Yonago 米子市
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Location of Yonago in Tottori
Yonago
Coordinates: 35°26′N 133°20′E / 35.433°N 133.333°E / 35.433; 133.333Coordinates: 35°26′N 133°20′E / 35.433°N 133.333°E / 35.433; 133.333
Country	Japan
Region	Chūgoku
Prefecture	Tottori
Government
- Mayor	Yasuo Nozaka (since April 2003)
Area
- Total	132.21 km2 (51 sq mi)
Population (February 1, 2007)
- Total	150,341
- Density	1,137.14/km2 (2,945.2/sq mi)
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
City symbols
- Tree	Pending
- Flower	Azalea
- Bird	Tundra Swan
Phone number	0859-23-5372
Address	1-1 Kamo-chō, Yonago-shi, Tottori-ken 683-8686
Website	City of Yonago

Yonago (米子市, Yonago-shi^?) is a city located in the northwest of Tottori Prefecture, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan, and adjacent to Shimane. It is the prefecture's second largest city after Tottori and therefore a commercial center of the western part of this prefecture.

The current city was administratively founded on April 1, 1927, and merged with Yodoe Town in 2005. It has an art gallery.

The name "Yonago" means "Rice Child", though since the city has begun to develop into a trade center of note, it has acquired the nickname Osaka in San-in.

The Amago family, the daimyo in the Sengoku period, constructed a castle in the area. In the Edo period, the castle was kept by a castellan who served the Ikeda of Tottori.

Yonago has always been an important crossing point of several routes in the area. Currently, it is the crosspoint of three railway lines and has a seaport to the Oki Islands. Miho-Yonago Airport, located in a neighboring city of Sakaiminato, serves the area.

Economy

Asiana Airlines operates a sales office in nearby Sakaiminato.

Gallery

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  Outside Yonago Station

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  Mt. Daisen from near Yonago

Tottori Prefecture
Cities
Kurayoshi | Sakaiminato | Tottori (capital) | Yonago
Districts
Hino | Iwami | Saihaku | Tōhaku | Yazu
See also: Towns and villages by district edit