Yonago (米子市; -shi) is a city located in the northwest of Tottori, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan, and adjacent to Shimane. It is the prefecture's second largest city after Tottori and therefore a commercial center of the western part of this prefecture. This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ... Tottori Prefecture (鳥取県; Tottori-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... 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... Shimane Prefecture (島根県 Shimane-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ... Tottori (鳥取市; -shi) is the capital city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan. ...

As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 140,220 and a density of 1,317.73 persons per km². The total area is 106.41 km². The current city was administratively founded on April 1, 1927. 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. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The name 'Yonago' means 'Rice Child', though since the city has begun to develop into a trade center of note, it has acquired the nickname Osaka in San-in.

The Amago family, the daimyo in the Sengoku period, constructed a castle in the area. In the Edo period, the castle was kept by a castellan who served the Ikeda of Tottori.

Yonago has always been an important crossing point of several routes in the area. Currently, it is the crosspoint of three railway lines and has a seaport to the Oki Islands. 'Yonago Airport', located in a neighboring city, Sakaiminato, serves the area. Oki (隠岐島) is the name of a group of islands (隠岐諸島) in the Sea of Japan, 40 to 80 km from the coast of Honshu. ... Sakaiminato (境港市; -shi lit. ...

External links

• Official website (http://www.yonago-city.jp/) in Japanese