Hokuei, Tottori

Hokuei, Tottori

nihongo|Hokuei|北栄町|Hokuei-chō is a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori, Japan. Bordering it are Kotoura to the west, Kurayoshi to the south and Yurihama to the east.

As of May 1, 2008, the town has an estimated population of 15,622 and a density of 273 persons per km². The total area is 57.15 km².

The town was created on October 1, 2005, from the merger of the two towns Hōjō and Daiei.

Its main agricultural products are watermelon, nagaimo, tobacco, rakkyō, grapes and wine. It has nine wind turbines along the coast, which faces the Sea of Japan.

The manga and anime series Case Closed, known as Detective Conan in Japan, comes from the old Daiei area (both the author, Gosho Aoyama, and the main character, Jimmy Kudo/Conan Edogawa). There is a museum dedicated to the series, called the Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory.

External links

* [http://www.e-hokuei.net/ Town of Hokuei] (Japanese)


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