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Aoshima (other)
Aoshima is a Japanese name meaning "blue island". It is most commonly written as 青島, but may also be written 青嶋, 蒼島, and 青嶌. Aoshima may refer to: Companies * Aoshima Bunka Kyozai, a well-known Japanese model car, model aircraft and model ship manufacturer Places *Aoshima, Miyazaki, an island in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan *Aoshima, Ehime, a tiny island offshore of Ehime Prefecture, Japan, also known as Cat Island People *Aoshima (surname) See also *Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...
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Aoshima Bunka Kyozai
, commonly truncated to Aoshima, is a Japanese model manufacturer based in Shizuoka Prefecture. It produces plastic model kits of a variety of vehicles, including model car, model aircraft, model ship and model Sci-fi mecha under Aoshima brand, along with finished toys under Skynet brand, diecast models under Miracle House brand, diecast cars under DISM brand and female statue figures under FunnyKnights brand. History In 1924, "Aoshima Airplane Research Institute" (青島飛行機研究所) was founded by airplane pilot . In 1932, model-airplane was designated as an educational material in Japanese schools, and "Shizuoka model-airplane association" (静岡県模型飛行機工業組合) was established. Jiro Aoshima acceded to the chairman's post. "Aoshima Bunka Kyozai RL" (青島文化教材研究所) was established in 1945. It was focusing on the wooden model-airplane manufacturing. "Aoshima Bunka Kyozai Inc." ( 有限会社 青島文化教材社) was established in 1961 ...
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Aoshima, Miyazaki
is an islands of Japan, island located in Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The island has a surface area of and a height of . The island is part of the Aoshima Shrine. Miyazaki′s Aoshima neigbbourhood consists of the island and the opposite coastal strip, where the Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden is located. Geology The island is surrounded by unique rock formations referred to as the . Flora The island is covered with the world's northernmost self-reproducing population of the fan palm, ''Livistona chinensis'' (Arecaceae), and is one of two places in Japan with a virgin forest of this indigenous species. 14 February 2017. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Retrieved 24 December 2021 Climate Aoshima has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and mild winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, and is heavier in summer, especially the months of ...
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Aoshima, Ehime
, also known as , is an island in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, known for its large number of feline residents and small number of people. Felines have been reported by news outlets to outnumber humans by ratios between 6:1 and 10:1, but as elderly inhabitants of the island have died, the ratio has greatly increased, to almost 36:1. Cats were introduced to combat rodents on fishing boats but remained on the island and reproduced in large numbers. The feline inhabitants of Aoshima are fed by food donations from all over Japan. They also eat small animals on the island and food from visitors. The island is roughly long. It was formerly part of Nagahama in Kita District, but , it is part of Ōzu city. The human population on the island has decreased since sardine fisheries became depleted and jobs moved to cities. As of December 2024, only four people are still living on Aoshima, while the number of cats has dropped to 80. Overview Originally, Aoshima was an uninhabited island. ...
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Aoshima (surname)
Aoshima (written: 青島 or 青嶋 lit. "blue island") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese artist *, Japanese footballer *, professional shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician Fictional characters: *Toshiyuki Aoshima, character from the manga series ''Oh My Goddess!'' *Kazuya Aoshima, character from the anime and game series ''Little Battlers Experience , or simply ''LBX'', is a series of action role-playing video games created by Level-5, involving small plastic model robots known as LBXs (standing for "Little Battler eXperience") that fight on dioramas made out of cardboard, with the main ...'' {{surname, Aoshima Japanese-language surnames ...
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