Matsue

This article covers the city of Matsue. For the fief, see Matsue (Han) .

Matsue-shi 松江 市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Chūgoku
Prefecture :	Shimane
Coordinates :	35 ° 28 '  N , 133 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 28 '5 "  N , 133 ° 2' 55"  E
Basic data
Surface:	530.21 km²
Residents :	203,565 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	384 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	32201-6
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	jaw
Flower :	camellia
town hall
Address :	Matsue City Hall 84 , Suetsugu-chō Matsue -shi Shimane  690-8540
Website URL:	http://www.city.matsue.shimane.jp/
Location Matsues in Shimane Prefecture

Matsue ( Japanese 松江 市 , -shi ) is a city , seaport and administrative seat of Shimane Prefecture in the western part of Honshū , the main island of Japan , on the coast of the Sea of Japan .

There is a university in Matsue, the consumer goods industry is economically important, and there is both marine and inland fishing, as Shinji Lake , the seventh largest lake in Japan, is located near the city .

In addition to temples, the cityscape includes the historic Matsue Castle (built in 1611 during the Tokugawa period ) with its extensive canal systems.

The Irish-Greek writer Lafcadio Hearn lived in Matsue for about a year .

Attractions

Matsue-jō

• Matsue-jō , one of the oldest originally preserved Japanese castles

traffic

• Street:
  • Sanin highway
  • National road 9
  • National roads 54, 431, 432, 485
• Train:
  • JR Sanin Main Line
  • JR Kisuki Line

Town twinning

Matsue lists the following four national and five international twin cities :

city	country	since
Dublin	Leinster, Ireland
Hangzhou	Huadong, People's Republic of China	2003
Jilin	Manchuria, People's Republic of China	1999
Jinju	South Gyeongsang, South Korea	1999
New Orleans	Louisiana, United States	1994
Ōguchi	Chūbu, Japan	2015
Onomichi	Chūgoku, Japan	2012
Suzu	Chūbu, Japan	1988
Takarazuka	Kinki, Japan	1967
Yinchuan	Ningxia, People's Republic of China	2004

sons and daughters of the town

• Nagano Shigeo (1900–1984), entrepreneur
• Paul Takashi Nagai (1908–1951), radiologist, author and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
• Hiroyuki Hosoda (* 1944), politician
• Hiroshi Abe (* 1958), amateur astronomer
• Mai Hoshimura (* 1981), singer-songwriter
• Ayako Jinnouchi (* 1987), middle distance runner
• Kōhei Nakashima (* 1989), football player
• Kei Nishikori (* 1989), tennis player
• Seika Aoyama (* 1996), sprinter
• Sōya Takahashi (* 1996), football player

Neighboring cities and towns

• Izumo
• Yasugi
• Sakaiminato

Web links

Commons : Matsue  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Matsue
• Matsue Tourism Association
• Shimane official tourism page ( Memento from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Japan Guide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 松江 市: 市政 情報: 海外 の 姉妹 都市. Retrieved December 10, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 松江 市: 市政 情報: 姉妹 都市. Retrieved December 10, 2019 .