Setouchi, Okayama

Setouchi (Japanese瀬 戸 内 市, -shi) is a city in the Japanese prefecture of Okayama.

Geography

Setouchi is located east of Okayama on the Inland Sea.

History

The city Setouchi was on 1 November 2004 from the Association of Municipalities Oku (邑 久 町, -chō ), (长 船 町, -chō ) and Ushimado (牛 窓 町, chō - ) founded Osafune of the district Oku. The county was thereupon be dissolved.

Attractions

  • Historical sites and park Kodota - Køkkenmøddinger (门 田贝 冢 史迹 公园, Kadota Kaizuka Shiseki kōen ): exhibition of objects excavated from the Yayoi to the Kamakura period, including the reconstruction of two round houses of the Yayoi period.
  • Honren -ji (本 莲 寺)
  • Yokei -ji (余庆 寺)

Traffic

  • Street: National Road 2 to Osaka and Kitakyushu
  • National Road 250
  • JR Ako Line: to Okayama and Aioi

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Okayama
  • Bizen ( Okayama )

Twinning

  • Greece Mytilini, Greece, since 1982
  • Japan Horokanai, Japan, since 1989
  • Japan Tsushima, Japan, since 1996
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