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Kure, Hiroshima

Administration
Full name呉市
Official name呉市
JapaneseName 
Settlement typeSpecial city
CountryJapan
RegionChūgoku (Sanyō)
PrefectureHiroshima
Government
MayorKazutoshi Komura
Geography
Total Area136.5 sq mi (353.74 km2)
Demography
Total Population240820 (October 1, 2010)
Density (pop.)681/km2 (1763.8/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneJapan Standard Time (UTC+9)

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|} is a city in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan.

As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 240,820 and a population density of 681 persons per km2. The total area is 353.74 km2.

Kure Hiroshima Video

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The yamato was the biggest battleship ever built. It was built by the empire of japan in 1941. I only came to know recently about his fact and became quite curious to its development, structure and all mystery surrounding this magnificent vessel. During my stay in Hiroshima I found some time to make a visit to the Yamato museum in Kure City which is about a 40 minute trainride from Hiroshima. Upon arrival I noticed a lot of senior people probably some war veterans as well but I was glad that everybody was polite and respectful. There was a scale model present which is a 1/10 scale. It is amazing to how many gun turrets and anti aircraft guns it houses. It is remarkable that the united states was able to sink it of the coast of kyushu the most western Japanese island by an air attack. It seems impenetrable to me. I got provided with an english audio tour which was pretty cool. Although I didn't notice any other foreigners at the museum. Specs of the Yamato: Yamato's main battery consisted of nine 18.1-inch 40 cm/45 Type 94 naval gunsâthe largest caliber of naval artillery ever fitted to a warship. Each gun was 21.13 metres (69.3 ft) long, weighed 147.3 metric tons (162.4 short tons), and was capable of firing high-explosive or armour-piercing shells 42.0 kilometres (26.1 mi). Her secondary battery comprised twelve 6.1-inch (15 cm) guns mounted in four triple turrets (one forward, one aft, two midships) and twelve 5-inch (13 cm) guns in six double-turrets (three on each <b>...</b>
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I want to say thank you very much to all of you my friends, especially my host family ( Mika san, Jun san,ken sanãhiroshi san ï¼ ãç¥æ¯ãã ).
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JR San'yo Line and Kure Line passenger trains, and freight trains, at Mukainada Station, near Hiroshima.
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A Hiro-bound train leaves Tadanoumi Station, on the JR Kure Line, Hiroshima.
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Yamato Museum 1/10 scale model of the Japanese battleship Yamato. JMSDF Kure Museum JMSDF Kure Naval Base Kure Hiroshima Japan
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Mountaintop view of Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
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Me with my wife and in-laws seeing the sights of Japan my last year on the Japan Exchange & Teaching Program, January and February 2007. Places visited were a park and culture center in Saitama's Kita Urawa area; an izakaya in Kawaguchi City, Saitama; Hawaiian Wrestler's restaurant near the Tokyo Dome; Akihabara, Tokyo; Tokyo's 2-Chome area, Japan's Naval museum in Kure, one of the most scenic views in Japan, Miyajima, the atomic bombing remains in Hiroshima, and a capsule hotel for a business trip to Yokohama.
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Kure, Japan... what a view!
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My super students from Kure Hiroshima, Aoi, Kannon, and Shion went to the Peace Park to interview foreigners. They came up with some interesting (and occasionally strange) questions to ask international people.
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Air Force vet bombed Japan, survived several scares - Tri Parish Times Tweet this news
Tri Parish Times--“We bombed -Kure- Naval Base, southern Japan and we bombed Shanghai, China… We did a lot of night flying, too, over Iwo Jima. Every night for a week we bombed Iwo Jima.” Missions in the Pacific Theatre could last up to 10 hours, he - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:01:38 GMT+00:00
TELEVIEWS / Inferior writing undermines coming-of-age drama - The Daily Yomiuri Tweet this news
The Daily Yomiuri--Keiko Kitagawa stars as Suzu, who moves from Hiroshima to -Kure-, -Hiroshima- Prefecture, for an arranged marriage to a man she has never met while never quite forgetting her first love, Tetsu (Mokomichi Hayami). This drama could be one - Date : Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:32:36 GMT+00:00
Sailors from Japanese navy take in Norfolk - The Virginian-Pilot Tweet this news
The Virginian-Pilot--Part of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, the training vessel Kashima hails from the city of -Kure-, near -Hiroshima-. Norfolk is the eighth of 14 port visits in a five-month cruise that includes stops in Panama, Peru, Chile a - Date : Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:00:28 GMT+00:00
Hibakusha: Learning a lesson from the threat of radiation - Mainichi Daily News Tweet this news
Mainichi Daily News--6 he was returning to his home in the -Hiroshima- Prefecture city of -Kure- when the bomb exploded and a bright blue light flooded the train carriage he was in. He still remembers the brightness of the light from the explosion and the - Date : Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:53:09 GMT+00:00
Special Tv per Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni di Fumiyo “Hiroshima” Kono - AnimeMovieForever Tweet this news
AnimeMovieForever--La storia si dipana lungo 4 anni e racconta di una sposa di nome Suzu Urano, la quale si trasferisce a -Kure- nella prefettura di -Hiroshima- per iniziare la sua nuova vita coniugale; la donna, interpretata da Keiko Kitagawa (Fast and F - Date : Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:10:27 GMT+00:00
Remember the fallen - Bega District News Tweet this news
Bega District News--In Japan, Dud's unit was stationed at -Kure-, just a few kilometres from the decimated city of -Hiroshima-. “-Hiroshima- had of course been completely devastated and our job was to transport and demobilise the returning Japanese - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:46:41 GMT+00:00
Disastro nucleare in Giappone: “difetti strutturali nascosti nella centrale di ... - Informasalus (Blog) Tweet this news
Informasalus (Blog)---...- il reactor pressure vessel del reattore 4 venne danneggiato in una fonderia Babcock-Hitachi a -Kure-, nella prefettura di -Hiroshima-, durante l'ultima fase di un processo produttivo che ha richiesto due anni e mezzo e che - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:29:22 GMT+00:00
» Ex ingegnere nucleare giapponese: «Difetti strutturali nascosti nella ... - Greenreport Tweet this news
Greenreport--Tanaka afferma che il reactor pressure vessel del reattore 4 venne danneggiato in una fonderia Babcock-Hitachi a -Kure-, nella prefettura di -Hiroshima-, durante l'ultima fase di un processo produttivo che ha richiesto due anni e mezzo e - Date : Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:56:38 GMT+00:00
Nucleare: il reattore 4 di Fukushima difettoso dalla nascita - Zeroemission.tv Tweet this news
Zeroemission.tv--Secondo Tanaka, la gabbia interna al reattore numero 4 - quella che deve contenere le radiazioni nel nocciolo - venne danneggiata nella fonderia di Babcock-Hitachi a -Kure- City, nella prefettura di -Hiroshima-, durante l'ultima fase - Date : Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:02:14 GMT+00:00
JAPON : SORTIR DE LA FOLIE NUCLEAIRE - Bellaciao Tweet this news
Bellaciao--En juin 2003, un cargo transportant le pressuriseur destiné à l'un des réacteurs a quitté le port de -Kure- à -Hiroshima-, malgré les protestations de groupes de citoyens japonais. La construction des réacteurs se poursuit, mais nou - Date : Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:25:49 GMT+00:00

