Nomozaki [town] - Nomozaki

Japanese: 野母崎[町] - のもざき

A former town in Nishisonogi County in the southern part of Nagasaki Prefecture. Occupying the tip of the Nagasaki Peninsula and Kabashima Island, it once prospered through coastal sardine fishing, but has now switched to line fishing and other methods. It also engages in deep-sea fishing, and is a thriving seafood processing industry. It produces loquats and persimmons, and its specialty product is karasumi. Take a bus from Nagasaki City. In January 2005, it was incorporated into Nagasaki City along with the towns of Kayagi, Iojima, Takashima, Miwa, and Sotome in Nishisonogi County. 20.91 ^km2 . 7,543 people (2003).

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Japanese:

長崎県南部，西彼杵(にしそのぎ)郡の旧町。長崎半島先端と樺島を占め，イワシ沿岸漁業で栄えたが現在は一本釣などに転換。遠洋漁業も行い，水産加工が盛ん。ビワ，花卉(かき)を産し，特産品にからすみがある。長崎市からバス。2005年１月西彼杵郡香焼町，伊王島町，高島町，三和町，外海町と長崎市へ編入。20.91km²。7543人（2003）。

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