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The city is surrounded by the cities of Isahaya and Saikai, and the towns of Togitsu and Nagayo in Nishisonogi District. Nagasaki lies at the head of a long bay that forms the best natural harbor on the island of Kyūshū. The main commercial and residential area of the city lies on a small plain near the end of the bay.
Tsushima also incorporates over 100 smaller islands, many tiny. The name Tsushima generally refers to all the islands of the Tsushima archipelago collectively. [5] Administratively, Tsushima Island is in Nagasaki Prefecture. The island group measures about 70 km (43 mi) by 15 km (9 mi) and had a population of about 28,000 as of 2022.
Iki Island (壱岐島, Iki-no-shima), or the Iki Archipelago (壱岐諸島, Iki-shotō), is an archipelago in the Tsushima Strait, [1] which is administered as the city of Iki in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The islands have a total area of 138.46 square kilometres (53.46 sq mi) with a total population of 28,008. Only four (4) of the twenty ...
Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県, Nagasaki-ken) is a prefecture of Japan, mainly located on the island of Kyūshū, although it also includes a number of islands off Kyūshū's northwest coast - including Tsushima and Iki. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 km 2 (1,594 sq mi).
282.79 km 2 (109.19 sq mi) Established. 16 March 1934. Governing body. Ministry of the Environment (Japan) Unzen-Amakusa National Park (雲仙天草国立公園, Unzen-Amakusa Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Nagasaki, Kumamoto, and Kagoshima Prefectures, Japan. Established in 1934, the park derives its name from Mount Unzen, an active ...
This category contains landmarks, locations, events, sports teams, and anything else which might attract visitors (whether tourist or otherwise) to Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan Wikimedia Commons has media related to Visitor attractions in Nagasaki prefecture .
A central part of reconstructed Dejima. Dejima (Japanese: 出島, lit. 'exit island') or Deshima, [a] in the 17th century also called Tsukishima (築島, lit. 'built island'), was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan that served as a trading post for the Portuguese (1570–1639) and subsequently the Dutch (1641–1854). [1]
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. Iōjima Lighthouse Park 伊王島灯台公園 Iōjima tōdai kōen: Nagasaki: designed by Richard Henry Brunton and dating to 1871, the hexagonal lower part of the first Western-style iron lighthouse in Japan was rebuilt in reinforced concrete and with a square plan after damage in the atomic blast of 1945; the upper section is original ...