HÅfu, Yamaguchi
Hōfu (Japanese防 府 市, -shi ) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan.
The city was founded on 25 August 1936.
Geography
Hōfu located south of Yamaguchi on the Seto Inland Sea.
Attractions
- Hōfu Tenman- gū (防 府 天 満 宫)
Twinning
Sons and daughters of the town
- Nobuko Takagi (* 1946), writer
- Taneda Santoka (1882-1940), haiku writer
Traffic
- Street: National road 2, to Osaka or Kitakyushu
- JR Sanyo Main Line, to Kobe or Shimonoseki
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Yamaguchi
- Shunan