Tsuruga, Fukui

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Tsuruga
敦賀市
City
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View of Tsuruga
Flag of Tsuruga
Flag
Official seal of Tsuruga
Seal
Map
Location of Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture
Location of Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture
Tsuruga is located in Japan
Tsuruga
Tsuruga
 
Coordinates: 35°38′42.7″N 136°3′19.8″E / 35.645194°N 136.055500°E / 35.645194; 136.055500
CountryJapan
RegionChūbu (Hokuriku)
PrefectureFukui
Government
 • - MayorTakanobu Fuchikami
Area
 • Total
251.39 km2 (97.06 sq mi)
Population
 (June 29, 2018)
 • Total
66,123
 • Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number0770-21-1111
Address2-1-1 Chūō-chō, Tsuruga-shi, Fukui-ken 914-8501
ClimateCfa
Websitewww.city.tsuruga.lg.jp
Symbols
BirdBlack-headed gull
FlowerLespedeza
TreePine
view of the port of Tsuruga
Tsuruga City Hall

Tsuruga (敦賀市, Tsuruga-shi) is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. As of 29 June 2018, the city had an estimated population of 66,123 in 28,604 households and the population density of 260 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city was 251.39 square kilometers (97.06 sq mi).

Geography

Tsuruga is located in central Fukui Prefecture, bordered by Shiga Prefecture to the south and Wakasa Bay of the Sea of Japan to the north. Tsuruga lies some 50 km south of Fukui, 90 km northwest of Nagoya, 40 km northwest of Maibara, 115 km northeast of Osaka, 75 km northeast of Kyoto, and 65 km east of Maizuru. Among cities on the Sea of Japan coast, Tsuruga is the nearest city to the Pacific Ocean. The distance between Tsuruga and Nagoya is only 115 km. Tsuruga and Nagoya are historically close to Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto.

Neighboring municipalities

Climate

Tsuruga has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is plentiful throughout the year, and is particularly heavy in December and January. The average annual temperature in Tsuruga is 15.6 °C (60.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,199.5 mm (86.59 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.7 °C (81.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.7 °C (40.5 °F).[2]

Climate data for Tsuruga (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1897−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.9
(66.0) 		20.5
(68.9) 		24.5
(76.1) 		30.0
(86.0) 		33.2
(91.8) 		36.8
(98.2) 		37.6
(99.7) 		37.6
(99.7) 		36.7
(98.1) 		31.0
(87.8) 		26.1
(79.0) 		21.4
(70.5) 		37.6
(99.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 7.8
(46.0) 		8.5
(47.3) 		12.3
(54.1) 		17.8
(64.0) 		22.5
(72.5) 		25.8
(78.4) 		30.0
(86.0) 		31.9
(89.4) 		27.7
(81.9) 		22.2
(72.0) 		16.5
(61.7) 		10.7
(51.3) 		19.5
(67.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.7
(40.5) 		5.1
(41.2) 		8.3
(46.9) 		13.4
(56.1) 		18.2
(64.8) 		22.1
(71.8) 		26.3
(79.3) 		27.7
(81.9) 		23.7
(74.7) 		18.1
(64.6) 		12.7
(54.9) 		7.4
(45.3) 		15.6
(60.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1.9
(35.4) 		1.8
(35.2) 		4.3
(39.7) 		9.1
(48.4) 		14.1
(57.4) 		18.8
(65.8) 		23.2
(73.8) 		24.5
(76.1) 		20.4
(68.7) 		14.4
(57.9) 		8.9
(48.0) 		4.2
(39.6) 		12.1
(53.8)
Record low °C (°F) −10.9
(12.4) 		−10.5
(13.1) 		−9.6
(14.7) 		−1.7
(28.9) 		2.0
(35.6) 		7.9
(46.2) 		13.1
(55.6) 		14.1
(57.4) 		8.6
(47.5) 		2.7
(36.9) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		−6.2
(20.8) 		−10.9
(12.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 269.5
(10.61) 		164.7
(6.48) 		144.6
(5.69) 		120.4
(4.74) 		141.4
(5.57) 		144.1
(5.67) 		204.0
(8.03) 		146.9
(5.78) 		204.9
(8.07) 		152.6
(6.01) 		176.0
(6.93) 		316.7
(12.47) 		2,199.5
(86.59)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 54
(21) 		43
(17) 		7
(2.8) 		trace 0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		19
(7.5) 		126
(50)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 21.8 17.3 14.4 11.6 10.7 10.7 12.2 9.3 11.3 11.7 14.1 20.7 165.8
Average snowy days (≥ 1 cm) 8.7 7.1 1.8 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 20.8
Average relative humidity (%) 73 71 67 66 68 74 75 72 74 72 71 73 71
Mean monthly sunshine hours 62.6 81.2 131.7 166.3 184.4 139.8 153.1 202.2 147.6 145.1 111.5 72.6 1,598.1
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[3][2]

