Hondo [city] - Hondo

Japanese: 本渡[市] - ほんど

An old city in the Amakusa Islands of Kumamoto Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1954. It straddles the Amakusa Kamishima and Shimoshima islands across the Hondo Seto Strait. The central town on the northeast coast of Shimoshima was once the castle town of the Amakusa clan, and is served by boat from Minamata and buses from Kumamoto, making it the transportation, economic and tourist hub of Amakusa. In addition to rice cultivation, the town produces a lot of ponkan oranges, and also raises livestock, sea bream, prawns and yellowtail. Horizontally yaki pottery is a specialty. As it was a center for Christian missionary work, there are many ruins of the area. Amakusa Airport was completed in March 2000. In March 2006, Ushibuka City merged with the towns of Ariake, Goshoura, Kuratake, Sumimoto, Shinwa, Itsuwa, Amakusa and Kawaura in Amakusa County to form the city of Amakusa. Area: 144.69 ^km2 . Population: 40,429 (2003).

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Japanese:

熊本県天草諸島の旧市。1954年市制。本渡瀬戸をはさんで天草上島・下島両島にまたがる。下島北東岸の中心市街はかつて天草氏の城下町で，水俣市からの航路，熊本市からのバスが通じ，天草の交通・経済・観光の中心をなす。米作のほかポンカンを多産，畜産，タイ・クルマエビ・ブリ養殖も行われる。陶器水平焼を特産。キリシタン布教の一中心であったため，その遺跡が多い。2000年３月，天草空港完成。2006年３月，牛深市，天草郡有明町，御所浦町，倉岳町，栖本町，新和町，五和町，天草町，河浦町と合併し市制，天草市となる。144.69km²。４万429人（2003）。

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