Nemuro, Hokkaido
Nemuro (Japanese根 室 市, -shi) is a port city on the Japanese island of Hokkaidō. The city is located in the extreme north -eastern Japan and is the administrative seat of the sub-prefecture of Nemuro.
History
In the port of Nemuro was reported a 2.8 m high tsunami on 11 March 2011 after the Tōhoku earthquake, which could not be distracted from the dike and into the path flowed ..
Geography
Nemuro is located east of Sapporo on the peninsula Nemuro on the Pacific Ocean.
Traffic
- Train: JR Nemuro Main Line ( Hanasaki - line)
- National roads 44, 243
Attractions
- Cape Nossapu (纳沙布 岬)
Twinning
- United States Sitka, since 1975
- Japan Kurobe, since October 19, 1976
- Russia Severo- Kurilsk, since 1994
Adjacent Cities and Towns
- Bekkai
- Hamanaka