Shimonoseki is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honsh, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits. Nicknamed the “Fugu Capital,” it known for the locally caught pufferfish and is the largest harvester of the pufferfish in Japan. Literally ‘lower port’ , the city prior to 1902 was commonly known as Bakan and formally Akamagaseki. On February 13, 2005, the city of Shimonoseki merged with the towns of Hhoku, Kikugawa, Toyota, and Toyoura from Toyoura District to form the new city of Shimonseki. Since October 1, 2005, the city has been designated as a Core city by the Japanese Government.

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