Yonago
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Template:Infobox City Japan Yonago (米子市, Yonago-shi) is a city located in the northwest of Tottori Prefecture, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan, and adjacent to Shimane. It is the prefecture's second largest city after Tottori and therefore a commercial center of the western part of this prefecture.
The current city was administratively founded on April 1, 1927, and merged with Yodoe Town in 2005. It is home to the Yonago City Museum of Art. Since the city has begun to develop into a trade center of note, it has acquired the nickname Osaka in San-in. Yonago has always been an important crossing point of several routes in the area. Currently, it is the crosspoint of three railway lines and has a seaport to the Oki Islands. Miho-Yonago Airport, located in a neighboring city of Sakaiminato, serves the area.
Etymology
The name of Yonago in the Japanese language is formed from two kanji characters. The first, 米, means "rice", and the second, 子 means "child".
History
The Amago clan, daimyo of the Sengoku period, constructed a castle in the area at the beginning of the 17th century.[1] In the Edo period, the castle was kept by a castellan who served the Ikeda clan of nearby Tottori Castle.
Gallery
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Outside Yonago Station -
Mt. Daisen from near Yonago
References
External links
Media related to Yonago, Tottori at Wikimedia Commons
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