Yūtō, Shizuoka

Yūtō, Shizuoka

Infobox City Japan
Name= Yūtō
JapaneseName= 雄踏町
Region= Chūbu
Prefecture= Shizuoka
District=
Area_km2= 8.15
PopDate= 2003
Population= 13,622
Density_km2= 1671.41
Coords=
LatitudeDegrees= 34
LatitudeMinutes= 41
LatitudeSeconds= 40
LongtitudeDegrees= 137
LongtitudeMinutes= 37
LongtitudeSeconds= 50

nihongo|Yūtō|雄踏町|Yūtō-chō was a town located in Hamana District, Shizuoka, Japan. On July 1, 2005 Yūtō merged into the city of Hamamatsu. [ [http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/soumu/so-210a/g-jusyo.htm Dates of Municipal Mergers in Shizuoka] Shizuoka Prefectural Government.]

Yūtō was located on the eastern banks of Lake Hamana just north of Maisaka Station on the JR Tōkaidō line.

Prior to its merger with Hamamatsu, Yūtō enjoyed a twinned municipality relationship with Airdrie, Alberta, Canada. [ [http://www.ajtma.com/member.php?id=2 Airdrie's Twin Muncipality in Japan] Alberta Japan Twinned Municipalities Association.] This relationship was founded on July 4, 1995. [ [http://geo.international.gc.ca/world/site/includes/print.asp?lang=en&print=1&url=%2Fasia%2Fmain%2Fjapan%2Fsister_cities-en.asp Canada-Japan Sister and Friendship Cities] Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.]

Attractions

*Yūtō-chō Culture Center - [http://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/lifeindex/enjoy/culture_art/yuto_bunkasenta/index.htm http://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp] (Japanese)
*Hamanako Royal Hotel - [http://www.daiwaresort.co.jp/english/09_haman.html http://www.daiwaresort.co.jp/english/09_haman.html]
*"Takiya Ryo" Fishing - [http://www.kanko-otakara.jp/webapps/Contribute/Parser.do?codes=22%7C0268216019%7C225053&prefix=02x01_9MCKI5238zP&l_code=02 http://www.kanko-otakara.jp] - Discover Japan's description of this kind of fishing which is done at nighttime with lamps, harpoons, and nets.

Famous People

*Shinichirô Sawai (澤井信一郎 ) - Movie Director
*Hironoshin Furuhashi (古橋廣之進 ) - Honorary President of the Japan Swimming Federation
*Yoko Kando (漢人陽子) - Barcelona Olympic Team Member

External Links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768011/ Shinichirô Sawai's Page on IMDB]
* [http://www.joc.or.jp/legend/01furuhashi/html/index.html Hironoshin Furuhashi's Bio] - Japanese Olympic Committee Website (Japanese)
* [http://cgi.bowesonline.com/pedro.php?id=63&x=story&xid=81693 "Teacher Teacher enjoys culture of Airdrie’s sister city"] - Airdrie Echo, Article about the 2003 Yūtō Matsuri
* [http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~yuto/kanko/takiya.html Yūtō's Tradition of Takiya Fishing] - Link to the Takiya Fishing Company's Website in Yūtō (Japanese)

References


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