10-553: (Redirected from Oshima ) Ōshima , Oshima , Ooshima or Ohshima may refer to: Places [ edit ] Ōshima ( 大島 , lit. "big island") (sorted by prefecture): Ōshima (Aomori) , an island in Hiranai and a part of Asamushi-Natsudomari Prefectural Natural Park Nii Ōshima Island, part of Niihama in Ehime Prefecture Ōshima (Ehime) , an island connected by
20-550: A one-way journey. At one point, there was the possibility that a bridge might be built to connect Ōshima and Shikoku, but these plans are now considered unlikely. There is no public transportation on the island, but there is a road that circles the island. Nii Ōshima was the birthplace of Murakami Yoshihiro (d.1374), founder of the "Murakami Navy", who ruled the Seto Inland Sea in the Muromachi and Sengoku period . On
30-616: A subprefecture of Hokkaidō Oshima Peninsula , the geographical area on which the subprefecture is located Other uses [ edit ] Ōshima (surname) Oshima Brothers , an American folk-pop music duo Japanese gunboat Ōshima - a warship of the early Imperial Japanese Navy Ōshima stable , a stable of sumo wrestlers Amami Ōshima language , spoken in the Ryukyu Islands See also [ edit ] Ōshima Subprefecture (disambiguation) Not to be confused with Osimo , Italy Topics referred to by
40-570: Is located in the Seto Inland Sea . It has a circumference of approximately 8 kilometers and a total area of 2.13 square kilometres (0.82 sq mi). The island is mostly hilly, with its highest point at 146.48 meters above sea level. The northern part of the island is covered with dense forests, has many cliffs. The main settlement is in the southern part of the island. There is a ferry that runs between Nii Ōshima and Niihama approximately once every hour, taking fifteen minutes to complete
50-1149: The Hakata-Ōshima Bridge and the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge Ōshima (Fukuoka) [ Wikidata ] , an island in Genkai Sea of Fukuoka, Japan Ōshima, Fukuoka , a former village in Munakata District, which became part of the city of Munakata, Fukuoka in 2005 Amami Ōshima in Kagoshima Prefecture Ōshima District, Kagoshima Ōshima Subprefecture (Kagoshima) Ōshima, Nagasaki (Kitamatsuura) , former village in Kitamatsura district Ōshima, Nagasaki (Nishisonogi) , former town in Nishisonogi district Ōshima, Nagasaki (Nishisonogi) , town merged in 2005 into Saikai, Nagasaki Ōshima, Niigata Ōshima Subprefecture (Tokyo) Izu Ōshima , one of
60-831: The Izu Islands in Tokyo Ōshima, Toyama , has a volcano Kii Ōshima in Wakayama Prefecture Ōshima District, Yamaguchi , which includes: Ōshima, Yamaguchi , a former town in Oshima District, Yamaguchi, now part of Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi Oshima (Hokkaido) , an island in the Sea of Japan belonging to Matsumae, Hokkaidō Oshima ( 渡島 , Oshima ) : Oshima Province , former province located in Hokkaidō Oshima Subprefecture ,
70-514: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ōshima . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ōshima&oldid=1115565767 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Pages using interlanguage link with
80-530: The southern side of the island sit the remains of Ōshima Castle, which was one of the Murakami strongholds. The island became Ōshima Village in Ehime Prefecture, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on December 15, 1889. The village was absorbed by Niihama City on May 3, 1953. Due to its rapidly aging population and its geographic isolation from Niihama and the main island of Shikoku , Nii Ōshima faces serious problems of rural depopulation . At
90-401: The time of 1950 census, the population of the island was 1838 people. However, per Niihama City residency records, the population as of March 31, 2013, was only 280, with half the population over the age of 70. The primary occupations on the island include shrimp farming and agriculture, particularly mikan and a distinctive type of white potato . This Ehime Prefecture location article is
100-467: The wikidata parameter Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nii %C5%8Cshima Nii Ōshima ( 新居大島 ) , or sometimes just Ōshima ( 大島 ) , is an inhabited island located roughly 1.5 kilometers northeast of the city of Niihama (which it is officially a part of) in Ehime Prefecture , Japan . Nii Ōshima
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