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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Railways</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Highways" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Highways"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Highways</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Highways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Points_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Points_of_interest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%8C_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="ساسه‌بو، ناقاساکی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ساسه‌بو، ناقاساکی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo-chh%C4%AB" title="Sasebo-chhī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sasebo-chhī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0" title="Сасеба – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сасеба" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Сасебо – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сасебо" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo_(lungsod_sa_Hapon)" title="Sasebo (lungsod sa Hapon) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Sasebo (lungsod sa Hapon)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%8C_%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="ساسه‌بو، ناگاساکی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ساسه‌بو، ناگاساکی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%84%B8%EB%B3%B4%EC%8B%9C" title="사세보시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="사세보시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%A2%D5%B8" title="Սասեբո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սասեբո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%95" title="ססבו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ססבו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%8C_%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="ساسه‌بو، ناگازاکی – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="ساسه‌بو، ناگازاکی" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E4%B8%96%E4%BF%9D%E5%B8%82" title="佐世保市 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="佐世保市" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Сасебо – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Сасебо" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Сасебо – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сасебо" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Сасебо – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Сасебо" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo,_Nagasaki" title="Sasebo, Nagasaki – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Sasebo, Nagasaki" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Сасебо – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Сасебо" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B0" title="ซาเซโบะ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ซาเซโบะ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Сасебо – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Сасебо" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Sasebo" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BE" title="Сасебо – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Сасебо" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%8C_%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="ساسیبو، ناگاساکی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ساسیبو، ناگاساکی" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo" title="Sasebo – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" 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org">Sasebo</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="ja"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">佐世保市</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">Core city</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sasebocity-%EF%BD%86ile.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sasebo Station, Huis Ten Bosch, Arkas Sasebo, Kuroshima Church, Sasebo Yonkacho, Yosakoi Sasebo Matsuri"><img alt="Sasebo Station, Huis Ten Bosch, Arkas Sasebo, Kuroshima Church, Sasebo Yonkacho, Yosakoi Sasebo Matsuri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Sasebocity-%EF%BD%86ile.jpg/250px-Sasebocity-%EF%BD%86ile.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="375" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg/375px-Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg/500px-Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="413" data-file-height="373" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:80.051%;left:7.014%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sasebo"><img alt="Sasebo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Sasebo</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Japan</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sasebo&params=33_10_48_N_129_42_54_E_region:JP-42_type:city(230873)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°10′48″N</span> <span class="longitude">129°42′54″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.18000°N 129.71500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.18000; 129.71500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Japan</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan" title="List of regions of Japan">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyushu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefecture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nagasaki_Prefecture" title="Nagasaki Prefecture">Nagasaki</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Daisuke Miyajima (since April 2023)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">426.01 km<sup>2</sup> (164.48 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(April 1, 2024)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">230,873</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">540/km<sup>2</sup> (1,400/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B09:00" title="UTC+09:00">UTC+09:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japan_Standard_Time" title="Japan Standard Time">JST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City hall address</th><td class="infobox-data">1–10 Hachiman, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken 857-8585</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">Cfa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.city.sasebo.lg.jp/languages/english/index.html">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141396924">.