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Changes for 400 years of Sakae zone in Nagoya city

【Video】hanges for 130 years of Sakae zone in Nagoya city

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Nagoya Castle and the castle town were built about 400 years ago, in the early 1600s, on the Nagoya plateau.Until the middle of the Meiji era (1868-1912), the central part of Nagoya was located along Honmachi-dori street, south of Nagoya Castle.In 1889, Nagoya City was founded and the city hall was located south of Hirokoji street in Sakae-machi (now Sakae Crossing).In 1887, Nagoya Station was opened in Sasajima, and in 1898, Japan's second streetcar service opened between Sakae-machi and Nagoya Station, following Kyoto.Later, Hirokoji-dori was extended to the east, and the Aichi Prefectural Office, which was located at the eastern terminus of Hirokoji-dori, was moved to the north.In 1907, Nagoya City Hall was destroyed by fire, and Nagoya's first department store was built on the site.Nagoya City Hall was moved to the present location in 1933, followed by the Aichi Prefectural Government in 1938, and the Sakae-machi area developed into the largest commercial district in Nagoya.Nagoya Castle was destroyed by fire on May 14, 1945, at the end of the Pacific War. The center of Nagoya City was burnt to the ground.Post-war reconstruction began in the Sakae-machi district. The Nagoya TV Tower opened in 1954, and the Higashiyama subway line between Sakae-machi and Nagoya Station opened in 1957.In addition, the first large-scale underground shopping mall in Japan was built, and it has been gradually expanded since then.The redevelopment project of Hisaya Odori Park began in January 2019 and was completed in September 2020.