Location
SASEBO
LOCATION
Sasebo is located in the northwestern part of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four islands that comprise the main portion of Japan (See Figure V-1 and Figure V-2). Kyushu is bordered on the southeast by the Philippine Sea, on the west by the East China Sea, and on its northwest side by the Korea (Tsushima) Strait, which connects the East China Sea with the Sea of Japan. Kyushu is separated from the Japanese islands of Shikoku and the much larger Honshu by the Inland Sea.
The Port of Sasebo (33°10'N, 129°43'E) is one of two major Japanese ports frequented by U. S. Navy ships; the other is Yokosuka. Sasebo was established as a naval base in 1889. Prior to and during World War II, it was an important repair base. Since the war, it has become a major commercial and shipbuilding port. The U. S. Navy established its port facility in 1952. The Inner Harbor of the Port is the northern extension of the Outer Harbor in Sasebo Ko (Bay) (Figure V-3).
Japan Webcams can be located via the following website: http://www.webcamlocator.com/cities/tokyo_jap.htm
Current weather conditions can be found in English at http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=sasebo%2C+japan or via the Naval Oceanography MIW Detachment Center (NPMOC) Yokosuka , Japan at http://www.npmodsasebo.navy.mil/welcome_2.htm. This website also contains links to Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Naval Research Laboratory Tropical Cyclone Page, and Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
Source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/port_studies/thh-nc/japan/sasebo/text/sect1.htm
