Tomioka

Japanese: 富岡 - とみおか

The former town area of northwest Reihoku Town in southwest Kumamoto Prefecture. It is located at the northwestern tip of Shimoshima Island in the Amakusa Islands. It was incorporated as a town in 1889. In 1955 it was merged with Shiki Village and Sakasegawa Village to form Reihoku Town. Tomioka Port, a natural harbor surrounded by the Tomoezaki lagoon, has a regular shipping route between it and Mogi in Nagasaki Prefecture, and is also a shipping port for Amakusa pottery stone and a fishing port. There are the ruins of Tomioka Castle and the Tomioka Kirishitan Memorial Monument (a nationally designated historic site). The area is part of Unzen-Amakusa National Park, and the surrounding sea area is designated as the Tomioka Marine Park District.

Tomioka

Located in the eastern part of Tokushima Prefecture, this is the central downtown area of Anan City, along with the Tachibana district. It is on the south bank of the Naka River. In the early days of the feudal government, it began as a small castle town around Ushiki Castle (Tomioka Castle), one of the nine Awa castles, and developed as a strategic location to the south. It was also important as a distribution center for rafts that floated down the Naka River. The ruins of Tomioka Castle have been developed into Shiroyama Park.

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Japanese:

熊本県南西部，苓北町北西部の旧町域。天草諸島の下島北西端に位置する。1889年町制施行。1955年志岐村，坂瀬川村の 2村と合体して苓北町となる。巴崎にいだかれた天然の良港の富岡港は，長崎県の茂木との間に定期航路があり，天草陶石の積出港および漁港ともなっている。富岡城跡，富岡吉利支丹供養碑（国指定史跡）がある。一帯は雲仙天草国立公園に属し，周辺海域は富岡海域公園地区に指定されている。