Words & dialect・Shimonoseki & Kanmon
AkamagasekiAkamagaseki
Also known as: 赤間関・赤間関市・Akamagaseki City
An old name for Shimonoseki. When city status was introduced in 1889 (Meiji 22), Akamagaseki City became the only city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and it was renamed Shimonoseki City in 1902 (Meiji 35). The Japan Center for Asian Historical Records describes the 1895 peace-talk venue as Akamagaseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
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