Tsu (Mie)

Tsu (Japanese津市, -shi, literally: port) is a city and the administrative center of Mie prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan, located at the Ise Bay just 60 km south of Nagoya.

History

Tsu was originally a castle town. During the Edo period, many hikers stopped on the way to the Ise Shrine, which lies 40 km to the southeast, on the city.

The appointment was for Shi on April 1, 1889.

Traffic

  • Street: Ise - highway
  • National roads 23, 163, 165, 306, 368, 369, 422
  • JR Kisei Main Line
  • JR Meisho - line
  • Kintetsu Osaka Line
  • Kintetsu Nagoya Line

Universities and Colleges

  • Mie University

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Mie Prefecture Suzuka
  • Iga
  • Matsusaka
  • Kameyama
  • Nabari
  • Soni
  • Mitsue

Twinning

  • Brazil Osasco, Brazil, since 1976
  • People's Republic of China Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China, since 1984
  • Japan Higashishirakawa, Japan, since 1989
  • Japan Shunan, Japan, since 1990
  • Japan Kamifurano, Japan, since 1997

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Matsusaburô Fujiwara (1881-1946), mathematician
  • Saori Yoshida (* 1982 in what was then Ichishi ), wrestler
  • Leiko Ikemura ( born 1951 ), painter and sculptor
  • Futahaguro Koji (* 1963), sumo wrestler
  • Mū Kanazaki (* 1989), Japanese football player
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