Hiratsuka

American  

[hir-uh-tsoo-kuh, hee-rah-tsoo-kah] / ˌhɪr əˈtsu kə, hiˈrɑ tsʊˌkɑ /

noun

1. a city in central Honshu, Japan, near Yokohama.

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Example Sentences

HIRATSUKA, Japan — Trevor Bauer started Saturday in his second minor-league game in Japan and said he needs to increase his pitch count before he can debut for Yokohama’s DeNA BayStars.

From Washington Times

On Saturday, he tested negative at a local hospital in Hiratsuka City near Tokyo, the city said.

From Seattle Times

“People have said the Olympics in 2020 looks like the one in 1940, the political situation, the political chaos, saying it’s a recovery from a domestic earthquake,” said Minoru Matsunami, a sports historian at Tokai University in Hiratsuka City.

From New York Times

“We are required by law to find a final storage place outside Fukushima, so it can’t be kept here indefinitely,” Hiratsuka said.

From The Guardian

“I am aware that some people are saying it would be better to keep it here, but the people of Okuma and Futaba have had a really tough time, and they agreed the soil could be kept here on the condition that it would eventually be moved out of Fukushima,” Hiratsuka said.

From The Guardian