yonago, tottori

Yonago (米子市; -shi) is a city located in the southest in 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 preceture. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 140,220 and the density of 1,317.73 persons per km². The total area is 106.41 km². Since Yonago has been developed as a trade center, it has a nickname Osaka in San'in. Yonago has been important for local traffics. The Amago, the daimyo in the Sengoku period settled a castle in Yonago. Later in the edo period, the castle was kept by a castelane who served Ikeda of Tottori. Now Yonago is a crosspoint of three railway lines and has a seaport to Oki Islands. Yonago airport, located in its neighbor city Sakaiminato, serves this area. The current city was administratively founded on April 1, 1927.

External links

Official website in Japanese

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