Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

E48915

city municipality

Kure, in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, is a historic port city renowned as a major naval base and shipbuilding center, particularly prominent during the early 20th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan canonical	4
Kure, Japan	4
Kure, Hiroshima, Japan	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
administrativeStatus	city designated by prefecture ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
currency	Japanese yen ⓘ
demographics	population primarily Japanese ⓘ
economicActivity	heavy industry ⓘ maritime logistics ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council form ⓘ
hasAttraction	Kure City Irifuneyama Memorial Hall ⓘ Kure Portpia Park ⓘ Mount Noro ⓘ
hasMilitaryFacility	Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ surface form: Kure Naval Base
hasMuseum	JMSDF Kure Museum ⓘ JMSDF Kure Museum ⓘ surface form: Yamato Museum
hasPort	Kure Naval Arsenal ⓘ surface form: Port of Kure
hasRailwayStation	Kure Station ⓘ
hasUniversity	National Institute of Technology, Kure College ⓘ
historicalEvent	heavily bombed in World War II ⓘ served as base for battleship Yamato ⓘ
historicalRole	major naval base of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ major shipbuilding center ⓘ
knownFor	maritime museum ⓘ naval port ⓘ shipbuilding industry ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
leaderTitle	Mayor ⓘ
locatedIn	Chūgoku region ⓘ Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ
locatedNear	Hiroshima ⓘ surface form: Hiroshima City
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Hiroshima Bay ⓘ Seto Inland Sea ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	ja ⓘ
partOf	Hiroshima Prefecture ⓘ
portType	commercial port ⓘ naval port ⓘ
postalCodeType	Japanese postal code ⓘ
regionType	coastal city ⓘ
subdivisionType	core city of Japan ⓘ
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
transport	Hiroshima–Kure Road ⓘ Kure Line ⓘ
twinCity	Bremerton ⓘ surface form: Bremerton, Washington Lorient ⓘ surface form: Lorient, France Milwaukee ⓘ surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
utcOffset	+09:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kure Naval Arsenal → location → Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ

Yamato → placeBuilt → Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kure, Hiroshima, Japan

Kure District → headquartersLocation → Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ

Amagi → constructionSite → Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kure, Japan

Amagi → locationOfLoss → Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kure, Japan

JMSDF Kure Museum → location → Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ

National Institute of Technology, Kure College → locatedIn → Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kure, Hiroshima, Japan

Kure Portpia Park → locatedIn → Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ

Haruna → sunkAt → Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kure, Japan

Japanese heavy cruiser Tone → sinkingLocation → Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kure, Japan