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, 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

Education

Universities and colleges

  • Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS)
  • Gifu Keizai University
  • Ogaki Women's College
  • 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 school

Transportation

thumb|200px|[[Ōgaki Station]]

Railway

  • 20px - JR Central - Tōkaidō Main Line
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  • 20px Tarumi Railway - Tarumi Railway Tarumi Line
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  • 20px Yōrō Railway Yōrō Line
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  • 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

  • 22px Meishin Expressway- Ogaki IC
  • 22px Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway - Ogaki-nishi IC

Sister cities

Ōgaki is twinned with:

  • Glen Eira, Victoria, Australia
  • Handan, Hebei, China
  • Hioki, Kagoshima, Japan

Friendship cities

  • Beaverton, Oregon, United States
  • Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
  • Eugene, Oregon, United States
  • Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
  • Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
  • Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Local attractions

thumb|200px|[[Ōgaki Castle]]

  • Akasaka-juku, the 56th station on the Nakasendō
  • Basho's Oku no Hosomichi Haiku Journey Memorial
  • Kokubun-ji ruins
  • Ōgaki Castle
  • Softopia Japan
  • Sumiyoshi Lighthouse
  • Sunomata Castle

Notable people

  • , kendo teacher
  • , Japanese businessman
  • Shigeki Hosokawa, actor
  • Yoshiyuki Ishihara, professional baseball player
  • Mirai Navrátil, Czech singer
  • Yoshitoki Ōima, manga artist
  • Shōta Ōno, professional baseball player
  • , professional wrestler
  • Yasufumi Tanahashi, politician
  • Ikutaro Tokoro, patriot in the closing days of Tokugawa shogunate
  • , architect known for the construction and design of National Diet Building

References