Okazaki, Aichi

is a Japanese city in Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshu.
It has been recognized as a core city since 2003.
History.
In the Edo period, "Fujikawa-shuku" was one of the fifty-three shogunate-maintained waystations ("shuku-eki") along the Tōkaidō road which connected Edo and Kyoto.