Nagaoka

Nagaoka is a metropolis positioned in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is the second one biggest town in the prefecture, after the capital metropolis of Niigata. As of 12 October 2018, the metropolis had an expected. Population of 271,444 in 107,374 households and a population density of 300 inhabitants in step with square kilometre. The overall area of the city changed into 891.06 rectangular kilometres. The region of present-day Nagaoka turned into part of historic Echigo Province.

Under the Tokugawa shogunate, a castle metropolis changed into constructed through Hori Naoyori lord of Nagaoka Domain in 1616. However, as the preliminary fortress become located in a place liable to flooding via the Shinano River, a new castle changed into built on the website online of present-day Nagaoka Station in 1617. Nagaoka flourished as under the reign of the thirteen generations of the Makino clan at some stage in the Edo duration. In the Boshin War of 1868 all through the Meiji Restoration, Nagaoka Domain became a member of the Ouetsu Reppan Domei towards the imperial forces, and the metropolis became decreased to rubble all through the Battle of Hokuetsu.