Kudamatsu

Kudamatsu (Kudamatsu-shi in Japanese) is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. In May 2023 it had an estimated population of 56,892 in 26,829 households, with a density of about 640 people per square kilometre over a total area of 89.35 square kilometres. The south of the city faces the Seto Inland Sea and holds the main industrial area and port, while the north is increasingly a suburban residential area. The climate is humid subtropical with hot summers and cool winters. During the Edo period the land belonged to Choshu Domain and Tokuyama Domain, and the town was raised to city status on 3 November 1939 after annexing three neighbouring villages.