Demographics

Per Japanese census data,[4] the population of Tsuruga peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1970 56,445—    
1980 61,844+9.6%
1990 68,041+10.0%
2000 68,145+0.2%
2010 67,760−0.6%
2020 64,264−5.2%

History

Although Tsuruga promotes itself as the leading city of the "Wakasa region", the city is actually has always been of ancient Echizen Province. A settlement at Tsuruga is mentioned in the Nara period Kojiki and Nihon Shoki chronicles. Kanagasaki Castle was the site of major battles during the early Muromachi period and the Sengoku period, Under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate, large portions of the city were part of the holdings of Obama Domain and Tsuruga Domain, and prospered as a major port on the kitamaebune shipping routes between western Japan and Hokkaido. Following the Meiji restoration, the area became part of Tsuruga District of Fukui Prefecture. With the creation of the modern municipalities system, the town of Tsuruga was founded on April 1, 1889.

An Imperial decree in July 1899 established Tsuruga as an open port for trading with the United States and the United Kingdom.[5]

Tsuruga merged with the neighboring village of Matsubara and was incorporated as a city on April 1, 1937. Tsuruga was the only Japanese port opened to the Polish orphans in 1920, and to the Jewish refugees in 1940 thanks to Jan Zwartendijk, the Dutch Consul in Kaunas, who issued visa for Curaçao and Surinam, Mr. Chiune Sugihara, Vice-Consul for the Empire of Japan in Lithuania who issued transit visa for Japan. These events are detailed at the Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum. However, much of the city center was destroyed in 1945 during the Bombing of Tsuruga during World War II,

The city expanded on January 15, 1955 by annexing the neighboring villages of Arachi, Awano, Togo, Nakago and Higashiura.

Government

Tsuruga has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 26 members.

Economy

Tsuruga has a very healthy mixed economy focused on providing services to the Wakasa region, and also features a container port, a bulk terminal, a coal-fired power plant, two textile mills, a large furniture factory, a playground equipment manufacturer, and a Panasonic (Matsushita) facility. Education and energy research also drive the economy.

Tsuruga is also known for its two nuclear power facilities - the Monju demonstration nuclear plant and the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant.

Education

Tsuruga has 13 public elementary schools and five middle schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Fukui Prefectural Board of Education. There is also one private high school and one private middle/high school. Tsuruga Nursing University is also located in the city.

Transportation

Tsuruga Port

Railway

High speed rail service to Tsuruga Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen began on 16 March 2024.[6]

Highway

Seaport

Sister cities

Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum, Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan (2023).
Kehi matsubara beach

Local attractions

  • About twenty or so bronze statues – each perhaps four or five feet tall – of characters and scenes from the popular 1970s anime Uchū Senkan Yamato (Space Battleship Yamato or, in the United States, Star Blazers) and Galaxy Express 999 were erected in the city's downtown area in 1999. Though the creator of these shows, Leiji Matsumoto, was born elsewhere, an exhibit of his artwork was held in the city in 1999 as part of the city's 100th anniversary celebration, accompanied by the erection of the statues.

Activities

Well-known Japanese DJ Chikashi Nishiwaki also founded his eclectic club, Tree, here. The club has been host to many national and international celebrity guests such as Jazztronik, Gilles Peterson, Toshio Matsuura from UFO, DJs Ravi, Julien Love and Two Dee, and Soil and Pimp Sessions. He has also mixed music with Tyronne Noonan, former frontman of George.

References

  1. ^ "Official website of Tjsugaru City" (in Japanese). Japan: Awara City. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  2. ^ a b 気象庁 / 平年値（年・月ごとの値）. JMA. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  3. ^ 観測史上1～10位の値（年間を通じての値）. JMA. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  4. ^ Tsuruga population statistics
  5. ^ US Department of State. (1906). A digest of international law as embodied in diplomatic discussions, treaties and other international agreements (John Bassett Moore, ed.), Vol. 5, p. 759.
  6. ^ "Hokuriku Shinkansen's Kanazawa-Tsuruga extension set to open Saturday". The Japan Times. March 14, 2024. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  7. ^ "Kehi Jingu Shrine , Tsuruga Guide | Tsuruga Tourism Association".

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