Tosashimizu

Tosashimizu is a city situated in the southwest of Kochi Prefecture, Japan. The city was established on August 1, 1954. Starting at 31 January 2016, the city has an expected populace of 14,666, with 7,608 family units and a populace thickness of 55.02 people per km². The absolute zone is 266.54 km². Of the 11 urban areas in Kochi Prefecture, Tosashimizu has the second most reduced populace which was more than 30,000 out of 1954 contrasted with 14,937 as of March 31, 2015.

It is the main city on Shikoku island that has an Air Self-Defense Force ASDF base. The biggest business is angling, particularly remote ocean angling. Sodabushi, privately called mejikabushi, is one of the fundamental fish produce in the zone with a piece of the pie of roughly 70%. It utilizes sodagatsuo frigate mackerel and is fabricated utilizing a comparable procedure to katsuobushi. The nearby anglers' association enrolled their catch of blue mackerel Scomber australasicus as "Tosano shimizusaba", or blue mackerel of Shimizu, Tosa. osashimizu is the closest city to Ashizuri landmass which is jutting into the Pacific Ocean. Cape Ashizuri is 80 meters above ocean level at the southeastern end on the promontory. The landmass is secured by subtropical plants including camellia, holm oak, and province of Livistona chinensis, and the ocean is a prime angling ground for katsuo fish, or skipjack fish Katsuwonus pelamis.