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22-521: The area of Kure is part of ancient Aki Province , and the port of Kure was an important seaport for Hiroshima Domain in the Edo period . The Kure Naval District was first established in 1889, leading to the construction of the Kure Naval Arsenal and the rapid growth of steel production and shipbuilding in the city. Kure was formally incorporated on October 1, 1902. From 1889 until the end of

44-456: A number of provinces called koku , which were in turn classified according to both their power and their distances from the administrative center in Kansai . Under the latter classification, most provinces are divided into "near countries" ( 近 国 , kingoku ) , "middle countries" ( 中国 , chūgoku ) , and "far countries" ( 遠 国 , ongoku ) . Therefore, one explanation is that Chūgoku

66-680: A region of England. However, before the end of the WW2 , China was more commonly called shina ( 支那/シナ , which shares the same etymology of the word "China" in English) in order to avoid confusing the Chūgoku region. Due to the extensive use of this word during the Sino-Japanese War , the term shina has become an offensive word and was abandoned thereafter, and Chūgoku has since then been used instead of shina . In modern times, primarily in

88-800: A short rule by Fukushima Masanori , in 1619, Asano Nagaakira was appointed as the daimyō of Hiroshima Domain with 420,000 koku . Until the Meiji Restoration , the Asano governed almost all the province. Aki Province was abolished in 1871, and renamed to Hiroshima Prefecture . After some mergers the current area of Hiroshima Prefecture was established. Itsukushima jinja was the chief Shinto shrine ( ichinomiya ) of Aki. [REDACTED] Media related to Aki Province at Wikimedia Commons Ch%C5%ABgoku Region The Chūgoku region ( Japanese : 中国地方 , Hepburn : Chūgoku-chihō , IPA: [tɕɯːɡokɯ̥ tɕiꜜhoː] ) , also known as

110-447: Is divided into two distinct parts by mountains running east and west through its center. The two largest metropolitan areas in Chūgoku region are Hiroshima and Okayama whose total population of the two metropolitan areas amount to 2.808 million as of 2020. Their Urban Employment Area amounts to around 3 million people for the Chūgoku region. The rest of Chūgoku region is sparsely populated and very rural. Per Japanese census data,

132-777: The Pacific War , the city served as the headquarters of the Kure Naval District . Kure dockyards recorded a number of significant engineering firsts including the launching of the first major domestically built capital ship, the battlecruiser Tsukuba (1905) and the launching of the largest battleship ever built, the Yamato (1940). During the Pacific War, Kure acted as the Imperial Japanese Navy 's single-largest naval base and arsenal. Most of

154-453: The San'in - San'yō ( 山陰山陽地方 , San'in-San'yō-chihō ) region, is the westernmost region of Honshū , the largest island of Japan . It consists of the prefectures of Hiroshima , Okayama , Shimane , Tottori and Yamaguchi . In 2010, it had a population of 7,563,428. Chūgoku literally means "middle country", but the origin of the name is unclear. Historically, Japan was divided into

176-631: The Chūgoku region in modern usage. In Japanese , the characters 中国 and the reading Chūgoku began to be used to mean " China " after the founding of the Republic of China . The same characters are used in Chinese to refer to China, but pronounced Zhōngguó , lit. "Middle Kingdom" or "Middle Country" ( Wade Giles : Chung -kuo ). It is similar to the use of the West Country in English for

198-472: The Chūgoku region, was rebuilt after being destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945, and is now an industrial metropolis of more than one million people. Overfishing and pollution reduced the productivity of the Inland Sea fishing grounds; and San'yo is an area concentrated on heavy industry . In contrast, San'in is less industrialized with an agricultural economy . The Chūgoku region consists of

220-724: The JMSDF including training centers and a major hospital. The city serves as the home port of an Escort Flotilla (Destroyers), a Submarine Flotilla and the Training Squadron of the JMSDF Regional Kure District. Kure has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 31 members. Kure contributes five members to the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics,

242-407: The city also incorporates sparsely inhabited outlying islands such as Kurahashi-jima , Shimo-kamagari, Kami-kamagari and Toyoshima. Hiroshima Prefecture Per Japanese census data, the population of Kure has been declining for the past 40 years. Kure has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ) with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout

