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Takashima, Nagasaki Takashima ( 高島町 , Takashima-chō ) was a town located in Nishisonogi District , Nagasaki , Japan . The town included the Island of Gunkanjima .
The Takashima Kōzaki Site (鷹島神崎遺跡, Takashima kōzaki iseki) is an underwater archaeological site containing artifacts from the Kamakura period Mongol invasions of Japan located offshore the east coast of the island of Takashima in the city of Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture Japan.
Currently, Nagasaki City, which absorbed Takashima Town in 2005, exercises jurisdiction over the island. On 23 August 2005, landing was permitted by the city hall to journalists only. At the time, Nagasaki City planned the restoration of a pier for tourist landings in April 2008.
Takashima (鷹島町, Takashima-chō) was a town located in Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 2,763 and a density of 161.39 persons per km 2.
Takashima island. Takashima coal mine (高島炭鉱, Takashima Tankō) was a coal mine in Japan, located on the island of Takashima off the northern shore of the Nagasaki Peninsula. It was known as the town of Takashima but is now part of the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture. The entire 1.23 square kilometre island, including the areas ...
Nishisonogi District in Nagasaki Prefecture. Nishisonogi (西彼杵郡, Nishisonogi-gun) is a district located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of January 1, 2009, the district has an estimated population of 72,238 and a density of 1460 persons per km 2. The total area is 49.54 km 2.
Takashima tankō ato Nagasaki Meiji period industrial site, designation includes the sites of Takashima Hokkei Well Shaft ( 高島北渓井坑跡 ) , Nakanoshima Mine ( 中ノ島炭坑跡 ) , and Hashima Mine ( 端島炭坑跡 ) ; inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as among the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and ...
Takashima was the son of one of the senior administrators of Nagasaki and head of the Nagasaki Kaisho, the shogunate's official trade representative with the Dutch trading post at Dejima. The Takashima family was regarded as one of the four leading families in Nagasaki, and for generations they held administrative power in the town as town elders.