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Ōgaki 大垣市
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Location of Ōgaki in Gifu Prefecture
Ōgaki
Coordinates: 35°22′N 136°37′E / 35.367°N 136.617°E / 35.367; 136.617
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Gifu Prefecture
Government
- Mayor	Bin Ogawa
Area
- Total	206.52 km2 (79.7 sq mi)
Population (May 1, 2007)	162,837
- Density	2,041.84/km2 (5,288.3/sq mi)
City Symbols
- Tree	Cinnamomum camphora
- Flower	Satsuki azalea
Website	City of Ōgaki
Phone number	(0584) 81-4111
Address 2-29 Marunouchi, Ōgaki, Gifu-ken 503-8601

Ōgaki (大垣市, Ōgaki-shi ^?) is a city located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was incorporated as a city on April 1, 1918. As of May 1, 2007, the city had an estimated population of 162,837 and a total area of 79.75 square kilometres (30.79 sq mi). The density was 2,041.84 persons per km².

Ōgaki was the final destination for the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō. Every November the city holds a Bashō Festival.

Geography

Ōgaki is located in the northwest area of the Nōbi Plain in Gifu Prefecture and is known as being the most centrally-located city in Japan.

The main river flowing through the city is the Ibi River; however, the Nagara River forms the border between Ōgaki and the neighboring cities of Gifu and Hashima.

Adjacent municipalities

Gifu Prefecture

• Gifu
• Hashima
• Mizuho
• Anpachi, Gōdo and Wanouchi (Anpachi District)
• Ikeda (Ibi District)
• Sekigahara and Tarui (Fuwa District)
• Yōrō (Yōrō District)

Mie Prefecture

• Inabe

Shiga Prefecture

• Maibara
• Taga (Inukami District)

Municipal annexations

• April 1918: Gained municipal status
• April 1928: Merged with parts of the village of Kitakuise, Anpachi District (specifically, Kido, Minamiisshiki, Kasagi, Kasanui and Gama areas)
• 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

Sister and friendship cities

• Kagoshima (Kagoshima Prefecture)
• Changwon (South Korea)
• Handan (China)
• Berea, Ohio (United States)
• Stuttgart (Germany)
• Namur (Belgium)
• Glen Eira (Australia)

Educational institutions

Universities and colleges

• Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS)
• International Academy of 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

High schools

• 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
• Ogaki School for Handicapped (primary through senior high)
• Hirano Gakuen
• Ogaki Sakura High School

Transportation

Railways

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Tōkaidō Main Line: Ogaki Station, Arao Station, Mino Akasaka Station
• Kintetsu Corporation
  • Kintetsu Yoro Line: Otoba Station, Tomoe Station, Mino Aoyagi Station, Nishi Ogaki Station, Ogaki Station, Muro Station, Kita Ogaki Station
• Tarumi Railway Company
  • Tarumi Line: Ogaki Station, Higashi Ogaki Station
• 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

Highways

• Meishin Expressway: Ogaki IC
• National Route 21
• National Route 258
• National Route 417

Visitor attractions

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

External links

• Ogaki official website (Japanese)
• Ogaki official website (English)
• International Exchange Community website (English)

Gifu Prefecture Cities Ena | Gero | Gifu (capital) | Gujō | Hashima | Hida | Kakamigahara | Kaizu | Kani | Mino | Minokamo | Mizuho | Mizunami | Motosu | Nakatsugawa | Ōgaki | Seki | Tajimi | Takayama | Toki | Yamagata Districts Anpachi | Fuwa | Hashima | Ibi | Kamo | Kani | Motosu | Ōno | Yōrō See also: Towns and villages by district