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| | Nagoya City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | Nagoya City, the prefectural capital of Aichi Prefecture, is located in the Western part of the prefecture. |
 | | Since the beggining of the 17th century, Nagoya had prospered as a castle town of the local feudal lord, Owari-Tokugawa family, until 1868. |
 | | When Nagoya Prefecture, the past of Aichi Prefecture, was estublished in 1871, Nagoya castle was specified to be a prefectural office, and in 1889, Nagoya City was estublished and became a capital city of Aichi Prefecture. |
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