Nagoya is the capital of Aichi Prefecture. It has a population of 2.25 million, is a designated city, and is the center of Japan's third-largest metropolitan area. It is around the center of Japan, and the three great unifiers of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, were initially based in Nagoya. The city grew in the Edo Period for two reasons. First, Tokugawa Ieyasu moved the castle in the region from Kiyosu to Nagoya, creating a castle town around it. Second, Atsuta Shrine was designated a way-station on the Tokaido Highway that connected Edo and Kyoto, and a town was built to support travelers.
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