Yatsushiro, Kumamoto

Yatsushiro (Japanese八 代 市, - shi) is a Japanese city in Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu on the coast to the East China Sea.

Geography

Yatsushiro Kumamoto is located south of and north of Kagoshima. The settlement focuses on the Yatsushiro - level (八 代 平野, Yatsushiro - heiya ), while the hinterland is mountainous on the coast of the Yatsushiro Sea.

History

The city was founded on 1 September 1940.

Traffic

  • Street: Kyushu Expressway
  • National Road 3: to Kagoshima or Kitakyushu
  • National Road 219: Kumamoto or Miyazaki
  • National Road 443.445
  • JR Kyushu Shinkansen: Fukuoka to Kagoshima or
  • JR Kagoshima Main Line: to Kagoshima or Kitakyushu
  • JR Hisatsu line: after Kirishima

Twinning

A sister city of Yatsushiro is Beihai in the People's Republic of China.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Shoko Asahara ( born 1955 ), founder and leader of the sect Omu Shinrikyo
  • Kimiko Jinnai (* 1964), badminton player

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Uki
Cities of Japan Kyushu Railway Company Kirishima, Kagoshima Amakusa (Kumamoto) Arao, Kumamoto Aso (Kumamoto) Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Kami-Amakusa, Kumamoto Kikuchi (Kumamoto) Minamata, Kumamoto Tamana (Kumamoto) Uto (Kumamoto) Yamaga, Kumamoto Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Mashiki, Kumamoto Mifune (Kumamoto)
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