Tosu

Tosu City Hall
Tosu-shi ; 鳥栖市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kyushu
Prefecture :	saga
Coordinates :	33 ° 23 ' N , 130 ° 30' E Coordinates: 33 ° 22 '40 " N , 130 ° 30' 22" E
Basic data
Surface:	71.73 km²
Residents :	74,384 ; (October 1, 2019)
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
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

Tosu train station

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

Saga prefecture
- Miyaki
- Kiyama
Fukuoka Prefecture
- Ogōri
- Kurume
- Chikushino
- Nakagawa

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

Tosu Town Hall