Yobuko (呼子町, Yobuko-chō) is a town in Karatsu. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,895 and a density of 809.75 persons per km2. The total area was 7.28 km2.
Until January 1, 2005, Yobuko was part of the Higashimatsuura District of Saga Prefecture, Japan. Yobuko, along with the towns of Chinzei, Hamatama, Hizen, Kyūragi and Ōchi, and the village of Kitahata (all from Higashimatsuura District), was then merged into the expanded city of Karatsu.[1]
In popular culture edit
- Keisuke Kinoshita's award-winning film Fireworks over the Sea was both filmed and set in Yobuko.
References edit
- ^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 150.
Karatsu-shi, Hamatama-cho, Kyuragi-machi, Ochi-cho, Kitahata-mura, Hizen-cho, Chinzei-cho and Yobuko-cho were incorporated into a newly established Karatsu-shi as of January 1, 2005.
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