, he named it after a verse from the religious poem Shihen which includes the word Takaoka. In addition to this, the fact that Takaoka Castle was built on a slightly elevated shoreline is thought to be another possible origin for the name Takaoka, since Taka means "high" and "Oka" means "hill or elevated land".

Despite the loss of its castle due to orders from the Tokugawa shogunate in 1615, the Maeda clan pursued policies regulating the relocation of Takaoka citizens and promoting the development of Takaoka as an industrial city. This resulted in the start of Takaoka's role as a city of commerce and industry. Takaoka copperware and lacquerware also took off at this time. Following the Meiji restoration, with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889, Takaoka was registered as one of Japan's first 30 cities. The area around Fushiki Port was declared an open port for foreign trade by Imperial decree in July 1899.

On November 1, 2005, the town of Fukuoka (from Nishitonami District) was merged into Takaoka. Therefore, Nishitonami District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

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Education: University • University of Toyama – Takaoka campus • Takaoka University of Law.

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Transport: Rail • West Japan Railway Company (JR West) - Hokuriku Shinkansen ◦ Shin-Takaoka • West Japan Railway Company (JR West) - Himi Line ◦ Takaoka - Etchū-Nakagawa - Nōmachi - Fushiki - Etchū-Kokubu - Amaharashi • West Japan Railway Company (JR West) - Jōhana Line ◦ Takaoka - (Shin-Takaoka) - Futatsuka - Hayashi - Toide • Ainokaze Toyama Railway ◦ Fukuoka - Nishi-Takaoka - (Takaoka-Yabunami) - Takaoka • Manyosen - Man'yōsen Takaoka Kidō Line ◦ Takaoka Station - Suehirochō - Kataharamachi - Sakashitamachi - Kyūkan Iryō Center-mae - Hirokōji - Shikino Chūgakkō-mae - Shimin Byōin-mae - Ejiri - Asahigaoka - Ogino - Shin-Nōmachi - Yonejimaguchi -Nōmachiguchi - Shin-Yoshihisa - Yoshihisa • Manyosen - Man'yōsen Shinminatokō Line ◦ Naka Shinminato.

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Transport: Road • Hokuriku Expressway • National Route 8 • National Route 156 • National Route 160 • National Route 415

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Asia/Tokyo/Toyama 

Takaoka has a population of over 173,086 people. Takaoka also forms one of the centres of the wider Toyama Prefecture which has a population of over 1,044,588 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Takaoka has links with:

🇺🇸 Fort Wayne, USA 🇨🇳 Jinzhou, China 🇨🇳 Liaoyang, China 🇧🇷 Mirandópolis, Brazil
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East of: 137.017

🇯🇵 Nagakute 137.033

🇯🇵 Miyoshi 137.062

🇯🇵 Kawabe 137.067

🇯🇵 Nishio 137.067

🇯🇵 Anjo 137.067

🇯🇵 Seto 137.083

🇯🇵 Tajimi 137.117

🇯🇵 Toyohashi 137.13

🇯🇵 Toyota 137.15

🇯🇵 Toyota City 137.165

West of: 137.017

🇷🇺 Komsomolsk-on-Amur 137.009

🇯🇵 Nanao 136.967

🇯🇵 Ōbu 136.95

🇯🇵 Inuyama 136.948

🇯🇵 Handa 136.933

🇯🇵 Nanto 136.929

🇯🇵 Nagoya 136.907

🇷🇺 Amursk 136.9

🇯🇵 Komaki 136.9

🇯🇵 Taketoyo 136.9

Antipodal to Takaoka is: -42.983,-36.75

Locations Near: Takaoka 137.017,36.75

🇯🇵 Nanto 136.929,36.591 d: 19.4  

🇯🇵 Toyama 137.2,36.683 d: 17.9  

🇯🇵 Nanao 136.967,37.033 d: 31.8  

🇯🇵 Kamiichi 137.367,36.7 d: 31.7  

🇯🇵 Kurobe 137.453,36.874 d: 41.2  

🇯🇵 Kanazawa 136.635,36.456 d: 47.2  

🇯🇵 Hakusan 136.55,36.5 d: 50.1  

🇯🇵 Takayama 137.259,36.148 d: 70.3  

🇯🇵 Komatsu 136.433,36.4 d: 65.1  

🇯🇵 Kaga 136.3,36.3 d: 81.3  

Antipodal to: Takaoka -42.983,-36.75

🇨🇱 La Reina -33.45,-33.45 d: 19074  

🇧🇷 Tubarão -49,-28.467 d: 18935.9  

🇧🇷 Rio Grande -52.099,-32.041 d: 19029  

🇧🇷 Criciúma -49.372,-28.678 d: 18937.4  

🇧🇷 Viamão -51.023,-30.088 d: 18964.5  

🇧🇷 Gravataí -50.983,-29.933 d: 18954.4  

🇧🇷 Alvorada -51.079,-30.001 d: 18953.7  

🇧🇷 Cachoeirinha -51.083,-29.95 d: 18949.3  

🇧🇷 Pelotas -52.341,-31.763 d: 18992.5  

🇧🇷 Porto Alegre -51.229,-30.028 d: 18946  

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