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-none{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-center{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-title{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-subheader{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cddeff}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-island{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cef2e0}</style></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Symbols</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="height:0px"></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Lilium_speciosum" title="Lilium speciosum">Lilium speciosum</a></i></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cornus_florida" title="Cornus florida">Flowering Dogwood</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sasebo</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">佐世保市</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Sasebo-shi</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> is a <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">core city</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki_Prefecture" title="Nagasaki Prefecture">Nagasaki Prefecture</a>, Japan. It is the second-largest city in Nagasaki Prefecture, after its capital, <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a>. As of 1 April 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the city had an estimated <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> of 230,873 in 102,670 households, and a <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> of 540 persons per km<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sasebo-hp_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sasebo-hp-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total area of the city is 426.01 km<sup>2</sup> (164.48 sq mi). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sasebo is located in the northwestern part of Kyushu, in the northern part of Nagasaki Prefecture, from the base of the <a href="/wiki/Kitamatsuura_Peninsula" title="Kitamatsuura Peninsula">Kitamatsuura Peninsula</a> to the central and southern part of the peninsula. It is located about 50 kilometers north-northwest of Nagasaki City (the shortest distance by land is about 60 kilometers). The west, southwest, and southern parts of the city face the sea, and the east borders <a href="/wiki/Saga_Prefecture" title="Saga Prefecture">Saga Prefecture</a>. The city includes the island of <a href="/wiki/Ukujima" title="Ukujima">Ukujima</a>, at the northern end of the <a href="/wiki/Goto_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Goto Islands">Goto Islands</a>. Although not as steep as Nagasaki City, the city is characterized by many hills. Because the mountains approach the central downtown area in the center of the city, bicycles are not widely used. Parts of the city are within the borders of the <a href="/wiki/Saikai_National_Park" title="Saikai National Park">Saikai National Park</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighboring_municipalities">Neighboring municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Neighboring municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nagasaki Prefecture </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hasami,_Nagasaki" title="Hasami, Nagasaki">Hasami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirado,_Nagasaki" title="Hirado, Nagasaki">Hirado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawatana,_Nagasaki" title="Kawatana, Nagasaki">Kawatana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsuura,_Nagasaki" title="Matsuura, Nagasaki">Matsuura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ojika,_Nagasaki" title="Ojika, Nagasaki">Ojika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saikai,_Nagasaki" title="Saikai, Nagasaki">Saikai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saza,_Nagasaki" title="Saza, Nagasaki">Saza</a></li></ul> <p>Saga Prefecture </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arita,_Saga" title="Arita, Saga">Arita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imari,_Saga" title="Imari, Saga">Imari</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate is similar to that of <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>, which also has major US naval facilities. Rainy season lasts from early June to mid-July, and the summer is hot and humid. During the winter, there may be light snowfall and some freezing.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency" title="Japan Meteorological Agency">Japan Meteorological Agency</a> (JMA), Sasebo has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Cfa</i>) with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is somewhat lower in winter. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Sasebo (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1946–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.7<br />(89.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.2<br />(97.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.6<br />(99.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.1<br />(100.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(99.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1700; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38.1<br />(100.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(59.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(59.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2<br />(48.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(42.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.9<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.1<br />(21.0) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.9<br />(25.0) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(42.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(57.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.3<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−6.1<br />(21.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A0FFA0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.4<br />(2.50) </td> <td style="background: #7AFF7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.1<br />(3.19) </td> <td style="background: #4BFF4B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120.7<br />(4.75) </td> <td style="background: #13FF13; color:#000000;" class="notheme">152.9<br />(6.02) </td> <td style="background: #00FF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">171.1<br />(6.74) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">328.9<br />(12.95) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">342.2<br />(13.47) </td> <td style="background: #008100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">255.4<br />(10.06) </td> <td style="background: #00D000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">195.6<br />(7.70) </td> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98.6<br />(3.88) </td> <td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000;" class="notheme">101.6<br />(4.00) </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.5<br />(3.05) </td> <td style="background: #03FF03; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,989<br />(78.31) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">trace </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1<br />(0.