Kure, Hiroshima
city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Kure (呉市, Kure-shi) is a Japanese city in Hiroshima Prefecture on the island of Honshu.[1]
History
changeIn 1894, Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi transfered the Imperial Headquarters (Daihon'ei) to Kure.[2]
The modern city of Kure was founded in 1902.
The natural harbor was a naval base until the end of the Second World War.[1] The Japanese battleship Yamato was built at Kure.[3]
Timeline
change- 1889: Kure Army base established
- 1894: Imperial Diet met at Kure[2]
- 1902: City of Kure created from merger of Washō, Futagawa, Miyahara and Sōyamada
- 1903: Kure Naval Arsenal established.
Education
change- Goko Academy
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kure" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 577.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Endoh, Taoke. (2009). Exporting Japan: Politics of Emigration to Latin America, p. 220 n31.
- ↑ "Yamato (Battleship, 1941-1945)" at History.navy.mil Archived 2010-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-2-26.
Other websites
change
Media related to Kure, Hiroshima at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.city.kure.lg.jp/english/index.html Archived 2013-03-07 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)
- Yamato Museum
Geographic data related to Kure, Hiroshima at OpenStreetMap
