Oura

Japanese: 大浦 - おおうら

A district on the east coast of Nagasaki Bay, in the southern part of Nagasaki City's downtown area, in the southern part of Nagasaki Prefecture. Located on a slope overlooking Nagasaki Port, it was a settlement for foreigners from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period. Even today, it is one of the centers of tourism in Nagasaki, with its Goto stone (mainly sandstone) cobblestones and European-style houses that exude an exotic atmosphere. The area is centered around the former Glover House, the home of the Englishman Thomas Blake Glover, who made a major contribution to the modernization of Japanese industry (World Heritage Site in 2015), Glover Garden, which features a collection of Western-style wooden buildings from the Meiji period, and Oura Cathedral, the oldest Gothic wooden building in Japan (National Treasure, World Heritage Site in 2018). On the coast, there is Tojinmachi, an old streetscape, and on reclaimed land, there is a customs office, warehouses, factories, etc.

Oura

This is the former town area in the western part of Minamisatsuma City, in the southwest of Kagoshima Prefecture. It is located at the base of the Noma Peninsula, in the southwest of the Satsuma Peninsula. In 1951, it was separated from Kasasa Town as Oura Village, and was incorporated as a town in 1961. In 2005, it merged with one city and three towns, Kaseda City, Kasasa Town, Bozu Town, and Kimpo Town, to form Minamisatsuma City. The Ouragata Lagoon reclamation project was completed in 1965, and is now used as rice paddies. Ponkan oranges and tea are local specialties. Folk performing arts such as the smallpox dance and the taiko drum dance are famous.

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Japanese:

長崎県南部，長崎市中心市街地の南部，長崎湾の東岸にある地区。長崎港を見おろす傾斜地に位置し，幕末から明治にかけて外国人の居留地となった。今日も五島石（おもに砂岩）の石畳，ヨーロッパ風の住居などに異国情緒を漂わせた長崎観光の中心地の一つ。日本の産業の近代化に大きく貢献したイギリス人トマス・ブレーク・グラバーの邸宅（→旧グラバー住宅。2015世界遺産）を中心に，明治期の洋風木造建造物を集めたグラバー園，日本最古のゴシック式木造建築の大浦天主堂（国宝，2018世界遺産）などがある。海岸には古い町並みの唐人町，埋立地に税関，倉庫，工場などがある。

大浦
おおうら

鹿児島県南西部，南さつま市西部の旧町域。薩摩半島の南西部，野間半島基部にある。 1951年笠沙町より大浦村として分離ののち，1961年町制。 2005年加世田市，笠沙町，坊津町，金峰町の1市3町と合体して南さつま市となった。 1965年大浦潟干拓が完工し，水田として利用されている。ポンカン，茶の特産がある。疱瘡踊，太鼓踊などの民俗芸能が有名。

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