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was a town located in Toyoura District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of January 31, 2005, the town had an estimated population of 12,740 and a density of 75.56 persons per km². The total area is 168.61 km². On February 13, 2005, Hōhoku, along with the towns of Kikugawa, Toyoura and Toyota (all from Toyoura District), was merged into the expanded city of Shimonoseki. == Famous Residents == * Masaaki Ikenaga: Former baseball player for the Nishitetsu Lions. * SION: Singer-songwriter * Kikusha Tagami: Edo-period poet * Taichi Nakayama: Founder of Nakayama Taiyoudou Cosmetics (now Club Cosmetics Co.,Ltd) * Kiyoshi Sasabe: Film director * Keiko Umeda: Announcer * Ryuji Fujita: Japanese artist * Kumiko Sakino: Volleyball player * Masami Yamamoto: President of Fujitsu Ltd * Shouzan Sasaki: Member of the Imperial Diet * Saburo Akieda: Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and a member of the 8th Submarine Squadron * Tagami Kikusha: Poet 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hōhoku, Yamaguchi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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