Tsuruga, Fukui

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Tsuruga (敦賀市; -shi) is a city located in Fukui, Japan.

As of October 1, 2005, the city has an estimated population of 68,401 and the density of 272.80 persons per km². The total area is 250.74 km².

The city was founded on April 1, 1937. It is well known for great seafood and a nuclear power plant. Well-known Japanese DJ Chikashi Nishiwaki also founded his eclectic club, Tree, here. The club has been host to many national and international celebrity guests such as Jazztronic, dj ravi, dj julien, Stephanie from Australia. He has also mixes music with Tyronne Noonan, former frontman of George.

About twenty or so bronze statues - each perhaps four or five feet tall - of characters and scenes from the popular 1970s anime Uchū Senkan Yamato (Space Battleship Yamato or, in the United States, Star Blazers) and Galaxy Express 999 were erected in the city's downtown area in 1999. Though the creator of these shows, Leiji Matsumoto, was born elsewhere, an exhibit of his artwork was held in the city in 1999 as part of the city's 100th anniversary celebration, accompanied by the erection of the statues.

Tsuruga is a sister-city of Nakhodka, Russia