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #6262FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.3 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">108 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1 cm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #9AFF9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #96FF96; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">68 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #B2B277; color:#000000;" class="notheme">111.5 </td> <td style="background: #BFBF27; color:#000000;" class="notheme">128.2 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167.2 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">183.2 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">197.2 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC3D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">128.2 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">165.6 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">209.0 </td> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">177.6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">188.6 </td> <td style="background: #C2C216; color:#000000;" class="notheme">142.1 </td> <td style="background: #B7B75A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">122.0 </td> <td style="background: #CACA00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,922.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency" title="Japan Meteorological Agency">Japan Meteorological Agency</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Per Japanese census data, the population of Sasebo in 2020 is 243,223 people.<sup id="cite_ref-zensus_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zensus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sasebo has been conducting censuses since 1920. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:30em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1920 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">183,601</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1925 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">196,391</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1930 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">228,039</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+16.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1935 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">277,451</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+21.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1940 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">312,817</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+12.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1945 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">281,555</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−10.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1950 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">313,259</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1955 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">351,820</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">346,598</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1965 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">302,431</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−12.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">287,936</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.8%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">288,368</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">288,231</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1985 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">287,349</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">280,261</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−2.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">279,551</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">274,399</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2005 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">269,574</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">261,146</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">255,439</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−2.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">243,223</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.8%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Sasebo population statistics<sup id="cite_ref-zensus_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zensus-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area of present-day Sasebo was part of ancient <a href="/wiki/Hizen_Province" title="Hizen Province">Hizen Province</a>. It was a small fishing village under the control of nearby <a href="/wiki/Hirado_Domain" title="Hirado Domain">Hirado Domain</a> until shortly after the start of the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiji period">Meiji period</a>. <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> Admiral <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dg%C5%8D_Heihachir%C5%8D" title="Tōgō Heihachirō">Tōgō Heihachirō</a>, when surveying the coasts of northwestern Kyūshū for the site of a navy base, selected this location based on its protected, deep-water harbor, geographic proximity to <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>, and the presence of nearby <a href="/wiki/Coal_mining" title="Coal mining">coal fields</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sasebo_Naval_District" title="Sasebo Naval District">Sasebo Naval District</a>, founded in 1886, became the major port for the Japanese navy in its operations in the <a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a>. It remained a major naval base to the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Along with the base facilities, the navy also constructed the <a href="/wiki/Sasebo_Naval_Arsenal" title="Sasebo Naval Arsenal">Sasebo Naval Arsenal</a>, which included major shipyards and repair facilities. After the end of the war, part of the base facilities were taken over by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>, which formed <a href="/wiki/U.S._Fleet_Activities_Sasebo" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo">U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo</a>. Some parts of the base are shared with the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces" title="Japan Self-Defense Forces">Japan Self-Defense Forces</a>, in particular the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force">JMSDF</a>. The primary base of the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Ground_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Ground Self-Defense Force">JGSDF</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Western_Army_Infantry_Regiment" title="Western Army Infantry Regiment">Western Army Infantry Regiment</a> is also among the facilities there. </p><p>The village of Sasebo was established on April 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. It was raised directly to city status on April 1, 1902. Sasebo annexed the neighboring villages: Sase, Hio and Hirota on April 1, 1927 and town of Ainoura on April 1, 1938. The city had 206,000 inhabitants in 1945 and suffered severe damage by United States <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">bombing</a> on June 29, 1945, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. 