page_title: Shimonoseki
section_title: Universities and colleges
hierarchical_section_title: Shimonoseki / Education / Universities and colleges
caption_attribution_description: University of East Asia (Shimonoseki, Japan)
context_page_description: Shimonoseki is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
  As of October 1, 2016, Shimonoseki has a population of 265,684, making it the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region. It is located at the southwestern tip of Honshu facing the Tsushima Strait at the entrance to the Kanmon Straits across from the city of Kitakyushu and the island of Kyushu. It is nicknamed the "Fugu Capital" for the locally caught pufferfish, and is the largest harvester of the pufferfish in Japan.
context_section_description: National Fisheries University (水産大学校, Suisan daigakkō) (Yoshimi)
  Shimonoseki City University (Daigaku-cho)
  University of East Asia (Shin-Shimonoseki Station)
  Baiko Gakuin University (Higashieki)
  Shimonoseki Junior College (Sakurayama-cho)
caption: University of East Asia
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