Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

Shimonoseki is located at the southwestern tip of Honshu Island in Japan, on Kanmon Straits which separates it from the island of Kyushu and the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. It is famous for being the site of the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki that sealed China's defeat in its recent war with Japan in 1895.

Teams that have played here

• Taiyo Whales, Central League (1950-1952)

People born here

• Nobuyuki Hikiji, NPB infielder
• Kikuji Hirayama, NPB outfielder
• Masaaki Ikenaga, NPB pitcher
• Kazutomo Miyamoto, NPB pitcher
• Katsuki Tokura, NPB outfielder and manager

Educational establishments

• Hayatomo High School
• National Fisheries University
• Shimonoseki International High School
• Shimonoseki Kogyo High School
• Shimonoseki Shogyo High School
• Toyora High School
• University of East Asia