The Oshima Peninsula (渡島 半島 Oshima-hantō ) is the southernmost part of Hokkaidō , the northernmost of the Japanese islands . Where the peninsula starts is open to interpretation. A more generous interpretation is to draw a line southeast from Ishikari Bay across the Ishikari Plain to Yūfutsu District, Hokkaido . A narrower interpretation is to draw a line connecting Suttsu on the Sea of Japan and Oshamambe on Uchiura Bay . This narrow interpretation encompasses the subprefectures of Oshima and Hiyama .
11-472: At its southern end it forks into the southwest-pointing Matsumae Peninsula and the southeast-pointing Kameda Peninsula . These two peninsulas face Tsugaru and Shimokita Peninsulas of Honshū across the Tsugaru Strait . The Ōnuma Quasi-National Park is located on the peninsula. The terrain of the peninsula is mountainous, with settlements mostly located in flat, lowland areas. Oshima Peninsula
22-513: A natural, northern boundary to the area. The peninsula has an active Ussuri brown bear population, which have historically caused major damages to livestock and crops, and thus have been indiscriminately hunted for over 120 years. 41°51′N 140°18′E / 41.850°N 140.300°E / 41.850; 140.300 This Hokkaidō location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tsugaru Peninsula The Tsugaru Peninsula ( 津軽半島 , Tsugaru Hantō )
33-612: Is humid continental ( Dfa / Dfb ) except along the coast of the Matsumae Peninsula where it is oceanic ( Cfb ,) The hardiness zone is high for an east-coast Northern Hemisphere location at such a latitude and ranges up to 8b on the Matsumae. Oshima Peninsula is separated from the rest of the island of Hokkaido by the Kuromatsunai Depression - an area of intensive agricultural development that forms
44-472: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mutsu Province Mutsu Province ( 陸奥国 , Mutsu no kuni ) was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima , Miyagi , Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture . Mutsu Province is also known as Ōshū ( 奥州 ) or Michinoku ( 陸奥 or 道奥 ) . The term Ōu ( 奥羽 )
55-670: Is a peninsula in Aomori Prefecture , at the northern end of Honshū island, Japan . The peninsula projects north into the Tsugaru Strait separating Honshū from Hokkaidō . The western coast is on the Sea of Japan , while on its eastern coast are Aomori Bay and Mutsu Bay . The peninsula is bisected from Cape Tappi at its northern end to the Hakkōda Mountains on its southern end by the Tsugaru Mountains . Across
66-529: Is home to several active volcanoes such as Mount E and Hokkaido Koma-ga-take . The area also contains several onsen hot springs. The peninsula is home to two cities: Hakodate and the smaller adjacent Hokuto , as well as numerous small fishing and agricultural towns. Matsumae Castle , the northernmost castle in Japan and only castle on the island of Hokkaido, is located on the Oshima peninsula. The climate
77-477: Is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa , which together make up the entire Tōhoku region . Mutsu, on northern Honshū , was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi , and became the largest as it expanded northward. The ancient regional capital of the Kinai government was Tagajō in present-day Miyagi Prefecture . In 1095,
88-627: The Ōshū Fujiwara clan settled at Hiraizumi , under the leadership of Fujiwara no Kiyohira . Kiyohira hoped to "form a city rivaling Kyoto as a centre of culture". The legacy of the Ōshū Fujiwara clan remains with the temples Chūson-ji and Mōtsū-ji in Hiraizumi, and the Shiramizu Amidadō temple building in Iwaki . In 1189, Minamoto no Yoritomo invaded Mutsu with three great forces, eventually killing Fujiwara no Yasuhira and acquiring
99-703: The Tsugaru strait to the north is Hokkaidō's Matsumae Peninsula , to which it is linked by the Seikan Tunnel . In the Edo period , the peninsula was part of the Hirosaki Domain and was ruled by the Tsugaru clan . Traditionally one of the poorest and remotest areas of Japan, Tsugaru is best known as the birthplace of writer Osamu Dazai , who wrote the mordant travelogue Tsugaru about his travels around
110-603: The entire domain. During the Sengoku period , clans ruled parts of the province. As a result of the Boshin War , Mutsu Province was divided by the Meiji government , on 19 January 1869, into five provinces: Iwashiro , Iwaki , Rikuzen , Rikuchū , and Rikuō ) . The fifth of these, corresponding roughly to today's Aomori Prefecture , was assigned the same two kanji as the entire province prior to division; however,
121-863: The peninsula, and for the Tsugaru-jamisen , a distinctive local version of the Japanese string instrument shamisen . After the defeat of Aizu during the Boshin War , many of the last samurai were sent to prisoner-of-war camps on the Tsugaru Peninsula. As with Aizu in Fukushima Prefecture , JR East treats Tsugaru as a separate province from Mutsu , and stations in the area are marked " Tsugaru- " before their names. 40°57′35″N 140°28′59″E / 40.95972°N 140.48306°E / 40.95972; 140.48306 This Aomori Prefecture location article
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