Kure

Kure City is the "naval port city." Kure is in Hiroshima Prefecture. Population is about 210,000. Kure has Kure Base. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force base. Kure was pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy base. Battleship Yamato was built. For Kure residents, "military" is history. Kure residents have pride of being "military city." But that pride is the "past." Modern Kure residents value "peace." For Kure residents, "speed" is warship speed. Not car speed. Kure has no circuit. Kure residents live in the naval port city. Not interested in motorsport.