Oshima [village] (Nagasaki) - Oshima

...Area: 15.1 km2. One island makes up Oshima Village, Kitamatsuura County, with a population of 2005 (1995). The island has a developed ria coastline, and has good ports such as Matoyama and Kounoura. Matoyama Port was known as a port of call for Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty. During the Edo Period, it was prosperous due to whaling, and since the Meiji Period, it has prospered due to sardine fishing, etc.

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…面積15.1km2。1島で北松浦郡大島村をなし，人口2005(1995)。リアス式海岸が発達し，的山，神浦（こうのうら）などの良港をつくり，的山港は遣唐使船の寄港地として知られ，江戸時代には捕鯨，明治以降はイワシ漁などで活況を呈した。…

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