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Tokushima Prefecture (徳島県, Tokushima-ken) is a prefecture in the Shikoku region of Japan on the island of Shikoku.[1] The capital city is the city of Tokushima.[2]



History
Until the Meiji Restoration, Tokushima prefecture was known as Awa Province.[3]

Timeline
4th century BC – Rice farming of the Yayoi period in Awa[4]
3rd century AD – Burial mounds of the Kofun period in Awa[4]
8th century – Wooden tablets (mokkan) used for record-keeping in Awa[4]
1586 (Tenshō 14): Tokushima castle.[5]
1625 (Kan'ei 2): Indigo monopoly established[4]
1945 (Shōwa 20): Tokushima City bombed by Allied planes[4]
Geography
Tokushima is in the northeastern part of Shikoku. The prefecture faces the Seto Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Kagawa Prefecture is to the northeast. Ehime Prefecture is to the west. Kōchi Prefecture is to the southeast.
Tokushima and Kagawa have disagreed about sharing water for a since the 1850s. The Yanase Dam was built in 1953.[6]

Cities




Anan
Awa
Komatsushima
Mima


Miyoshi
Naruto
Tokushima (capital)
Yoshinogawa

Towns and villages
Towns and villages in each district:





Itano District
Aizumi
Itano
Kamiita
Kitajima
Matsushige
Kaifu District
Kaiyō
Minami
Mugi


Katsuura District
Kamikatsu
Katsuura
Mima District
Tsurugi
Miyoshi District
Higashimiyoshi
Myōdō District
Sanagōchi


Myōzai District
Ishii
Kamiyama
Naka District
Naka

National Parks
National Parks are established in about 9% of the total land area of the prefecture.[7]

Shrines and Temples
Ōasahiko jinja is the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.
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Related pages
Provinces of Japan
Prefectures of Japan
List of regions of Japan
List of islands of Japan
Tokushima Vortis
References

Other websites
Media related to Tokushima prefecture at Wikimedia Commons

2009-12-31 at the Wayback Machine; 2009-12-31 at the Wayback Machine

Coordinates: