Tsuruoka, Yamagata

Tsuruoka (Japanese鹤 冈 市, -shi) is a city in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan.

It is the second largest city in the prefecture of Yamagata.

Geography

Tsuruoka is located south of Sakata and north of Murakami at the Japan Sea.

Traffic

  • Roads: Yamagata highway
  • National Road 7: Aomori to Niigata or

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Kashiwado Tsuyoshi (1938-1996), sumo wrestler
  • Koichi Katō (* 1939), politician
  • Yumi Satō (born 1976 ), long-distance runner
  • Takayama Chogyū (1871-1902), writer
  • Maruya Saiichi (1925-2012), writer

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Yamagata Prefecture Sakata
  • Shōnai
  • Mikawa
  • Nishikawa
  • Murakami
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