Okazaki City

An arched pediment crowns the center.

Former Nukata-gun Public Hall

Photo by 雪野滾滾 (CC0)

01 ／ Vista

Through the main and outer gates,Okazaki Castle is in view about 3 km away.

From the main gate of Daiju-ji Temple, Okazaki Castle can be seen about 3 km away through the outer gate. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's case study records that Tokugawa Iemitsu laid out and built the main gate and outer gate, and that this produced the straight line known as the vista line. Okazaki City's landscape plan (2018) designates the view from Daiju-ji to the castle keep as a protected view area.

A straight line of about 3 km
Designated protected view area
Landscape plan of 2018

02 ／ Demon festival

From plowing to rice planting,performed on the stage before the main hall.

At the New Year Buddhist service at Takisanji Temple, a group of twelve performs rice farming, from plowing to planting, on the stage in front of the main hall. The lights in the precinct then go out, and three demons in red costumes appear for the fire festival. On March 28, 2025, it was designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

The garden rite is performed by twelve
Three demons in the fire festival
Designated March 28, 2025

03 ／ Stone lanterns

Stonemasons invited from Kawachi and Izumiare said to have begun Okazaki stonework.

In 1590 (Tensho 18), Tanaka Yoshimasa, lord of Okazaki Castle, is said to have invited stonemasons from Kawachi and Izumi to help develop the castle town, and that is said to be how the craft began. The prefecture notes that good granite from nearby mountains, and the Yahagi River, which carried heavy stone lanterns to Edo and Osaka, helped it prosper. It was designated a traditional craft in 1979.

1590 (Tensho 18)
Okazaki granite as the material
Designated August 3, 1979

Living here

Nagoya is 30 minutes by rapid limited express.

about 380,000 people
30 min to a city centre

From Meitetsu-Nagoya Station to Higashi-Okazaki Station, the Meitetsu rapid limited express takes 30 minutes without a transfer. The city says the station closest to City Hall is Meitetsu Higashi-Okazaki Station, a 10-minute walk (700 meters).

People living here: 384,654people
Area: 387.2km²
Households: 156,619households
Rent (average for rentals): 53,720yen
Healthcare: 14 hospitals ／ 234 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-01-01 に編入合併（額田町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —53 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

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Where you can go from here.

Okazaki City in Japan34.955°N 137.173°E

to NagoyaMeitetsu rapid limited express30min

Travel times follow 名古屋鉄道『路線別時刻表』名古屋本線（2026年03月14日改正）のPDF。上り（豊橋→名鉄名古屋→名鉄岐阜）の平日 kai_20260314_NH_W1.pdf（2026/06/22 差し替え版）と土・休日 20260314_NH_H1_1.pdf の各列車の停車駅表で、東岡崎『発』→名鉄名古屋『着』を全列車について数えた (checked 2026-10-19). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 7 municipalities.

Territory of Okazaki City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

20.1km

豊田市, 豊川市, 安城市, 新城市, 幸田町, 西尾市, 蒲郡市

Okazaki City isthis kind of town.

01The Former Nukata-gun Public Hall was built in 1913 (Taisho 2) as the public hall of Nukata County, and its hall wing has an arched pediment at the center in a Renaissance-style composition
02The view from Daiju-ji's main gate to the Okazaki Castle keep is designated a protected view area in the city's landscape plan, and Takisanji's Oni festival was designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2025
03Okazaki Castle is known as the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the prefecture describes Hatcho miso as miso from Hatcho Village, eight cho (870 m) from the castle, and the pine avenue of Fujikawa-juku was designated a city natural monument in 1963

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Okazaki City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