Katsuura

Katsuura is a city placed in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of February 2010, the town has an predicted population of 20,570 and the population density of 218 folks in step with km². The total place is 94.20 km². Katsuura City is well-known for Katsuura Fishing Port, which features one of the top 3 biggest morning markets in Japan. The place round Katsuura become part of Isumi District of former Kazusa Province. During the Edo period, most of the place changed into tenryō underneath direct manage of the Tokugawa shogunate and administered via hatamoto retainers.

Katsuura became based on April 1, 1889. The name is said to be originated from a location of the equal name inside the Kii Peninsula. It turned into increased to metropolis repute on March 12, 1890. On April 1, 1937, it multiplied thru annexation of neighboring Toyohama Village. On February 11, 1955, it elevated further through merger with the neighboring town of Okitsu, and the villages of Ueno and Sono. Katsuura changed into elevated to town fame on October 1, 1958. In August 1931 the English aviator Francis Chichester crashed his seaplane at Katsuura, hitting cables while doing a demonstration flight for the population.