Nagato, Yamaguchi

Nagato (长 门市jap, -shi ) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan.

Geography

Nagato is located north of Shimonoseki and west of Hagi on the Japan Sea.

History

The city Nagato was founded on 31 March 1954.

Attractions

• Omijima (青海 岛)

Traffic

• Train: JR Sanin Main Line
• Mine JR Line

• National Road 191,316,491

Sons and daughters of the town

• Misuzu Kaneko (1903-1930), writer
• Shinzō Abe (born 1954 ), 90th Prime Minister of Japan
• Shigeru Aburaya ( b. 1977 ), long-distance runner

Adjacent Cities and Towns

• Hagi
• Shimonoseki
• Mine