An attractive old street in Tsuwano

Tsuwano (津和野町; Tsuwano-cho) is a town located in Kanoashi District, Shimane prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 5,711 and a density of 40.84 persons per km². The total area is 139.85 km². Image File history File links An attractive old street in Tsuwano Photograph © Ian Ruxton, 11 September 2004. ... Image File history File links An attractive old street in Tsuwano Photograph © Ian Ruxton, 11 September 2004. ... A town (町 chō) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Kanoashi (鹿足郡; -gun) is a district located in Shimane, Japan. ... Shimane Prefecture (島根県 Shimane-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

Tsuwano-cho (the -cho means 'town') is surrounded by hills in a rather remote location. Though it is geographically closer to Yamaguchi city which is the prefectural capital of Yamaguchi prefecture, it is part of Shimane prefecture, which has a long thin shape. It takes 3-4 hours to get to Matsue, the capital of Shimane prefecture, by train. Many tourists visit the town of Hagi on the Japan Sea coast and Yamaguchi city together with Tsuwano as they are all close to each other. Yamaguchi (山口市 Yamaguchishi) is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. ... Map of the prefectures of Japan in ISO 3166-2:JP order. ... Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県 Yamaguchi-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Shimane Prefecture (島根県 Shimane-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Matsue (松江市 Matsue-shi) is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan. ... Shimane Prefecture (島根県 Shimane-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Hagi (萩市; -shi) is a city located in Yamaguchi, Japan and was founded on July 1, 1932. ... The Sea of Japan, known as the East Sea in South Korea, the East Sea of Korea in North Korea, and the Japan Sea in China, is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bound by the Japanese islands of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu and Sakhalin island to the... Yamaguchi (山口市 Yamaguchishi) is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. ...

Catholic Church at Tsuwano

The Catholic church in Tsuwano is probably an offshoot of the cathedral in Yamaguchi which is dedicated to the memory of Saint Francis Xavier who was a missionary in Japan 1549-50. Image File history File links Catholic Church at Tsuwano Photograph © Ian Ruxton, 11 September 2004. ... Image File history File links Catholic Church at Tsuwano Photograph © Ian Ruxton, 11 September 2004. ... Yamaguchi (山口市 Yamaguchishi) is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. ... Saint Francis Xavier (Chinese: 沙勿略) (April 7, 1506 - December 2, 1552) was a pioneering Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). ...

Famous people

The novelist Mori Ogai was born in Tsuwano, into a family of doctors. His birthhouse is preserved in the town. Mori travelled to Germany and studied medicine there. As a result Tsuwano is twinned with Berlin's central ward by an agreement signed on August 25, 1995. Mori Ogais statue at his birthhouse in Tsuwano-cho Mori Ogai (森 鴎外 Mori Ōgai, February 17, 1862 - July 9, 1922) was a Japanese physician, novelist and poet. ...

The town has a new art museum dedicated to Anno Mitsumasan (Opened in 2001). Anno Mitsumasan was born and raised in Tsuwano. His talent for art has taken him all over the world. Anno Mitsumasan currently resides in Tokyo however it is not uncommon to see him in his home town.

SL Yamaguchi-go

A popular tourist destination, Tsuwano is served by the steam locomotive SL Yamaguchi-go which runs once daily on weekends and on national holidays (except in the winter) from Shin Shimonoseki (formerly Ogori) station to Tsuwano and back. It only stops for about three hours in Tsuwano before returning to Shin Shimonoseki station. A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts Beaches make popular tourist resorts Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Great Western Railway No. ...

The SL Yamaguchi-go

The 2003 movie "Spy Sorge" (director Masahiro Shinoda) about Richard Sorge includes a scene shot in the train for period effect. The train has carriages decorated in the styles of different eras: Meiji, Taisho, Showa and European. There is also an observation car at the back. The locomotive does not run entirely under its own steam, being helped along by a diesel engine. Download high resolution version (480x640, 46 KB)The steam locomotive SL Yamaguchi-go is one of a very few working engines of this type in Japan. ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 46 KB)The steam locomotive SL Yamaguchi-go is one of a very few working engines of this type in Japan. ... Richard Sorge Dr Sorge aka Ramsay Richard Sorge (Russian: Рихард Зорге) (October 4, 1895 - November 7, 1944) was a revolutionary, a journalist, working in Germany and Japan, and a spy for the Soviet Union in Japan before and during World War II. KGB codename Ramsay Richard Sorge was born in Adjikent, Baku...