Tsuchiura

Tsuchiura (Japanese土 浦 市, -shi) is a city in southern Ibaraki prefecture on Honshu, the main island of Japan.

Geography

Tsuchiura is the second largest lake in Japan, the 220 ​​km ² large Kasumigaura.

Tsuchiura is 64 km from Tōkyō.

History

The first mention took place in 1329. During the Muromachi period (1333-1568) the castle of Tsuchiura was built.

Traffic

  • Street: Joban highway to Tōkyō or Iwaki
  • National Road 6 by Tōkyō or Sendai
  • JR Joban Line to Tōkyō and Sendai

Personalities

  • Kikuji Kawada ( born 1933), Photographer
  • Jun'ichi Saga ( * 1941 ), writer
  • Miri Yū (* 1968), writer
  • Chiaki Kuriyama ( born 1984 ), actress and singer

Twinning

  • Friedrichshafen, since 1994

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Tsukuba
  • Kasumigaura
  • Ishioka
  • Ushiku
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