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| settlement_type = Core city | image_skyline = Route9 Ends Shimonoseki stn.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = Downtown Shimonoseki | image_flag = Flag of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi.png | image_map = Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture Ja.svg | lat_deg = 33 | lat_min = 57 | lat_sec = | lon_deg = 130 | lon_min = 56 | lon_sec = | region = Chūgoku (San'yō) | prefecture = Yamaguchi Prefecture | district = | mayor = Tomoaki Nakao (since 2009) | area_km2 = 716.14 | population = 280,386 | population_as_of = October 1, 2010 | density_km2 = 391.52 | tree = Camphor Laurel | flower = Crinum asiaticum | bird = | city_hall_address = 1-1 Nanbu, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi-ken | city_hall_postal_code = 750-8521 | website = }} is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshu, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits. Nicknamed the "Fugu Capital," it is known for the locally caught pufferfish and is the largest harvester of the pufferfish in Japan. As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 280,386 and a population density of 391.52 persons per km². The total area is 716.14 km². ==History== The Heike and Genji fought at Dan-no-ura near the present Kanmonkyo Bridge. The city prior to 1902 was commonly known as Bakan (馬関) and formally Akamagaseki (赤間関). On February 13, 2005, Shimonoseki absorbed the towns of Hōhoku, Kikugawa, Toyota and Toyoura (all from Toyoura District) to create the new and expanded city of Shimonseki. Since October 1, 2005, the city has been designated as a core city by the Japanese Government. The geographical position of Shimonoseki has given it historical importance, especially with the Bombardment of Shimonoseki in 1864 and the Treaty of Shimonoseki, where a defeated China handed over Taiwan, Penghu, and Port Arthur to the victorious Japanese in 1895. An Imperial decree in July 1899 established Shimonoseki as an open port for trading with the United States and the United Kingdom.〔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 ).〕 On January 7, 2006, the wooden station building at Shimonoseki station, which had dated back to 1942, was destroyed in a fire, the cause of which is suspected to be arson. 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「Shimonoseki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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