Hiroshima Prefecture

Hiroshima (capital city)Wards: Aki * Asakita * Asaminami * Higashi * Minami * Naka * Nishi * Saeki
Other citiesAkitakata * Etajima * Fuchū * Fukuyama * Hatsukaichi * Higashihiroshima * Kure * Mihara * Miyoshi * Onomichi * Ōtake * Shōbara * Takehara
Aki DistrictFuchū * Kaita * Kumano * Saka
Jinseki DistrictJinsekikōgen
Sera DistrictSera
Toyota DistrictŌsakikamijima
Yamagata DistrictAkiōta * Kitahiroshima

Metropolitan cities of Japan

Tokyo MetropolisSpecial wards of Tokyo
(Adachi * Arakawa * Bunkyō * Chiyoda * Chūō * Edogawa * Itabashi * Katsushika * Kita * Kōtō * Meguro * Minato * Nakano * Nerima * Ōta * Setagaya * Shibuya * Shinagawa * Shinjuku * Suginami * Sumida * Toshima * Taitō)
Designated citiesChiba * Fukuoka * Hamamatsu * Hiroshima * Kawasaki * Kitakyūshū * Kobe * Kyoto * Nagoya * Niigata * Okayama * Osaka * Sagamihara * Saitama * Sakai * Sapporo * Sendai * Shizuoka * Yokohama
Core citiesAkita * Amagasaki * Aomori * Asahikawa * Fukuyama * Funabashi * Gifu * Hakodate * Higashiōsaka * Himeji * Iwaki * Kagoshima * Kanazawa * Kashiwa * Kawagoe * Kōchi * Kōriyama * Kumamoto * Kurashiki * Kurume * Maebashi * Matsuyama * Miyazaki * Morioka * Nagano * Nagasaki * Nara * Nishinomiya * Ōita * Okazaki * Ōtsu * Shimonoseki * Takamatsu * Takatsuki * Toyama * Toyohashi * Toyota * Utsunomiya * Wakayama * Yokosuka
Special citiesAkashi * Atsugi * Chigasaki * Fuji * Fukui * Hachinohe * Hirakata * Hiratsuka * Ibaraki * Ichinomiya * Isesaki * Jōetsu * Kakogawa * Kasugai * Kasukabe * Kawaguchi * Kishiwada * Kōfu * Koshigaya * Kumagaya * Kure * Matsumoto * Mito * Nagaoka * Neyagawa * Numazu * Odawara * Ōta * Sasebo * Sōka * Suita * Takarazuka * Takasaki * Tokorozawa * Tottori * Toyonaka * Tsukuba * Yamagata * Yamato * Yao * Yokkaichi
Prefectural capitals
(not included above)
Fukushima * Tsu * Naha * Saga * Matsue * Tokushima * Yamaguchi



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