Tottori (city)
Tottori (鳥取市, Tottori-shi) is the capital city of Tottori Prefecture on the island of Honshu.[1]
It has been recognized as a special city since 2005.[2]
History
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Tottori Castle was established by Yamana Nobumichi in 1545.[3] The castle town grew at the base of the mountain where the castle was built.[1]
Tottori was incorporated as a city on October 1, 1889.
The city was damaged by a great earthquake in 1942 and by a great fire in 1952.[1]
Related pages
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[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tottori" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 990.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research (2011), Table 3 Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ↑ Tottori castle at jcastle.info Archived 2012-11-26 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2013-2-21.
Other websites
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- Tottori website (in English); (in Japanese)
- http://www.torican.jp/en/ Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)