48% of the city was destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sasebo was one of the original 17 targets considered by the United States as a target for the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">atomic bomb</a> intended to end the war. The city continued to grow by annexing neighboring municipalities: Ono, Minamise, Nakazato, Saki (May 27, 1942), Yuzuki and Kuroshima (April 1, 1954), Orioze, Egami, Sakihario (April 1, 1955), Miya (August 1, 1958). On April 1, Sasebo was designated a <a href="/wiki/Special_cities_of_Japan" title="Special cities of Japan">special city</a> with increased local autonomy. This designation was raised to <a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">core city</a> on April 1, 2016. </p> <ul><li>On April 1, 2005, the towns of <a href="/wiki/Sechibaru,_Nagasaki" title="Sechibaru, Nagasaki">Sechibaru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yoshii,_Nagasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoshii, Nagasaki">Yoshii</a> (both from <a href="/wiki/Kitamatsuura_District,_Nagasaki" title="Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki">Kitamatsuura District</a>) were merged into Sasebo.</li> <li>On March 31, 2006, the towns of <a href="/wiki/Kosaza,_Nagasaki" title="Kosaza, Nagasaki">Kosaza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uku,_Nagasaki" title="Uku, Nagasaki">Uku</a> (both from <a href="/wiki/Kitamatsuura_District,_Nagasaki" title="Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki">Kitamatsuura District</a>) were merged into Sasebo.</li> <li>On March 31, 2010, the towns of <a href="/wiki/Emukae,_Nagasaki" title="Emukae, Nagasaki">Emukae</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shikamachi,_Nagasaki" title="Shikamachi, Nagasaki">Shikamachi</a> (both from <a href="/wiki/Kitamatsuura_District,_Nagasaki" title="Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki">Kitamatsuura District</a>) were merged into Sasebo.<sup id="cite_ref-Plannedmerge_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plannedmerge-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sasebo_cityhall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Sasebo_cityhall.jpg/220px-Sasebo_cityhall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Sasebo_cityhall.jpg/330px-Sasebo_cityhall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Sasebo_cityhall.jpg/440px-Sasebo_cityhall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Sasebo City Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>Sasebo has a <a href="/wiki/Mayor-council" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor-council">mayor-council</a> form of government with a directly elected mayor and a <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> city council of 33 members. Sasebo contributes nine members to the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki_4th_district" title="Nagasaki 4th district">Nagasaki 4th district</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Japan">lower house</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Diet_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Diet of Japan">Diet of Japan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shipbuilding and associated heavy industries continue to dominate the economy of Sasebo. Adjacent to the naval base is the shipyard of Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Port of Sasebo has an active fishing fleet. In addition, many oyster and pearl farms are located on the <a href="/wiki/Kuj%C5%AB-ku_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Kujū-ku Islands">Kujū-ku Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Mikawachi" title="Mikawachi">Mikawachi</a> district has a 400-year-old pottery manufacturing industry.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sasebo has 42 public elementary schools, 25 public junior high schools and two combined elementary/junior high schools operated by the city government and one public junior high school operated by the Fukuoka Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates nine public high schools and two schools for the handicapped. There is also one national high school and five private high schools. Institutions of higher education include the private <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki_International_University" title="Nagasaki International University">Nagasaki International University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki_Junior_College" title="Nagasaki Junior College">Nagasaki Junior College</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Midori_Thsc782_Sasebostation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Midori_Thsc782_Sasebostation.jpg/220px-Midori_Thsc782_Sasebostation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Midori_Thsc782_Sasebostation.jpg/330px-Midori_Thsc782_Sasebostation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Midori_Thsc782_Sasebostation.jpg/440px-Midori_Thsc782_Sasebostation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/Midori_(train)" title="Midori (train)">Midori Express</a> trains on the Sasebo Line provide fast transportation to/from <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Hakata_Station" title="Hakata Station">Hakata Station</a></figcaption></figure><p>. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_(west).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/20px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/30px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/40px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyushu_Railway_Company" title="Kyushu Railway Company">JR Kyushu</a> - <a href="/wiki/Sasebo_Line" title="Sasebo Line">Sasebo Line</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikawachi_Station" title="Mikawachi Station">Mikawachi</a> - <a href="/wiki/Haiki_Station" title="Haiki Station">Haiki</a> - <a href="/wiki/Dait%C5%8D_Station" title="Daitō Station">Daitō</a> - <a href="/wiki/Hiu_Station" title="Hiu Station">Hiu</a> - <a href="/wiki/Sasebo_Station" title="Sasebo Station">Sasebo</a></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_(west).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/20px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/30px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/40px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyushu_Railway_Company" title="Kyushu Railway Company">JR Kyushu</a> - <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmura_Line" title="Ōmura Line">Ōmura Line</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huis_Ten_Bosch_Station" title="Huis Ten Bosch Station">Huis Ten Bosch</a> - <a href="/wiki/Haenosaki_Station" title="Haenosaki Station">Haenosaki</a></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matsuura_Railway_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Matsuura_Railway_logo.jpg/25px-Matsuura_Railway_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="25" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Matsuura_Railway_logo.jpg/38px-Matsuura_Railway_logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Matsuura_Railway_logo.jpg/50px-Matsuura_Railway_logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="102" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Matsuura_Railway" title="Matsuura Railway">Matsuura Railway</a>- <a href="/wiki/Nishi-Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB_Line" title="Nishi-Kyūshū Line">Nishi-Kyūshū Line</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suetachibana_Station" title="Suetachibana Station">Suetachibana</a> - <a href="/wiki/Emukae-Shikamachi_Station" title="Emukae-Shikamachi Station">Emukae-Shikamachi</a> - <a href="/wiki/Takaiwa_Station_(Nagasaki)" title="Takaiwa Station (Nagasaki)">Takaiwa</a> - <a