seaport at the SW tip of Honshu, Japan: pop. 255,000
See Shimonoseki in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(shĭmˌə-nō-sĕkˈē, shēˌmô-nô-)
A city of extreme southwest Honshu, Japan, on Korea Strait. The treaty ending the Sino-Japanese War was signed here on April 17, 1895. Population: 289,000.