Tsuruga, Fukui

Tsuruga, Fukui

Infobox City Japan
Name= Tsuruga
JapaneseName= 敦賀市
Map

Region= Chūbu
Prefecture= Fukui
District=
Area_km2= 250.74
PopDate= October 1, 2005
Population= 68,401
Density_km2= 272.80
Coords=
LatitudeDegrees= 35
LatitudeMinutes= 39
LatitudeSeconds=
LongtitudeDegrees= 136
LongtitudeMinutes= 3
LongtitudeSeconds=
Tree= Pine
Flower= Lespedeza
Bird= Black-headed Gull
Symbol

SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor= Ichiji Kawase
CityHallPostalCode= 914-8501
CityHallAddress= 2-1-1 Chūō-chō, Tsuruga-shi, Fukui-ken
CityHallPhone= 0770-21-1111
CityHallLink= [http://www.ton21.ne.jp/ City of Tsuruga]
nihongo|Tsuruga|敦賀市|Tsuruga-shi is a city located in southern Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Outline

One of city of Wakasa Area, present southern Fukui Prececture. Municipalized on April 1, 1937.

Tsuruga is well known for fresh quality seafood and a nuclear power plant. Tsuruga is home to both the Monju demonstration nuclear plant and the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant.

Location

Facing to Wakasa Bay, about 55 km south from Fukui, 80 km east from Maizuru, 97 km northeast from Kyoto, 140 km northeast from Osaka, 52 km north from Maibara, 115 km northwest from Nagoya.

Among cities lies on the Japan Sea, Tsuruga is the most nearest city from the Pacific Ocean. The distance between Tsuruga and Nagoya is only 115 km. Tsuruga and Nagoya are historically close to Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto.

Activities

Well-known Japanese DJ Chikashi Nishiwaki also founded his eclectic club, Tree, here. The club has been host to many national and international celebrity guests such as Jazztronik, Gilles Peterson, Toshio Matsuura from UFO, DJs Ravi, Julien Love and Two Dee, and Soil and Pimp Sessions. He has also mixed music with Tyronne Noonan, former frontman of George.

About twenty or so bronze statues - each perhaps four or five feet tall - of characters and scenes from the popular 1970s anime "Uchū Senkan Yamato" ("Space Battleship Yamato" or, in the United States, "Star Blazers") and "Galaxy Express 999" were erected in the city's downtown area in 1999. Though the creator of these shows, Leiji Matsumoto, was born elsewhere, an exhibit of his artwork was held in the city in 1999 as part of the city's 100th anniversary celebration, accompanied by the erection of the statues.

Transportation

;Railway
*central station : Tsuruga Station
*Hokuriku Main Line
*Obama Line
*Kosei Line

;Road
*Route 8
*Route 27
*Route 161

;Port
*Tsuruga Port

ister cities

* Donghae, Republic of Korea
* Taizhou, People's Republic of China
* Nakhodka, Russia

ee also

*Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant
*Kitamaebune
*Lake Biwa

External links

* [http://www.ton21.ne.jp/ Official website]
* [http://www.tsuruga.or.jp/moni/ "Galaxy Express 999" and "Space Battleship Yamato" statues in Tsuruga]


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