On January 1, 2006, Takaoka, along with the towns of Sadowara and Tano (both from Miyazaki District), was merged into the expanded city of Miyazaki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Takaoka borders four cities in Toyama Prefecture (Himi, Oyabe, Tonami, and Imizu) and two towns in Ishikawa Prefecture (Tsubata and Hondatsu Shimizu)
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Mirandópolis is situated roughly 600 km northwest of São Paulo, Brazil.
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The present-day suburbs of Takaoka formed the provincial capital of the former Ecchu Province, and Ōtomo no Yakamochi took position as a government official in this area.
Trams run along the Manyōsen Shinminato Harbor Line between Koshinokata Station in the north of Imizu and Rokudōji Station in the northwest, from which there is a connecting line to Takaoka.
On January 1, 2006, Sadowara, along with the town of Tano (also from Miyazaki District), and the town of Takaoka (from Higashimorokata District), was merged into the expanded city of Miyazaki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Sasaki clan are descended directly from Emperor Uda (868-897) by his grandson Minamoto no Masazane (920-993) (Uda Genji), Takaoka Muneyasu (1255–1326), grandson of Sasaki Yoshikiyo, is the first who took the name of Takaoka from his domain in Takaoka-mura, Enya-no-sato, Kamdo-gun, Izumo province.
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Mononobe clan are descended directly from god of Nigihayahi-no-mikoto (Legend age) by his descendant Mononobe no Arakabi (Kofun period), Takaoka Sadamochi, descendant of Mononobe no Arakahi, is the first who took the name of Takaoka.
1287(Kōan10th) The territory Takaoka-mura, Enya-no-sato, Izumo Province, ingot was succeeded among his father Yasukiyo's inheritances.
On January 1, 2006, Tano, along with the town of Sadowara (also from Miyazaki District), and the town of Takaoka (from Higashimorokata District), was merged into the expanded city of Miyazaki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Toshinari Takaoka (高岡 寿成; born 24 September 1970 in Yamashiro, Kyoto) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race.
Trains for Sapporo depart Osaka at 11:50, and call at Shin-Ōsaka, Kyoto, Tsuruga, Fukui, Kanazawa, Takaoka, Toyama, Naoetsu, and Nagaoka, with the final passenger pick-up made at Niitsu at 19:39.