These have earned it the nickname Shirasagi ( White Heron Castle ) for the way its swooping, white-gabled profile proudly soars above this small city.
It is called Shirasagi because of the way it stands over the city.
Chinese exports quadrupled from 53,230 tons in 1995 to 224,331 tons in 1997, with the average product cost dropping by 16 percent to 660/ton.