href="/wiki/Inotsuki_Station" title="Inotsuki Station">Inotsuki</a> - <a href="/wiki/Senry%C5%ABgataki_Station" title="Senryūgataki Station">Senryūgataki</a> - <a href="/wiki/Yoshii_Station_(Nagasaki)" title="Yoshii Station (Nagasaki)">Yoshii</a> - <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dda_Station_(Saza)" title="Kōda Station (Saza)">Kōda</a> - <a href="/wiki/Seih%C5%8D-Koukou-Mae_Station" title="Seihō-Koukou-Mae Station">Seihō-Koukou-Mae</a> - <a href="/wiki/Saza_Station" title="Saza Station">Saza</a> - <a href="/wiki/Koura_Station" title="Koura Station">Koura</a> - <a href="/wiki/Masaru_Station" title="Masaru Station">Masaru</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tanagata_Station" title="Tanagata Station">Tanagata</a> - <a href="/wiki/Ainoura_Station" title="Ainoura Station">Ainoura</a> - <a href="/wiki/Daigaku_Station" title="Daigaku Station">Daigaku</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kami-Ainoura_Station" title="Kami-Ainoura Station">Kami-Ainoura</a> - <a href="/wiki/Motoyama_Station_(Nagasaki)" title="Motoyama Station (Nagasaki)">Motoyama</a> - <a href="/wiki/Nakazato_Station" title="Nakazato Station">Nakazato</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kaize_Station_(Nagasaki)" title="Kaize Station (Nagasaki)">Kaize</a> - <a href="/wiki/Nonaka_Station" title="Nonaka Station">Nonaka</a> - <a href="/wiki/Hidariishi_Station" title="Hidariishi Station">Hidariishi</a> - <a href="/wiki/Senpukuji_Station" title="Senpukuji Station">Senpukuji</a> - <a href="/wiki/Yamanota_Station" title="Yamanota Station">Yamanota</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kita-Sasebo_Station" title="Kita-Sasebo Station">Kita-Sasebo</a> - <a href="/wiki/Naka-Sasebo_Station" title="Naka-Sasebo Station">Naka-Sasebo</a> - <a href="/wiki/Sasebo-Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Station" title="Sasebo-Chūō Station">Sasebo-Chūō</a> - <a href="/wiki/Sasebo_Station" title="Sasebo Station">Sasebo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highways">Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JP_Expressway_E35.svg/25px-JP_Expressway_E35.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JP_Expressway_E35.svg/38px-JP_Expressway_E35.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JP_Expressway_E35.svg/50px-JP_Expressway_E35.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="791" data-file-height="436" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nishi-Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB_Expressway" title="Nishi-Kyūshū Expressway">Nishi-Kyūshū Expressway</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0035.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0035.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0035.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0035.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0035.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0035.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_35" title="Japan National Route 35">National Route 35</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0202.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0202.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0202.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0202.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0202.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0202.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_202" title="Japan National Route 202">National Route 202</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0204.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0204.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0204.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0204.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0204.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0204.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_204" title="Japan National Route 204">National Route 204</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0205.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0205.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0205.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0205.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0205.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0205.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_205" title="Japan National Route 205">National Route 205</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0384.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0384.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0384.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0384.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0384.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0384.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_384" title="Japan National Route 384">National Route 384</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0498.svg/25px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0498.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0498.svg/38px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0498.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0498.svg/50px-Japanese_National_Route_Sign_0498.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="435" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_National_Route_498" title="Japan National Route 498">National Route 498</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sasebo has sister-city relations with the following:<sup id="cite_ref-sasebocity_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sasebocity-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a>, United States</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Coffs_Harbour" title="Coffs Harbour">Coffs Harbour</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kokonoe,_%C5%8Cita" title="Kokonoe, Ōita">Kokonoe, Ōita</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paju" title="Paju">Paju</a>, Korea</li> <li><span 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Xiamen" title="Xiamen">Xiamen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">Fujian</a>, China</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Huis_Ten_Bosch_-_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Huis_Ten_Bosch_-_01.jpg/220px-Huis_Ten_Bosch_-_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Huis_Ten_Bosch_-_01.jpg/330px-Huis_Ten_Bosch_-_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Huis_Ten_Bosch_-_01.jpg/440px-Huis_Ten_Bosch_-_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Huis Ten Bosch theme park</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fukui_cave" title="Fukui cave">Fukui cave</a>, National Historic Site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huis_Ten_Bosch_(theme_park)" title="Huis Ten Bosch (theme park)">Huis Ten Bosch (theme park)</a> is inspired by a Dutch trading post in nearby Hirado</li> <li>Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Museum<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dzakihana" title="Kōzakihana">Kōzakihana</a>, westernmost point on the island of Kyūshū</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuj%C5%AB-ku_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Kujū-ku Islands">Kujū-ku Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miuramachi_Catholic_Church&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miuramachi Catholic Church (page does not exist)">Miuramachi Catholic Church</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E4%B8%89%E6%B5%A6%E7%94%BA%E6%95%99%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:カトリック三浦町教会">ja</a>]</span>, a large church which was built in a neogothic style in 1930, is the symbol of Sasebo. It is opposite the main railway station in Miura-cho district.