Shimonoseki
Shimonoseki 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.| Map | Satellite | Directions |
- Location: Yamaguchi, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- Population: 261,000
- United Nations Location Code: JP SHS
- Latitude: 33.95° or 33° 57' north
- Longitude: 130.95° or 130° 57' east
- GeoNames ID: 1852225
Also Known As
- Arabic: شيمونوسكي
- Armenian: Սիմոնոսեկի
- Azerbaijani: Şimonoseki
- Belarusian: Сіманасекі
- Bulgarian: Шимоносеки
- Chinese: 下关市
- Esperanto: Ŝimonoseki
- French: Shimonoseki
- German: Shimonoseki
- Italian: Shimonoseki
- Japanese: 下関市
- Korean: 시모노세키 시
- Mazanderani: شیمونوسکی، یاماگوچی
- Min Nan Chinese: Simonoseki-chhī
- Persian: شیمونوسکی، یاماگوچی
- Portuguese: Shimonoseki
- Russian: Симоносеки
- Serbian: Шимоносеки
- Spanish: Shimonoseki
- Tajik: Шимоносеки
- Thai: ชิโมะโนะเซะกิ
- Turkish: Şimonoseki
- Ukrainian: Сімоносекі
- Urdu: شیمونوسیکی، یاماگوچی
- Simonoseki
In the Area
Localities
- Moji WardSuburb
- 村崎ノ鼻Locality, 9 km northwest
- Kokura Kita WardSuburb, 10 km southwest
- Tobara WardSuburb, 13 km southwest
- 藍島Neighborhood, 13 km west
- 藍島漁港Locality, 13 km west
Landmarks
- Karato Wholesale MarketMarketplace
- KaikyokanPublic aquarium
- Karato PierPassenger ship terminal
- StarbucksCafé
- Mos BurgerFast food restaurant
- COCO'SRestaurant
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