| Tosashimizu 土佐清水市 |
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| Location of Tosashimizu in Kōchi | |
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Tosashimizu
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| Country | Japan |
| Region | Shikoku |
| Prefecture | Kōchi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Shin'ichirō Nishimura |
| Area | |
| • Total | 266.54 km2 (102.9 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2008) | |
| • Total | 17,232 |
| • Density | 64.7/km2 (167.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) |
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| - Tree | Akō (Ficus superba Miq. var. japonica Miq.) |
| - Flower | Camellia |
| - Bird | Blue Rock-thrush |
| - Fish | Mejika |
| Phone number | 0880-82-1111 |
| Address | 11-2, Tenjinmachi, Tosashimizu-shi, Kōchi-ken 787-0392 |
| Website | Tosashimizu City |
Tosashimizu (土佐清水市 Tosashimizu-shi) is a city located in Kōchi, Japan. As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 17,232 and a density of 64.7 persons per km². The total area is 266.54 km².
The city was founded on August 1, 1954.
The village of Nakanohama in what is now Tosashimizu City is the birthplace of John Manjiro (Manjiro Nakahama), the first Japanese to reach the United States. Manjiro, a young fisherman, was shipwrecked off the coast of Japan in 1841 and rescued by whaling captain William Whitfield of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Whitfield brought the young Manjiro back to Fairhaven and New Bedford at the end of the whaling voyage, and Manjiro spent several years there before eventually making his way back to Japan. Because of this history, Tosashimizu became the sister city of both Fairhaven and New Bedford in 1987.
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