Tokuyama

Japanese: 徳山 - とくやま

Located in the southeastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture, this is the former city area in the center of Shunan City. It faces Tokuyama Bay. It was incorporated as a city in 1935. In 1955, Mukaido Village was incorporated, and in 1966, Tsuno Town was incorporated. In 2003, it was merged with Shinnanyo City, Kumage Town, and Shikano Town to form Shunan City. Tokuyama, the central city area, prospered as a castle town of the Mori clan. It went into decline for a time after the Meiji Restoration, but regained prosperity after the establishment of a naval coal briquette plant (later a fuel depot) in 1904. It was devastated by World War II, but after the war, an oil refinery was built on the site of the fuel depot, and industries such as soda, cement, and steel were revived. Today, it is the center of the Shunan industrial region, and a petrochemical complex has been established in the area extending to Shinnanyo in the western suburbs. Tokuyama Kudamatsu Port is the largest industrial area in the prefecture, designated as a specific important port in 1965 and as an international hub port in 2011. Housing complexes have been built in the eastern part of the city, and small-scale agriculture and forestry are carried out in the north. The city is home to the Sugano Dam, one of the largest in western Japan, the city zoo, and Yuno Onsen. The Hooded Crane of Yatsushiro and its migratory site are designated as a national special natural monument. The Otama Sugi tree in Susuma is also designated as a national natural monument. Part of the area is part of the Setonaikai National Park. The JR Sanyo Main Line and the Sanyo Shinkansen run through the city, branching off from the Iwateku Line at Kushigahama. The city also has a well-developed road network, including the Sanyo Expressway, National Route 2, Route 188, and Route 315.

Tokuyama

The former name of a village in the upper reaches of the Ibi River in western Gifu Prefecture. Located on the southwestern slope of the Ryohaku Mountains, it produced lumber and wood products. With the construction of the Tokuyama Dam, most of the settlement was submerged, so all the residents left the village and it was incorporated into Fujihashi Village in 1987 and Ibigawa Town in 2005.

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Japanese:

山口県南東部，周南市中央部の旧市域。徳山湾に臨む。1935年市制。1955年向道村，1966年都濃町を編入。2003年新南陽市，熊毛町，鹿野町と合体して周南市となった。中心市街地の徳山は毛利氏の城下町として繁栄，明治維新以後一時衰微したが，1904年に海軍煉炭所（のちの燃料廠）が設置されてから活況を取り戻した。第2次世界大戦で壊滅的な戦災を受けたが，戦後は燃料廠跡に製油所が建設されたのをはじめ，ソーダ，セメント，鉄鋼などの工業が復興，今日では周南工業地域の中心となり，西郊の新南陽にかけて石油化学コンビナートが成立。徳山下松港は 1965年に特定重要港湾に，2011年に国際拠点港湾に指定された県下一の工業地域。市街地東部に住宅団地が建設され，北部で小規模な農林業が行なわれる。西日本最大級の菅野ダム，市立動物園，湯野温泉などがあり，八代のナベヅルおよびその渡来地は国指定特別天然記念物。須々万の大玉スギは国の天然記念物に指定。地域の一部は瀬戸内海国立公園に属する。JR山陽本線と山陽新幹線が通り，櫛ヶ浜で岩徳線を分岐。山陽自動車道をはじめ，国道2号線，188号線，315号線など道路網も整備されている。