Tosashimizu, Kōchi
Tosashimizu (土佐清水市, Tosashimizu-shi) is a Japanese city in Kōchi Prefecture on the Pacific coastline of the island of Shikoku.[1]
History
The village of Nakanohama in what is now Tosashimizu was the birthplace of Nakahama Manjirō, who was the first known Japanese to live in the United States in the mid-19th century.[2]
The modern city was established in 1954.
Sister cities
- New Bedford, Massachusetts, US[3]
- Fairhaven, Massachusetts, US, since 1987[2]
References
- ↑ Auzias, Dominique and Jean-Paul Labourdette. (2009). Petit Futé Japon: Bienvenue au pays du Soleil-Levant, p. 444; excerpt, Le port de shimizu est situé à 20 km du cap Ashizuri-misaki, ses maisons entourent et protègent un port naturel; retrieved 2013-2-25.
- 1 2 Lade, Jennifer. "Manjiro Festival celebrates sister cities of Fairhaven, Tosashimizu," Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine South Coast (Massachusetts). October 4, 2009; retrieved 2013-2-25.
- ↑
- Medeiros, Michael. "Preserving the Manjirō Legacy," Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine South Coast Today, December 8, 2006; retrieved 2013-2-25.
Other websites
Media related to Tosashimizu, Kochi at Wikimedia Commons
- Tosashimizu City website (in Japanese)
Geographic data related to Tosashimizu, Kōchi at OpenStreetMap
32°47′N 132°57′E / 32.783°N 132.950°E