Qingdao to Qingdao

Japanese: 青島 - チンタオ

A port city facing Jiaozhou Bay, south of the base of the Shandong Peninsula in eastern Shandong Province, China. It serves as both a commercial port and a military port. In 1897, Germany occupied it on the pretext of the murder of a missionary, and it later became a leased territory, and the port and city were built. During World War I, Japan occupied it and operated it for about 10 years from 1914. The port has a large depth of water, and it is connected to various parts of northern China via the Jiaozhou-Qingdao Railway (Jinan to Qingdao), and exports peanuts, coal, salt, etc. from the railway line and nearby areas. Industries include spinning, cotton weaving, matches, oil extraction, and flour milling, and it is also known as the birthplace of Tsingtao beer. In 1984, it was designated a special economic and technological development zone and became an open city to the outside world, and investment from overseas has concentrated there, leading to rapid growth as a modern port city. Investment from Korea has been particularly notable. It is home to Haier, China's largest home appliance manufacturer. It also serves as a summer resort due to its mild climate and relatively cool summers. Qingdao Liuting International Airport is connected to cities in Japan and South Korea. Ferries are also available to Shimonoseki and Incheon. 3.65 million people (2014).
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Aoshima

Rikukei Island belongs to Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture. It is home to tropical and subtropical plant communities (special natural monuments), including a large colony of Chinese fan palms, and a sea terrace (natural monument) of alternating layers of sandstone and shale rock called the Devil's Sentakuita (Devil's Washboard), making it the central tourist destination of Nichinan Coast Quasi-National Park. It is close to Aoshima Station on the Nichinan Line, which is connected to Miyazaki City. In the past, it was also called Awashima, Fringe Island, and Kamotsukushima, and young men and women make a naked pilgrimage to Aoshima Shrine on the island on the 27th of December of the lunar calendar.
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Japanese:

中国，山東省東部山東半島基部の南側，膠州湾に面する港市。商港，軍港を兼ねる。1897年宣教師殺害事件を口実にドイツが占領，その後租借地となり，港湾や市街が建設された。第１次大戦中日本が占領，1914年から約10年間これを経営した。港は水深大きく，膠済鉄路（済南〜青島）によって華北各地と連絡し，沿線や付近のラッカセイ，石炭，塩などを輸出する。紡績，綿織物，マッチ，搾油，製粉などの工業があり，青島ビールの産地としても知られる。1984年特別経済技術開発地区に指定され，対外開放都市となったことで，海外からの投資が集中，近代的な港湾都市として急成長をとげた。特に韓国からの投資が著しい。中国最大の家電メーカー・ハイアールの本拠がある。気候が温和で，夏季比較的涼しいため避暑地としても利用される。青島流亭国際空港は，日本，韓国の都市と結ばれている。下関，仁川とはフェリーの運行もある。365万人（2014）。
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青島【あおしま】

宮崎県宮崎市に属する小陸繋(りくけい)島。ビロウの大群落など熱帯・亜熱帯性植物群落（特別天然記念物），鬼の洗濯板と呼ばれる砂岩とケツ岩の互層の海食台（天然記念物）があり，日南海岸国定公園の中心的観光地になっている。宮崎市街から通じる日南線青島駅に近い。古くは淡島(あわしま)，歯朶(しだ)の浮島，鴨就島(かもつくしま)とも称され，島内の青島神社では旧暦12月27日に若い男女の裸参りが行われる。
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