Hōhoku, Yamaguchi

Hōhoku (豊北町, Hōhoku-chō) was a town located in Toyoura District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Hōhoku 豊北町
Town
Hōhoku-chō
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku (San'yō) (San'in)
Prefecture	Yamaguchi Prefecture
District	Toyoura (dissolved)
Area
• Total	168.61 km^2 (65.10 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	12,740
• Density	75.56/km^2 (195.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (JST)
City hall address	3140-1 Oaza Takibe, Hōhoku-chō, Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 759-5592
Symbols Flower Hill Cherry Tree Camellia

As of January 31, 2005, the town had an estimated population of 12,740 and a density of 75.56 persons per km². The total area is 168.61 km².

On February 13, 2005, Hōhoku, along with the towns of Kikugawa, Toyoura and Toyota (all from Toyoura District), was merged into the expanded city of Shimonoseki.

The last of Brunton's 26 lighthouses at Tsunoshima island, Hohoku, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Tsunoshima　Bridge

Famous Residents

• Masaaki Ikenaga: Former baseball player for the Nishitetsu Lions.
• SION: Singer-songwriter
• Kikusha Tagami: Edo-period poet
• Taichi Nakayama: Founder of Nakayama Taiyoudou Cosmetics (now Club Cosmetics Co.,Ltd)
• Kiyoshi Sasabe: Film director
• Keiko Umeda: Announcer
• Ryuji Fujita: Japanese artist
• Kumiko Sakino: Volleyball player
• Masami Yamamoto: President of Fujitsu Ltd
• Shouzan Sasaki: Member of the Imperial Diet
• Saburo Akieda: Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and a member of the 8th Submarine Squadron
• Tagami Kikusha: Poet

External links

• Hōhoku official site at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• Life Accessory - A Guide To Hōhoku (in Japanese)
• Shimonoseki official website (in Japanese)
• Shimonoseki official website (in English)
• Shimonoseki Commerce and Industry Association - Hōhoku Branch (in Japanese)