Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Tsuruoka (鶴岡市, Tsuruoka-shi?) is a city located in the Shonai region of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Tsuruoka is the second largest city in Yamagata Prefecture after Yamagata City. After the neighboring towns of Fujishima, Atsumi, Asahi, Kushibiki and Haguro merged into Tsuruoka in October 2005, the city's total area came to 1,311.51 km².
The city is located on the coast of Yamagata Prefecture bordering the Sea of Japan and has some locally popular beaches such as Yunohama and Sanze.
History
The city was founded on October 1, 1924 becoming Japan's 100th city.
Economy
Demographics
Health
- Tsuruoka Shonai Hospital
- Tsuruoka Kyoritsu Hospital
- Yutagawa Onsen Rehabilitation Medical Center
Education
University
High School
- Tsuruoka Minami High School
- Tsuruoka Kita High School
- Tsuruoka Kamo Fisheries High School
- Tsuruoka Higashi High School
- Tsuruoka Kogyo High School
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- Tsuruoka Tyuo High School
- Tsuruoka Tyuo High School, Atsumi School
- Yamazoe High School
- Shonai Agricultural High School
- Haguro High School
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Junior High School
- Tsuruoka Daiichi Junior High School
- Tsuruoka Daini Junior High School
- Tsuruoka Daisan Junior High School
- Tsuruoka Daiyon Junior High School
- Tsuruoka Daigo Junior High School
- Tsuruoka Toyoura Junior High School
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- Tsuruoka Fujishima Junior High School
- Tsuruoka Haguro Junior High School
- Tsuruoka Kushibiki Junior High School
- Tsuruoka Asahi Junior High School
- Tsuruoka Atsumi Junior High School
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Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Tyoyo Daiichi Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Tyoyo Daini Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Tyoyo Daisan Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Tyoyo Daiyon Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Tyoyo Daigo Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Tyoyo Dairoku Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Itsuki Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Kogane Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Sakae Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Oizumi Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Yutagawa Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Kyoden Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Tagawa Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Sanze Elementary School
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- Tsuruoka Kogata Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Yura Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Kamo Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Yunohama Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Oyama Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Nishigo Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Kamigo Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Fujishima Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Toei Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Naganuma Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Watamae Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Haguro Daiichi Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Haguro Daini Elementary School
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- Tsuruoka Haguro Daisan Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Haguro Daiyon Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Kushibiki Higashi Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Kushibiki Nishi Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Kushibiki Minami Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Asahi Oizumi Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Otsuna Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Asahi Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Oami Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Atsumi Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Iragawa Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Nezugaseki Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Fukuei Elementary School
- Tsuruoka Yamato Elementary School
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Culture
Food
Tsuruoka is known within Japan for "dadacha-mame" (だだちゃ豆), a brand of soybeans, which have been called "the king of edamame"; they are also used for other products such as nattō and in manjū.
There are two theories as to the origin of the name: one is that it derives from dadacha, the Shonai dialectical word for "father" – gagacha is the dialectical word for "mother", while the other is that the beans came from Date, Fukushima, and were originally called Date-no-chamame, which became Date-chamame and then Dadacha-mame.[1]
Transportation
Airports
Train stations
Major roads
Bus
Tourism
- Yamabushi Training at Ideha Culture Museum (いでは文化記念館, "Ideha Bunka Kinenkan")
- Mt. Haguro
- Five-Story Pagoda
- Zenpo Temple - Where, in 1990, a carp fish with a human-like face was seen in a pond on the temple grounds.[2]
- Chido Museum
- Shōnai Shrine
- Yutagawa Hot Spring
- Yunohama Hot Spring
- Dewa-no-Yuki Shuzō Museum
- Tsuruoka Art Forum
- Dewa Shōnai Kokusai Mura International Forum and the impressive Amazon Folk Museum
- Gassan Asahi Museum
- Tsuruoka Kamo Aquarium
- Spall Swimming Pool
Events
Media
TV
- NHK Tsuruoka Broadcast Station
Newspaper
References
External links