Place:Shimonoseki, Toyoura, Yamaguchi, Japan

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NameShimonoseki
Alt namesAkamagasekisource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 335
Bakansource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1109
Simonosekisource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeCity
Coordinates33.983°N 130.967°E
Located inToyoura, Yamaguchi, Japan
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is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. With a population of 265,684, it is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region. It is located at the southwestern tip of Honshu facing the Tsushima Strait at the entrance to the Kanmon Straits (also known as the Straits of Shimonoseki) across from the city of Kitakyushu and the island of Kyushu. It is nicknamed the "Fugu Capital" for the locally caught pufferfish, and is the largest harvester of the pufferfish in Japan.

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