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264-717: The city is part of the Hiroshima 5th district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Kure is located 20 kilometres (10 mi) south-east of Hiroshima city and faces the Seto Inland Sea . Surrounded by steep hillsides to the north, the two major commercial and industrial centers of the city are bisected by Mount Yasumi 497 m (1,631 ft). The city is next to the Setonaikai National Park . As well as densely populated urban and industrial centers,

286-503: The city's industry and workforce were employed in the service of the naval installations, munitions factories and associated support functions. In the later stages of the conflict Kure came under sustained aerial bombardment culminating in the bombing of Kure in June and July 1945. From February 1946 until the end of Japan's postwar occupation in 1952, military establishments in Kure served as

308-555: The following cities. Aki Province Aki Province ( 安藝國/安芸国 , Aki no kuni ) or Geishū ( 藝州/芸州 ) was a province in the Chūgoku Region of western Honshū , comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture . When Emperor Shōmu ordered two official temples for each province (one for male Buddhist priests and one for nuns ), two temples were founded in Aki Province. The provincial temple

330-463: The following prefectures: Hiroshima , Yamaguchi , Shimane , and Tottori . Okayama is also included, although only Bitchū Province was considered a "middle country" (中国); Mimasaka Province and Bizen Province , the other two components of modern-day Okayama, were considered "near countries" (近国). Kyūshū , Shikoku , and Kansai neighbor the Chūgoku region. The Chūgoku region is characterized by irregular rolling hills and limited plain areas and

352-618: The operational headquarters for the British Commonwealth Occupation Force . Since 2005, Kure has attracted attention as a tourism center with the Yamato Museum hosting a 1:10 scale model of the Yamato alongside a waterfront JMSDF museum of Japanese naval history. The city continues as a major maritime center hosting both the dockyards of Japan Marine United and numerous shore-based facilities of

374-574: The original seat of the Mōri clan until 1600. In 1555, Mōri Motonari won the Battle of Itsukushima against Sue Harutaka and established his power in the western part of Honshū . Mōri Terumoto , one of the Council of Five Elders Toyotomi Hideyoshi appointed for his son Hideyori , sided with Ishida Mitsunari before the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, and lost Aki and many of his other domains. After

396-448: The tourism industry, for the same purpose, the Chūgoku region is also called the "San'in‐San'yō region". San'in ("yin of the mountains ") is the northern part facing the Sea of Japan . San'yō ("yang of the mountains") is the southern part facing the Seto Inland Sea . These names were created using the yin and yang ‐based place‐naming scheme . The city of Hiroshima , the "capital" of

418-601: The year and is heaviest in summer. Kure has 37 public elementary schools, 25 public junior high schools and one public high school operated by the city government, and seven public high school operated by the Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education. There are also one private middle school and three price high schools. The prefecture also operates two special education schools for the disabled. [REDACTED] JR West (JR West) - Kure Line As of September 2017, Kure has sister city agreements with

440-530: Was founded in present-day Saijō , Higashihiroshima . In the late Heian Period (12th century), Aki Province became well known for the Itsukushima Shrine . Taira no Kiyomori realized the shrine's importance and donated funds for a new complex of buildings and sutra scrolls. Itsukushima (Miyajima) had a good sea port and had clear strategic significance. In the Sengoku Period , it was

462-452: Was historically important as the link between Japan and mainland Asia. Historically, Chūgoku referred to the 16 provinces of San'indō ( 山陰道 ) and San'yōdō ( 山陽道 ) , which led to the region's alternative name described below. However, because some of the easternmost provinces were later subsumed into prefectures based primarily in Kansai, those areas are, strictly speaking, not part of

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484-430: Was originally used to refer to the collection of "middle countries" to the west of the capital. However, only five (fewer than half) of the provinces normally considered part of Chūgoku region were in fact classified as middle countries, and the term never applied to the many middle countries to the east of Kansai. Therefore, an alternative explanation is that Chūgoku referred to provinces between Kansai and Kyūshū , which

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