Shimonoseki is a city in Yamaguchi prefecture and the westernmost municipality on Honshu. The city has been at the center of Japanese history for centuries, but it's best known to culinary daredevils as the home of fugu, a pufferfish as cute looking as it is potentially lethal.

Karato

Quarter

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Karato is the downtown area of the city of Shimonoseki, Japan. Located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, it is known for its fish market. Karato is situated 8 km east of Mutsure Jima.

Wakamatsu-ku

Suburb

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Wakamatsu-ku is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan. It has an area of 67.86 km2 and a population of about 88,594. Wakamatsu-ku is situated 9 km southwest of Mutsure Jima.

Mutsure Jima

Category: landform
Location: Yamaguchi, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

33.97554° or 33° 58′ 32″ north

Longitude

130.86393° or 130° 51′ 50″ east

Elevation

55 metres (180 feet)

United Nations Location Code

JP MTR

Open location code

8Q5GXVG7+6H

GeoNames ID

1856343

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In Other Languages

“Mutsure Jima” goes by many names.

Japanese: “六連島”

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