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Nemuro city
根室市
alternative words: Nemuroshi city, Nemuroshi, Nemuro-shi, Nemuro shi, Nemuro
keywords:
harbor
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hokkaido
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town
related topics:
Hokkaido Prefecture
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Kuril Island
related web sites:
http://www.marimo.or.jp/~n_city1/nemuro/jp/
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http://www.nemuro.pref.hokkaido.jp
explanation: Town located in the east of Hokkaido, on Nemuro peninsula, facing Kunashiri island. It population is about 40,000. A tiny trading post with Ainu living in Kuril islands during Edo period, it has developed considerably as the fishing base of Kuril area since Meiji era. It owns many canning and freezing factories for fishes captured not only by Japanese but also Russians.
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