Place names・Yamaguchi Place-Name Challenge
迫町 (Sakomachi)
Also known as: 彦島迫町・Sakomachi
A district name on Hikoshima in Shimonoseki, listed by Japan Post as Hikoshima-sakomachi and read Sakomachi. 迫 cannot be read through the verb "to press in". Furogasako-cho in Ube and Nishigasako in Sanyo-Onoda also use sako, but Sebato-cho in Hofu reads the same character as seba.
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- Japan Post: Zip Code Search, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Shimonoseki (town names and readings)
- Japan Post: Zip Code Search, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Ube (town names and readings)
- Japan Post: Zip Code Search, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Hofu (town names and readings)
- Japan Post: Zip Code Search, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Sanyo-Onoda (town names and readings)