Tosu
Tosu-shi 鳥 栖 市 |
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Geographical location in Japan | ||
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Region : | Kyushu | |
Prefecture : | saga | |
Coordinates : | 33 ° 23 ' N , 130 ° 30' E | |
Basic data | ||
Surface: | 71.73 km² | |
Residents : | 74,384 (October 1, 2019) |
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Population density : | 1037 inhabitants per km² | |
Community key : | 41203-1 | |
Symbols | ||
Flag / coat of arms: | ||
Tree : | Ilex rotunda | |
Flower : | Japanese iris | |
Bird : | Zosterops japonicus | |
town hall | ||
Address : |
Tosu City Hall in 1118 Shuku-machi Tosu shi Saga 841-8511 |
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Website URL: | http://www.city.tosu.lg.jp | |
Location Tosus in the Saga prefecture | ||
Tosu ( Jap. 鳥栖市 , -shi ) is a city of Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan .
geography
Tosu is west of Fukuoka and east of Saga .
history
Tosu was founded on April 1st, 1954.
Sports
Tosu is the home of the Sagan Tosu football club .
traffic
- Streets:
- Kyushu Highway
- Nagasaki Highway
- Ōita highway
- National road 3 : to Kitakyushu or Kagoshima
- National Road 34: to Nagasaki
- National road 500: to Ōita
- Railroad:
- JR Kyushu main line : to Kitakyushu or Kagoshima
- JR Nagasaki Main Line : to Kagoshima
Neighboring cities and communities
sons and daughters of the town
- Ryō Hara , writer
- Yuka Kobayashi , track cyclist
- Yasuko Matsuyuki (born 1972), actress
- Hitomi Shimura (* 1990), hurdler
- Masayoshi Son (* 1957), founder of Softbank
Town twinning
Tosu is twinned with the south of Saxony-Anhalt lying Zeitz . School exchanges take place regularly, in which mostly schoolchildren / young people spend some time in the twin city to gain cultural and international experience.
Web links
Commons : Tosu - collection of images, videos and audio files