Sasebo
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It has been recognized as a special city since 2001.[2]
History
In 1866, Sasebo was established as a major port for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).[1]
Sasebo became an American Naval base in 1945.[1]
Today it is the center of a military district of the Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). or JMSDF.[3]
Sasebo Media
City hall of Sasebo, Nagasaki.
Midori Express trains on the Sasebo Line provide fast transportation to/from Fukuoka's Hakata Station
Alphanumeral road sign for Nishi-Kyūshū Expressway
Huis Ten Bosch.(Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Saga no Ran" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 826.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Urban Studies Research (2011), Table 3 Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ↑ Harvard University, Fairbanks Center for Chinese Studies Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, "Recent Developments in China's Naval Modernization and Foreign Policy Activism," Archived 2013-05-07 at the Wayback Machine April 2011; retrieved 2011-12-11.
Other websites
Media related to Sasebo, Nagasaki at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Sasebo Tourist Information site Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine in English
