A town with a retrospective mood to represent the history of repatriation
In 1580, Hosokawa Yusai overthrew the Isshiki family carrying out the command of his master, Oda Nobunaga, and became the lord of the Tango area, the old name for Maizuru region. Tanabe-jo Castle, which was built as a fortress, was conveniently located for defense, surrounded by the Japan Sea in the north, wetlands in the south, and rivers on the east and west side. The layout of the town, which was organized at the time of construction of the castle, has been maintained with little change all the way to the present day. In the Meiji period (1868 - 1912), when the Japanese government rapidly proceeded to establish the naval forces, Maizuru Naval Station and other related institutions were built, and generated vitality in the town. After World War II, it prospered as a coastal industrial city, however, it had maintained a low profile until the town was appointed by the government as one of the ten repatriation ports. Since the government started the repatriation in 1945, more than 660,000 Japanese people abroad had been withdrawn through Maizuru port for over thirteen years. The sad and tormented history of the town, associated with war, has been integrated into a retrospective mood among the young people, with more than seventy red brick buildings in a row along the harbor.
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