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sasebo is the only Japanese city that uses the image of a Christian church as part of its seal/flag.</li> <li>Saikai Pearl Sea Resort</li> <li>Sasebo City Museum Shimanose Art Center</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasebo_Zoological_Park_and_Botanical_Garden" title="Sasebo Zoological Park and Botanical Garden">Sasebo Zoological Park and Botanical Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senpukuji_Cave" title="Senpukuji Cave">Senpukuji Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenkaih%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenkaihō">Tenkaihō</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cityscape">Cityscape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasebo&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Cityscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:Panoramic view of Sasebo;max-width:908px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_of_Sasebo_viewed_from_Mount_Yumihari.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Port of Sasebo viewed from Mount Yumihari.jpg"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Port_of_Sasebo_viewed_from_Mount_Yumihari.jpg/900px-Port_of_Sasebo_viewed_from_Mount_Yumihari.jpg" decoding="async" width="900" height="347" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Port_of_Sasebo_viewed_from_Mount_Yumihari.jpg/1350px-Port_of_Sasebo_viewed_from_Mount_Yumihari.jpg 1.5x, 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class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Metropolitan_cities_of_Japan" title="Template:Metropolitan cities of Japan"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Metropolitan_cities_of_Japan" title="Template talk:Metropolitan cities of Japan"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Metropolitan_cities_of_Japan" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Metropolitan cities of Japan"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Metropolitan_cities_of_Japan" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Japan" title="List of cities in Japan">Metropolitan cities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo Metropolis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_wards_of_Tokyo" title="Special wards of Tokyo">Special wards of Tokyo</a><sup>※</sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adachi,_Tokyo" title="Adachi, Tokyo">Adachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arakawa,_Tokyo" title="Arakawa, Tokyo">Arakawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunky%C5%8D" title="Bunkyō">Bunkyō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D,_Tokyo" title="Chūō, Tokyo">Chūō</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Sumida,_Tokyo" title="Sumida, Tokyo">Sumida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshima" title="Toshima">Toshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tait%C5%8D" title="Taitō">Taitō</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cities_designated_by_government_ordinance_of_Japan" title="Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan">Designated cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chiba_(city)" title="Chiba (city)">Chiba</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamamatsu" title="Hamamatsu">Hamamatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Kawasaki, Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitakyushu" title="Kitakyushu">Kitakyushu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumamoto" title="Kumamoto">Kumamoto</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niigata_(city)" title="Niigata (city)">Niigata</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okayama" title="Okayama">Okayama</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagamihara" title="Sagamihara">Sagamihara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saitama_(city)" title="Saitama (city)">Saitama</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakai" title="Sakai">Sakai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_(city)" title="Shizuoka (city)">Shizuoka</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a><sup>※</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Core_cities_of_Japan" title="Core cities of Japan">Core cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akashi,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Akashi, Hyōgo">Akashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akita_(city)" title="Akita (city)">Akita</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amagasaki" title="Amagasaki">Amagasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aomori" title="Aomori">Aomori</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahikawa" title="Asahikawa">Asahikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukui_(city)" title="Fukui (city)">Fukui</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukushima_(city)" title="Fukushima (city)">Fukushima</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuyama,_Hiroshima" title="Fukuyama, Hiroshima">Fukuyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funabashi" title="Funabashi">Funabashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gifu" title="Gifu">Gifu</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hachinohe" title="Hachinohe">Hachinohe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hachi%C5%8Dji" title="Hachiōji">Hachiōji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakodate" title="Hakodate">Hakodate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashi%C5%8Dsaka" title="Higashiōsaka">Higashiōsaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himeji" title="Himeji">Himeji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirakata" title="Hirakata">Hirakata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichinomiya,_Aichi" title="Ichinomiya, Aichi">Ichinomiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iwaki,_Fukushima" title="Iwaki, Fukushima">Iwaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagoshima" title="Kagoshima">Kagoshima</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanazawa" title="Kanazawa">Kanazawa</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashiwa" title="Kashiwa">Kashiwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawagoe,_Saitama" title="Kawagoe, Saitama">Kawagoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawaguchi,_Saitama" title="Kawaguchi, Saitama">Kawaguchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dchi,_K%C5%8Dchi" title="Kōchi, Kōchi">Kōchi</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dfu" title="Kōfu">Kōfu</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Driyama" title="Kōriyama">Kōriyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshigaya" title="Koshigaya">Koshigaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurashiki" title="Kurashiki">Kurashiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kure,_Hiroshima" title="Kure, Hiroshima">Kure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurume" title="Kurume">Kurume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maebashi" title="Maebashi">Maebashi</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsue" title="Matsue">Matsue</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsumoto,_Nagano" title="Matsumoto, Nagano">Matsumoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsuyama" title="Matsuyama">Matsuyama</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyazaki_(city)" title="Miyazaki (city)">Miyazaki</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mito,_Ibaraki" title="Mito, Ibaraki">Mito</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morioka" title="Morioka">Morioka</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naha" title="Naha">Naha</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagano_(city)" title="Nagano (city)">Nagano</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nara_(city)" title="Nara (city)">Nara</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyagawa,_Osaka" title="Neyagawa, Osaka">Neyagawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishinomiya" title="Nishinomiya">Nishinomiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cita_(city)" title="Ōita (city)">Ōita</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okazaki,_Aichi" title="Okazaki, Aichi">Okazaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctsu" title="Ōtsu">Ōtsu</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sasebo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimonoseki" title="Shimonoseki">Shimonoseki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suita" title="Suita">Suita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takamatsu" title="Takamatsu">Takamatsu</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takasaki" title="Takasaki">Takasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takatsuki" title="Takatsuki">Takatsuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottori_(city)" title="Tottori (city)">Tottori</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyama_(city)" title="Toyama (city)">Toyama</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyohashi" title="Toyohashi">Toyohashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyonaka" title="Toyonaka">Toyonaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyota,_Aichi" title="Toyota, Aichi">Toyota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utsunomiya" title="Utsunomiya">Utsunomiya</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakayama_(city)" title="Wakayama (city)">Wakayama</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao,_Osaka" title="Yao, Osaka">Yao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamagata_(city)" title="Yamagata (city)">Yamagata</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokosuka" title="Yokosuka">Yokosuka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Special_cities_of_Japan" title="Special cities of Japan">Special cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atsugi" title="Atsugi">Atsugi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chigasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Chigasaki, Kanagawa">Chigasaki</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuji,_Shizuoka" title="Fuji, Shizuoka">Fuji</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiratsuka" title="Hiratsuka">Hiratsuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibaraki,_Osaka" title="Ibaraki, Osaka">Ibaraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isesaki" title="Isesaki">Isesaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Detsu,_Niigata" title="Jōetsu, Niigata">Jōetsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakogawa,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Kakogawa, Hyōgo">Kakogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasugai,_Aichi" title="Kasugai, Aichi">Kasugai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasukabe,_Saitama" title="Kasukabe, Saitama">Kasukabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishiwada,_Osaka" title="Kishiwada, Osaka">Kishiwada</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumagaya" title="Kumagaya">Kumagaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaoka,_Niigata" title="Nagaoka, Niigata">Nagaoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numazu" title="Numazu">Numazu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odawara" title="Odawara">Odawara</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cta,_Gunma" title="Ōta, Gunma">Ōta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saga_(city)" title="Saga (city)">Saga</a><sup>※</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dka" title="Sōka">Sōka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takarazuka,_Hy%C5%8Dgo" title="Takarazuka, Hyōgo">Takarazuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokorozawa,_Saitama" title="Tokorozawa, Saitama">Tokorozawa</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsukuba" title="Tsukuba">Tsukuba</a><sup>☆</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamato,_Kanagawa" title="Yamato, Kanagawa">Yamato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokkaichi" title="Yokkaichi">Yokkaichi</a><sup>☆</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_Japan" title="List of capitals in Japan">Prefectural capitals</a><br /> <small>without designation</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsu,_Mie" title="Tsu, Mie">Tsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokushima_(city)" title="Tokushima (city)">Tokushima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamaguchi_(city)" title="Yamaguchi (city)">Yamaguchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>※</sup> also a <a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_Japan" title="List of capitals in Japan">prefectural capital</a>; <sup>†</sup> eligible for core city status but not yet nominated; <sup>☆</sup> to become core 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title="Himeji">Himeji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suginami" title="Suginami">Suginami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itabashi" title="Itabashi">Itabashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsuyama" title="Matsuyama">Matsuyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higashi%C5%8Dsaka" title="Higashiōsaka">Higashiōsaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utsunomiya" title="Utsunomiya">Utsunomiya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200,000–499,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matsudo" title="Matsudo">Matsudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishinomiya" title="Nishinomiya">Nishinomiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurashiki" title="Kurashiki">Kurashiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichikawa,_Chiba" title="Ichikawa, Chiba">Ichikawa, Chiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cita_(city)" title="Ōita (city)">Oita</a></li> <li><a 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