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Ritsuko Okazaki Ritsuko Okazaki (岡崎 律子 , Okazaki Ritsuko , December 29, 1959 – May 5, 2004) was a Japanese singer-songwriter born on Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture. She first made her professional debut with the single, "Kanashii Jiyū / Koi ga, Kiete Yuku". She is also known as the Shelby Flint of Japan.
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Hashima Island Hashima Island (端島 , or simply Hashima — "-shima" is a Japanese suffix for "island" ) , commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島; meaning Battleship Island), is an abandoned island lying about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan. It is one of 505 uninhabited islands in Nagasaki Prefecture. The island's most notable features are its abandoned concrete buildings, undisturbed except by nature, and the surrounding sea wall. While the island is a symbol of the rapid industrialization of Japan, it is also a reminder of its dark history as a site of forced labor prior to and during the Second World War.
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Jōgashima Lighthouse Jōgashima Lighthouse (城ヶ島灯台 , Jōgashima tōdai ) is a lighthouse located on the island of Jōgashima (in Japanese: 城ヶ島 ) in the city of Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, off the southernmost and western tip of Miura Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay. It is the fourth oldest western style lighthouse to be built in Japan, and the second oldest surviving to the present day.
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Hikoshima Hikoshima (彦島 ) (also called Hikishima (引島 ) in Nihon Shoki) is an island on the south-west tip of Honshu, Japan.
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Daikon Island Daikon Island (大根島 , Daikon-jima ) is a volcanic island in the middle of Nakaumi, a brackish lake between Tottori and Shimane prefectures in Japan. Daikon Island is administered as part of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. Daikon-jima takes its name from the daikon, the large, white East Asian radish. The island was, however, known throughout Japanese history as "Tako-shima", meaning "Octopus Island."
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Asakura, Fukuoka Asakura (朝倉市 , Asakura-shi ) is a city located in south central Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on Kyūshū Island.
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Izu Peninsula The Izu peninsula (伊豆半島 , Izu-hantō ) is a large mountainous peninsula with deeply indented coasts to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshū, Japan. Formerly the eponymous Izu Province, Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture. The peninsula has an area of 1,421.24 km² and its estimated population in 2005 was 473,942 people.
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Hateruma Hateruma (波照間島; "Hateruma-jima"; Yaeyama: "Hatirooma" Okinawan: "Hatiruma") is an island in the Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Part of the town Taketomi, it is the southern-most "inhabited" island in Japan at 24°2’25” north latitude, 123°47’16” east longitude. Hateruma is one of the Yaeyama Islands, and is located 24 km south of Iriomote-jima, the largest of the island group.
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Iki, Nagasaki Iki (壱岐市 , Iki-shi ) is a city on the island of Iki, in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
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Ikema Island Ikema Island (池間島 , Ikema-jima ) , is located to the north of the Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The surface area is 2.6 km². The island is connected with Miyako Island with a 1592 m bridge. There is a pond in the centre of the island. To the north-east is the Ikema-jima Block Beach (池間島ブロックビーチ ) .
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Gunkanjima Gunkanjima (軍艦島 ) , meaning "battleship island" in Japanese, is the nickname of several islands:
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Higashisonogi District, Nagasaki Higashisonogi (東彼杵郡 , Higashisonogi-gun ) is a district located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
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Kagoshima Kagoshima (鹿児島市 , Kagoshima-shi , ]) is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the south western tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern world" for its bay location (Aira Caldera), hot climate, and emblematic stratovolcano, Sakurajima. The city was officially founded on April 1, 1889.
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Inamba-jima Inamba-jima (Inanba-jima ) is a volcanic, deserted island located in the Philippine Sea approximately 220 km south of Tokyo and 35 km southwest of Mikura-jima, in the center of the Izu archipelago, Japan.
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Minamidaitō, Okinawa Minamidaitō (南大東村 , Minamidaitō-son ) is a village located entirely on Minamidaitōjima in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Minamidaitōjima is located approximately 360 km east of Okinawa Island. Minamidaitō covers 30.7 km2 .
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Okinawa Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese: 沖縄県 , Hepburn: Okinawa-ken , Okinawan: ウチナーチン "Uchinaa-chin") is the southernmost prefecture of Japan. It comprises hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1000 km long. The Ryukyus extend southwest from Kyushu (the southwesternmost of Japan's four main islands) to Taiwan. The Okinawa Prefecture encompasses the southern two thirds of that chain. Naha, Okinawa's capital, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island.
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Tōshijima Tōshijima (答志島 ) is an inhabited island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. It is the largest of the outlying islands of Toba.
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Moriyama, Nagasaki Moriyama (森山町 , Moriyama-chō ) was a town located in Kitatakaki District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
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Takamatsu, Kagawa Takamatsu (高松市 , Takamatsu-shi , ]) is a city located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the capital city of the prefectural government. It is designated a core city by the Japanese Government. It is a port city located on the Seto Inland Sea, and is the closest port to Honshu from Shikoku island. For this reason it flourished under the Daimyo (feudal lords) as a castle town in the fiefdom of Takamatsu, during the Edo Period. Takamatsu is a city with a large concentration of nationwide companies' branch offices, which play a large role in its economy, and it contains most of the national government's branch offices for Shikoku. The castle tower formerly used as the symbol of the city was destroyed during the Meiji Period. In 2004, construction of the Symbol Tower, the new symbol of Takamatsu, was completed. The Symbol Tower is located in the Sunport area of the city. The Symbol Tower is the tallest building in Takamatsu, and is right next to another tall building The JR Clement Hotel (formerly the ANA Clement Hotel), which is also part of the Sunport complex.
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Ishigaki, Okinawa Ishigaki (石垣市 , Ishigaki-shi , Yaeyama: "Ishangya") is a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It includes Ishigaki island and the disputed Senkaku Islands territory. The city is the political, cultural, and economic center of the Yaeyama Islands. New Ishigaki Airport serves the city.
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Tomonoura Tomonoura (鞆の浦 ) , formerly known as Tomonotsu (鞆の津 ) , is a port in the Ichichi ward of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It stands on the southern point of the Numakuma Peninsula, 14 kilometers south of Fukuyama Station.
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Kuroshima (Okinawa) Kuroshima (黒島; Yaeyama: "Fishiima" Okinawan: "Kurushima"), also known as "Kuro Island", is an island in Taketomi Town, Okinawa, part of the Yaeyama archipelago. The island has the approximate shape of a heart symbol when viewed from the air, and is marketed as "Heart Island". The name means "Black Island".