1. History and Geography of Japanese Cities - Castle Town NAGOYA - Prof. Dr. NAKAJIMA, Shigeru (Aichi Prefectural University)

2. Fig. 1 Kiyomizu Temple & Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto

3. Fig.2 Historical Town in Japan(1) Monzen-Machi(religious town) TOYOKAWA( in Aichi Pref.) Shukuba-Machi(stage) SEKI(in Mie Pref.)

4. Fig.3 Historical Town in Japan(2) Minato-Machi(port town) TOMO(in Hiroshima pref.) Ichiba-Machi(market town) ICHINOMIYA(in Aichi pref.)

5. Fig.4 The Japanese Modern Municipalities “Shi” in 1889 Kagoshima Kumamoto Kurume Nagasaki Saga Fukuoka Shimonoseki Hiroshima Matsue Okayama Tottori Matsuyama Kochi Tokushima Himeji Kobe Kyoto Wakayama Sakai Osaka Tsu Fukui Kanazawa Takaoka Toyama Niigata Kofu Gifu Nagoya Shizuoka Yokohama Tokyo Mito Sendai Yonezawa Yamagata Akita Morioka Hirosaki Black : Castle Town Red : Port Town

6. Fig.5 Castle Town Himeji Castle (National Treasure) Himeji city (in Hyogo pref.)

7. Fig.6 Nagoya Metropolitan Area The Distant View from East Side(APU) The Business Center

8. Fig.7 Old Plan of Nagoya (mid-18 th century) ‘Nagoya narabini Atuta Zu’

9. Fig.8 The Main Castle Towns in Aichi Pref.

10. Fig.9 Nagoya Castle & Town Center in mid-18 th century

11. Fig.10 Present Plan of Nagoya City Center (by 1/10000 Topographical Map ‘Nagoya Jo’, 2005, The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) )

12. Fig.11 Old Street System in Present City Center

13. Fig.12 Nagoya Castle in City Center

14. Fig.13 Okayama Castle Town Plan in 1701- 04 A part of ‘Okayama Ezu’ : A part of road shifting

15. Fig.14 Not Straight Crossroad in Okayama City Center

16. Fig.15 Nagoya Castle from Castle Garden Thank you for your kind attention !