Okazaki

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Okazaki

Total population

385,221

Air quality index

52Moderate

Coordinates34.95°, 137.17°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Okazaki is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the city had an estimated population of 386,999 in 164,087 households, and a population density of 999 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 387.20 km2 (149.50 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Kazuki Nakajima

Japanese racing driver

Tokugawa Ieyasu

founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)

Satoru Nakajima

Japanese racing driver

A

Ayumi Tanimoto

Japanese judoka

Y

Yūki Fukaya

Japanese association football player

Ryo Miyaichi

Japanese association football player

Kōtarō Honda

Japanese physicist and metallurgist (1870-1954)

Daisuke Nakajima

Japanese race car driver

Takahiro Sakurai

Japanese voice actor

Naoko Fukazu

Japanese table tennis player

Honda Tadakatsu

daimyo (1548-1610)

Motoo Kimura

Japanese scientist (1924–1994)

Torii Mototada

Samurai who served Tokugawa Ieyasu

Kaita Murayama

Japanese writer and artist (1896–1919)

Ōkubo Tadayo

daimyo

Tohru Fukuyama

Japanese chemist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Aichi

• 康生通東
  0.5 mi away
• 康生通西
  0.7 mi away
• Anjo
  5.5 mi away · pop. 186,468
• Kota
  5.8 mi away · pop. 39,549
• Chiryu
  7.6 mi away · pop. 71,159
• Gamagori
  8.9 mi away · pop. 80,318
• Toyota
  8.9 mi away · pop. 425,738
• Kariya
  9.7 mi away · pop. 151,429
• Takahama
  10.7 mi away · pop. 47,584
• Miyoshi
  10.8 mi away · pop. 62,613
• Nishio
  10.9 mi away · pop. 169,352
• Hazu
  11 mi away

Browse all places in Aichi →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Okazaki

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Typhoon Mekkhala
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-27 · 242 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Pochazia shantungensis

Pochazia shantungensis

Seen 2026-06-28

Yellow-spotted Stink Bug

Erthesina fullo

Seen 2026-06-28

Japanese copper

Lycaena phlaeas daimio

Seen 2026-06-28

Jumbo Dragonfly

Anotogaster sieboldii

Seen 2026-06-28

Eastern Japanese Tree Frog

Dryophytes leopardus

Seen 2026-06-28

Pseudozizeeria maha argia

Pseudozizeeria maha argia

Seen 2026-06-27

Kaempfer Cicada

Planopleura kaempferi

Seen 2026-06-25

Graphosoma rubrolineatum

Graphosoma rubrolineatum

Seen 2026-06-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers