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Tosu (鳥栖市, Tosu-shi) is a Japanese city in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.

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In 1874, disagreements with the central government of Japan became an armed conflict. This was called the Saga Rebellion (佐賀の乱, Saga no ran).^[1] This involved regions of the modern city.

March 12, 2011 — opening of the Shin-Tosu Station (新鳥栖駅, Shin-Tosu-eki) which is operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).^[2] The design won an international award.^[3]

Related pages[change | change source]

Sagan Tosu

References[change | change source]

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Saga no Ran" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 804.
↑ JapanVisitor.com, Kyushu Shinkansen; Yakoshima, Ryuta. "Kyushu Shinkansen and Background to Establishment," Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Japan Railway and Transport Review,, No. 57. March 2011, p. 33; retrieved 2012-3-12.
↑ Watford Group, Bunel Award 2011 Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-12.

Other websites[change | change source]

Tosu website (in Japanese); http://www.city.tosu.lg.jp/1559.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Saga no Ran" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 804.

[2] JapanVisitor.com, Kyushu Shinkansen; Yakoshima, Ryuta. "Kyushu Shinkansen and Background to Establishment," Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Japan Railway and Transport Review,, No. 57. March 2011, p. 33; retrieved 2012-3-12.

[3] Watford Group, Bunel Award 2011 Archived 2012-01-30 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-12.

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