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Tsugaru (
As the Tsugaru Domain, the area was considered a de facto province in its own right, and even today Japan Rail and other local railroad stations prefix Tsugaru- to their names instead of Mutsu- as in stations in the rest of Aomori Prefecture.
Description
edit- 1664 - Under Tokugawa Shogunate's orders, Tsugaru District's name was visible on the letter published by the shogunate against the Tsugaru Clan's Tsugaru Nobumasa (
津軽 信政 ). This order combined Hanawa, Hiraga, and Inaka Districts in the Tsugaru Region. - 1878 - The district split up into 5 districts, which consisted on the following below.
See also
edit- Higashitsugaru District (
東津軽 郡 ) - Kitatsugaru District (
北津軽 郡 ) - Minamitsugaru District (
南津軽 郡 ) - Nakatsugaru District (
中津軽 郡 ) - Nishitsugaru District (
西津軽 郡 ) - Tsugaru District, Hokkaido