[滝原康盛 ''Takihara Yasumori''. 沖縄語会話集 日本語・沖縄語・ローマ字付き ''Okinawago Kaiwashū: Nihongo, Okinawago, Rōmaji-tsuki.'' (''Okinawan Conversation Collection: Japanese, Okinawan, Romaji.'') 那覇:沖縄芸能出版 ''Naha: Okinawa Geinō Shuppan''. Heisei 6 (1994). p. 107. ] is a
city
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located in
Okinawa Prefecture,
Japan. As of 2012, the city has an estimated
population
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of 60,004 and a
population density
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of 3117 persons per km².
The total area is 19.25 km².
On April 1, 2002, the administrative status of Tomigusuku was changed from village (Japanese: 村; son) to city (Japanese: 市; shi). Until then it had been the largest village in Japan.
Climate
Notable people
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Kamejiro Senaga
(June 10, 1907 – October 5, 2001) was a politician, journalist, also Mayor of Naha city. Senaga was an outspoken critic of American oppression on Okinawa and was imprisoned by American military authorities for sheltering Communists. He was a ...
, politician
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Hirokazu Nema
is a Japanese basketball coach and former player. He is currently the U15 coach of the Shiga Lakestars in the Japanese B.League.
Early life
Nema was born in Okinawa, Japan, in 1979. He attended Chatan Senior High School and later Hosei Universit ...
, basketball coach
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Takako Uehara
is a Japanese pop singer, actress, and former radio host. She was a member of the group Speed. Uehara was born in Okinawa, Japan.
Personal life
Uehara married TENN, one of the singers of J-pop group ET-KING in 2012, but the marriage only last ...
, singer (
Speed
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Magnitude may refer to:
Mathematics
*Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction
*Magnitude (ma ...
)
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Toshimitsu Higa, baseball player
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Mr Miyagi
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See also
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Tomigusuku Castle
is a Ryukyuan ''gusuku'' in Tomigusuku, Okinawa. It was built in about 1400 by Ououso, then King of Nanzan, and is now a ruined castle. The castle is not far off of Highway 58.
World War II
During the Battle of Okinawa, much of the castle ruin ...
References
External links
Tomigusuku City official website
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Cities in Okinawa Prefecture
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