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History of Tokushima


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Tokushima Prefectural Library shifts grounds to here.

�    1991 June - Plans for a resort in the Kurozo Marsh in Ikeda-cho are called off.

�    1992 March - A railway is opened connecting the Kaifu and Kamoura regions.

�    1993 August - Route 55 is extended from Komatsushima City down to Anan City.

�    1993 September - The 48th National Citizen's Athletics Festival, Shikoku East Summer Festival is held conjunctively with Kagawa Prefecture.

�    1993 October - The East Shikoku Autumna Athletics Festival is held.

�    1993 October - Construction of Asty Tokushima is completed.

�    1994 March - The first highway in the prefecture is completed, running from Aizumi to Wakimachi.

�    1995 January - The Kobe Earthquake occurs, registering as a scale three quake in Tokushima.

�    1998 March - The Otsuka Museum of Fine Arts is opened.

�    1998 April - Tokushima and mainland Japan are connected with the completion of the Akaishi Kaikyo Bridge

�    1999 July - Construction of the Awa Odori Dance Hall is completed.

�    2000 January - A referrendum for building a sluice-gate dam over the Yoshino River is rejected by the citizens.

�    2000 July - Construction of a second thermal electric power generator is completed within the prefecture.

�    2000 October - Construction of the Hosokawauchi Dam over the Naka River is terminated.

�    2001 August - The 13th National Agricultural Youth Exchange takes place.

�    2002 March - Governor Toshi Endo is arrested under charges of bribery.

�    2002 October - The Prefectural Calligraphy Hall is opened.

�    2003 June - The Komatsushima
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